Instead of reaching far up in advance with your hands, try moving your feet higher instead. That way your arms last longer and dont become "pumped" as fast. Imagine climbing a ladder, you move up the ladder using your legs, not your hands... the principle is the same... :-p Been climbing 15 years.
i agree...i've been climbing for two months and i've found that just keeping that mental thought in mind helps a ton. also, muscle isn't as important in climbing as technique. once you get the technique down, muscle will come on its own. although my own flexibility and technique isn't as good as it could be...so i usually end up muscling through some problems. . . .
Decent vid.. tip - try downclimbing after topping out. It's great for training as it's much harder than people first thing.
Also, the second guy... what grade was he doing? he seemed to be using different coloured holds(tapes).... the aim's to stick to a single colour. Good vid though mate, keep the training going and one day i'll see you down at Font!
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rockwrestle 2 years ago
Instead of reaching far up in advance with your hands, try moving your feet higher instead. That way your arms last longer and dont become "pumped" as fast. Imagine climbing a ladder, you move up the ladder using your legs, not your hands... the principle is the same... :-p Been climbing 15 years.
joeslifeyork 2 years ago
i agree...i've been climbing for two months and i've found that just keeping that mental thought in mind helps a ton. also, muscle isn't as important in climbing as technique. once you get the technique down, muscle will come on its own. although my own flexibility and technique isn't as good as it could be...so i usually end up muscling through some problems. . . .
AddictedClimber 2 years ago
Decent vid.. tip - try downclimbing after topping out. It's great for training as it's much harder than people first thing.
Also, the second guy... what grade was he doing? he seemed to be using different coloured holds(tapes).... the aim's to stick to a single colour. Good vid though mate, keep the training going and one day i'll see you down at Font!
joeslifeyork 4 years ago
yeah dude the first guy ad the second guy just started to rock climb and have almost no pper body strength :P
but thanks for the advice man ill try that next time we go
FORERUNNER1170 4 years ago
yeh i noticed that too, they were using all the holds lol !
RichardTownshend0 2 years ago