Climb Up - Parkour Training and Conditioning Exercise

[Primape92]

He's pusshing up with one of his feet, right?

[DemonDrills]

@Primape92 yes, you need to use your legs right to have good climb ups.

[MrYulienskate]

in how much days i will be able to climb a wall if i do that day by day? answer please

[mothman258]

I've been doing parkour and freerunning since I was a kid. Over the years, i've progressively gotten better, and with the help of videos like this, I wouldn't be good enough to do parkour or freerunning bare foot and with atleast an excess 90 lbs. of wheight on my back. Keep up the good work with these videos.

[animeman106]

i dont have much upper body strength i cant do dat..........yet;)

[hammerboy890]

yo man every time I go free running the cops get called on me and I get in tons of trouble what should I do email me at Millopwill@yahoo

[soldiercoler]

after a day of doing that on concrete.. aren't your hands pretty raw?

[JoshuaFDTS]

Sweet, my climb-ups are pretty smooth like yours now.

And for the people out there are having problems, when you pull yourself up from the cat hang position, use your knee to drive you up.

[Equinox226]

@DemonDrills Hey im 11 but i am very intrested in freerunning is there a way an 11 year old could parckour or do i litteraly have to be older please reply i really wanna parkour :)

[YouJustGotBurned98]

@Equinox226 I started Parkour when I was 12, anyone could do it.

[zingoo45]

@Equinox226 man anyone any size almost any weight can do parkour all you need is some practice

[R3yT163rRT]

@Equinox226 Anyone can do parkour, I'm 13 and I started when I was 11.

Also you don't look for places made for parkour, the world is our playground.

PEACE.

[MrShaman14]

@R3yT163rRT"the world is our playground." go training to the vaticano.

[harrygallag]

@Equinox226 i started when i was 10 just keep practicing and building you confidence :D

[04henlef]

Yeaahh umm what if your short :///

[DaRussianz]

How cold was it? Lol Umm...Are there any strength requirements or excersises that help to build up strength to at least do one of these?

[DemonDrills]

@DaRussianz lots of dips and pull ups.

[Swissjar549]

Hey I have a question I love parkour and I have been doing it for 14 months but I never could get the hang of climbups (I would say I am of medium skill so far) and my shoes constantly slip when I grab on to it but only the one I am not using to pull up with (if that makes sense) do you have any advice for this (and is it possible to have your own style of vaulting becuase I came up with a very effective and different vault and I am going to make a video to show it)

[ofnir123]

@Swissjar549 Well, MAYBE your shoes are just not good (be careful with flat shoes on wet durfaces, I got wounded that way), but most if not all of the difference should be made with simply technique.

And of course, if you're on a wall, you'll always somewhat slip. as long as it's minimal it's ok.

As for the vaults, well, if they work and you're at ease with them, go ahead! it's not like parkour was just a set of fixed moves.

[legoguylolforever]

r those Nike 6 point 0s

[Erilis666]

Wow, you do it with only one more step up. I have to wiggle my legs around for a while to do this... : /

[Pichacu1]

Hi I wanna start doing parkour but this wall climb is difficult how can I start do this

[snooplovescake1]

you know whats bad fro me? all i have is dc's

[Remembrance1692]

lol I'm weak!

[awmingyeh]

hey my shoes always slip on the wall, do i need to get a new shoe..??????

[snooplovescake1]

@awmingyeh ya dude you do i have the same problem i have dc's if you have sating shoes get nikes or something

[DemonDrills]

@awmingyeh no, shoes will help but good technique makes it possible no matter what shoes you have.

[SilentShit9]

Oh my fucking GOD! I managed to pull this off, multiple times in school, both with plain grip and with overgrip. Imma tell ya, the satisfaction is infinite!!!

[FitFury]

I had to go out and try this and it is definitely ain't no joke when you do it a couple of times back to back. But makes your muscles feel jacked!

[Dragonsthought]

This could be a shoe commercial... but i wonder what kind of shoes he is wearing

[DemonDrills]

@Dragonsthought k-swiss ariake mesh lites.

[SilentShit9]

Are Pull-ups really necessary? I mean, you don't really use your biceps when doing a climb up. Or am I wrong?

[DemonDrills]

@SilentShit9 pull ups and climb ups are very related movements because they both involve pulling your body up. this motion is primarily lats but also uses biceps and chest.

[metalskateboarder965]

@SilentShit9 pull ups use your back and triceps i think. Chin ups use your biceps

[MegaMagicBanana]

try it the chuck norris way.... with no hands!

[Saion21]

I 5'3 and weight 83lb but can climb over the wall ^_- may cause I alethic...

[feteamvn]

achhh !! i got the point of this climb up ..

[Aiglos]

It took me about four months but I can do them now in sets.:-D I couldn't believe when I got my first one. I was so happy. lol You're vid helped out quite a bit. Thanks, and keep posting!

[TvvinkleToes]

Do you think it's possible for a person that is 4'11" and weighs 88lbs would be able to do Parkour?

