Om Shanti: A Yoga Blog

One of the wonderfully strange sensations that you tend to experience after rock climbing is “forearm pump” — i.e. when your forearms are overworked, tight, swollen, and pretty much shot. This happens almost inevitably to me every time I climb, and I find it nice to do some asanas to counteract it. Here are a few different asana variations that I think might be useful to relieve that “juiced” sensation in your forearms. These asanas can be done after climbing, or even while you’re resting and waiting to do your next route. (more…)