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Easiest Ways to Level up your Climbing, fast!
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items Find exercises, training, and mindset tips and tools below. I've been climbing for awhile and if I would have known these would level up my skills earlier, I'd definitely be further along in my journey. However, everyone's journey is different and their own. I hope you find this useful and as always, feel free to reach out in the comments with questions. Happy to chat!
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exercises
training
mindset
exercises
complimentary exercises to do that will increase power on the wall
Pull Ups are a great way to increase your strength for climbing. Yes, you'll need to know how to use your whole body, but until you can do pull ups for days, add these to your training.
Pull ups | Until Failure
Hangboard. All the time. No matter what grades you're trying to achieve, working in a hangboarding routine will garner results.
Hangboarding | Various Protocol
So essential for warming up and down. Flexibility and mobility is a key component to a well-rounded climber. For years this was a big deteriment to me. Get started early!
Stretching
More upper body workouts…i know. But deadhangs are amazing. Literally just hang from a bar…as long as you can.
Dead Hangs | 30 sec reps x 3
training
different training to incorporate into your climbing journey
This one can be tricky. Find big moves either on the weekly sets or on the kilter board and practice being dynamic. This is a key movement area to level up your climbing. Can you stay a static climber forever? Maybe. Is that going to limit you? Ultimately, yes. Being dynamic requires less energy but more understanding of your body and how to generate force.
Dynamic Movement
You'll want to have sessions or time in your session where you are trying routes/boulders that you BELIEVE are out of your paygrade. Yes, you're going to fail a lot, but you aren't going to get better until you get uncomfortable. Force yourself to spend at least a few hours a week in “limit sessions”.
Try Harder
Not recommended until you regularly climb V4ish and proceed with caution for your fingers and ego hehe
MoonBoard Training
Great board for all levels! Start with a lesser angle with this great tool!
Kilter Board Training
V grades are helpful in the gym for tracking your ability, however, I personally find it silly to call yourself an X grade climber UNLESS you can clear that grade in the gym, consistently. Clear all the V grades, keep track so you can gauge your progress.
Clear the Vs
I've created a physical journal to track your climbing journey and also have a digital pdf version in my Beacons link. However you track your progress, do it, diligently.
Climbing Journal | Contra Climb
Noah and his crew are AMAZING. They can assist you from afar on their app or at their BRAND NEW location in the Cincy area. Check them out!
Elite Performance Climbing
Use this with a loading pin (check out my other lists) and start slow. I also have some videos on my socials that go over how to utilize his under appreciated training tools for strong, healthy fingers!
Tension Block
mindset
One of the most overlooked parts of climbing. Enjoy!
Put in the mileage and get climbing. Whatever your goal is as a new-ish or V5/5.11 and under, climbing is going to be a part of the process to get better.
Climb
Watching elite climbers is such good practice. You'll pick things up just by seeing how they approach boulders/climbs. Besides that, it'll get you hype for your next session!
Watch IFSC competitions!
If you're going to read any book on climbing, this should be the FIRST one and one to go back to often.
The Hard Truth | Simple Ways to Become a Better Climber
Coach Matt is pretty rad. He's a great person to follow on socials and on his site. He predominantly coaches youth athletes but I find his information digestible and good for ANY age!
CMC Performance Coaching