[DemonDrills]

@TvvinkleToes of course!



[TvvinkleToes]

@DemonDrills Awesome!!! I need to find a place to do it then. Thanks:)

[JackBacket]

@TvvinkleToes Not only possible but easier.

[XdigimonX]

@TvvinkleToes TvvinkleToes! We're born ready! ^^ Born ready to take on challenges! In the beginning its admitted that Parkour becomes difficult to learn and accept but after awhile of learning and exceeding limits, you realize that you become much greater than what you were before! Go do the best that you can! :D Never stop and as a person I know says: Stay Excellent? XD

[TvvinkleToes]

@XdigimonX But the hard thing is when you don't have any good spots nearby. Thanks for the encouragement;]

[XdigimonX]

@TvvinkleToes Np man! ^^ Keep doin your best! Never stop goin! Who says there no good spots around? Haha My neighborhood is just a playground & sidewalks which good to use too :P

Just find anything & think of how it cud be used to ur benefits in Parkour :)

Like if u find a rail or pole, check out the "Urban Exercise Rail" video - DemonDrills! Even the sidewalk! If u find a fence attached onto the sidewalk, try practicing cat leaps :] It'll b difficult but so worth it later on!

Stay Excellent~ :)

[WellyPheonix]

I can do a climb up.. but this guy just shat in my face :O

[suedeal1]

Thanks for the instruction.

[thedeathwar]

Thanks! I basically just got the understanding of wall run!

[MonsterRE]

Song pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!

[newelementproduction]

"peek a boo", guy from other side of wall

[WhoaThatWasAwesome]

@carl7707 this is the hardest part of the wall climb.

[runescapeftwghtoo]

Tip : use gloves. cut fingertips.

[5625local]

i can get the height but somehow im always away from the wall and i cant lean in to get the lock on my elbows . what should i do

[shenkeey]

@5625local your blocking wrong, your jumping on the wall and away, instead of up. you need to roll your foot on the wall, so that you can jump up the wall instead of off the wall.

to train this, just rest your foot on the wall and try it out

[titandown]

look at all that snow, the cement must be freezing.

[mynameisjonas45]

this guy is a try hard

[highjump44]

wat shoes do u have

[realderekbrothers]

lol u look like a glitchy video game XD

[hooblahew]

i tried doing this and got the techinque down but get tired so quickly. must train harder...

[AdvancedTraceur]

What the fuck are u talking about? If u sommersault in parkour you will destroy your spine. Quit pretending u know shit

[1LOVEuUdontCARE]

this guy have a great condition!

[Eddietheallrounder]

people always make out like this is easy but for me this is WAY harder than learning a front somersault which a lot of people make out to be difficult

[David8Parkour]

It's actually really easy once you learn how to do everything in one fluid, explosive movement. Of course, conditioning is still a necessity.

[SuperBadAssMonkey]

This requires both strength and technique i presume. As for the strength issue, could i have an estimation on how strong i need to be in order to pull this off? For example, how many pull ups would i need to be able to do to have enough strength to climb up?

[David8Parkour]

@SuperBadAssMonkey About 30

[gyenming]

@SuperBadAssMonkey @SuperBadAssMonkey You probably have the strength to already do a climb up, as there are many variations/ progressions. Here are a few:

[SuperBadAssMonkey]

@gyenming where are the few? By the way i am referring to a level 3 climb up. I can already do a level 2 where i need to dip up after bring my chest above the wall and my palms are on top of the wall. But i want to reach level 3 where once i pull myself up and my palms are on top of the wall, i can just top over the wall without pushing up.

[gyenming]

@SuperBadAssMonkey

watch?v=GeuWwaQicKA

watch?v=u0ZUTVgS09w&feature=re­lated

You'll find you'll reach level 3 by simply repeating and drilling climb-ups.

[faiz434]

everytime i try i find that my fingers will slip. what is the problem?

[katanaswordmaster]

@faiz434 you probly do the same thing i did first, dont hang on the tip of your fingers your hand/fingers need to be in a 45degrees angle try this it helps alot. (hope you understand what i try to tell).

[c17h35o16]

nice.... didnt know how to do a real wall climb before.... thx :D

[katanaswordmaster]

ok i practiced a wall climb today on a thin concrete thing, it had perfect overgrib and a little hole for extra grib for my feet, and it work very well but when i dont have overgrib my feet slide away and instead of pulling my self up towards the wall i go back so i cant switch my hands, its a mather of training i guess.

[hakuboshi1]

everyone just try doing pullups and dips 15 a piece for about 3 days a week. Maybe 2-3 sets if you want. Just try to max out until your arms feel like they cant move. This way your muscle begins to try to push harder and learns to maximize effort even if you can't finish the dip or pullup itself. Do it for about 3 weeks and youll be fine. =]

[katanaswordmaster]

@hakuboshi1 i cant do pull ups but i maybe gonna buy a pullup bar so i can practice at home. i do at least 200 crunches every day.(legs up,....)

