Lesson 5: Endurance and Mental Focus
Duration of Days: 1
Lesson Objective
Students will complete multiple ascents to build cardiovascular endurance and demonstrate "Trust in the System" during descents.
What aspects of a person's health can rock climbing improve?
Pumped
Rest Stance
Descent
Standard 4: Develops personal and social skills (self-expression and enjoyment).
(DOK 4) Based on your week of climbing, create a "Training Plan" for someone who wants to get better at climbing. Which exercises would you include to help their "Powerhouse" and grip strength?
Students learn to manage fear, build trust in equipment, and develop "grit"—the ability to persist when a solution isn't immediately obvious. Physically, it develops functional grip strength and "core-to-extremity" power, which are essential for manual tasks and injury prevention in daily life.
Students lack of interest or perceived abilities
Adjustments of safety equipment.
Students will develop a "training plan" for a beginning person who wants to improve in rock climbing.
Certified auto-belay system
Climbing Harness
Athletic shoes
Carabiners
Visual Aids