[hakuboshi1]

thats awesome I dont really workout xD, although I should, just got alot of stuff im doing currently

[katanaswordmaster]

@hakuboshi1 yeah i really need to work on my pull ups,..

this will make things much easier.

the crunches are easy but the damn pull ups not.

[hakuboshi1]

did 15 pullups and 15 dips a day for around 3 days a week. 30 dips if I'm outside on my deck. Your body gets used to both of those motions in like 3 weeks. I was suprised that I could do it without actually knowing that would help. I use my right leg to wedge when my fingers grip the wall. Then, you try to throw your opposite knee up while pushing slightly with your hanging leg and once your up in the air slightly lean forward so your palms get ontop of the wall and push up like a dip.

[kenta000007]

demon, the only wall i can do this on is painted, and i dont have grippy shoes, so whenever i push my foot in, it slips, forcing me to rely only on my arms so i can never really get on top. any tips?

[katanaswordmaster]

whats more important, pulling yourself up with your arms or pushing up with your feet???

[DemonDrills]

@katanaswordmaster both, you need to coordinate both so they work together!

[PastaMunkey]

@katanaswordmaster i find that if your upper arm strength is not very good, you can always use your feet for pushing yourself up first and then slowly build your upper arm strength. :D

[katanaswordmaster]

@PastaMunkey i got better at this now, but i still need to train hard.

[xMyPeanutx]

Is there any sort of workout I can do to be able to climb up a wall?

[xMyPeanutx]

I can't do this, but is there any exercise that I could use to progress to be able to do this?

[DemonDrills]

@xMyPeanutx muscle ups, dips, pull ups, and hang shimmies.

[titandown]

@DemonDrills what are hang shimmies

[DemonDrills]

@titandown search "hang shimmy". there is a video of it on my channel.

[leafblowinSK8]

@DemonDrills Hey i have a problem im only able to do a pull up where my nose is level with the ledge/pole, i need to gain explosive power, and im not able to do muscle ups obviously, waht could i do as exlposive exercises which can get me from a oull up to the shitting grip from pull up to - wall dip REALLY need Help, any excersises is greatly appreciated, but remember im not that storng, so i cant just "DO" everything :(

Thanks :D

[DemonDrills]

@leafblowinSK8 Keep working on kipping pull ups and wall dips. Do them weighted if you can. When you do pull ups, pull as high as you can. The high you pull, the closer you are to a muscle up. So start doing chest to bar, then sternum to bar, then belly button to bar, etc. Also work on jumping muscle ups and muscle up negatives to start learning the technique. Be sure to stay symmetrical when you do this.

[Episcopicide]

@leafblowinSK8 Do negatives. basically, jump up into a pull-up, then as SLOW AS YOU CAN, lower yourself down, and repeat. It will work your biceps and your lats. It's what I used to do before I couldn't even do a single pull-up, now I can do 11-12. It's really just about repatition. And of course, let your muscles rest aswell. best of luck man!

[leafblowinSK8]

@Episcopicide thx .9

[doommic]

wow he is strong :P this is heard

[mickeynotmouse]

That is so much harder than it looks lmao

[ElLiamoDiablo]

there is a woman trapped in that wall

[AzureDreamz91]

Dammit, i still cant do it. I can do muscle up on pull up bars (which i heard is harder), but i still cant do it on solid walls, any ideas anyone? :D

[mynameisjonas45]

Push your opposite leg harder and more explosively.

[ElLiamoDiablo]

try to do the run up all in one motion. dont grab the wall, pause, then pull up

[psimxc]

lol, its mostly the legs here, even tho it doesnt seem like he is using them, he is, He is using his right leg to give him a small push, I personally use both for this technique.. Peace out

[TomiLeo8]

what's song? :)

good exercise Peace and Love

[AsEOfSp8dES14]

imagine walking through that parking lot and seeing that guy do that lol

[JustElijah]

i can't even do these, any conditioning ideas for them

[DemonDrills]

Pull ups and dips!

[JustElijah]

cheers love :P i need to find some thing i can do dips on...bike rails are too far apart, they kill my lats after one lol

[alltheway3]

They should'nt use your lats. Dips is a chest/tricep exercise - the opposite muscles of lats.

[JustElijah]

yeah but sometimes i want to get full ROM for the best results and my body (chest mainly) goes well below my arms so i have to pull up then push, like a muscle up but side ways :P and i can barely do pull ups, my eyes get over the bar and that's about it but yeah i get what you mean, they're antagonistic pairs...

[guystuff100]

a chair or a bench

[pker1900]

could be straighter (:

[joe42743]

cold? :)

[MaTeX72]

Aint you killing your hands and your fingers?

[ColoradoParkour]

no, after a while your hands will develop callouses and become much tougher!

[shiryuq]

@ColoradoParkour Ofc you have to remove calluses (only dead sking, nothing worth to keep)

[SilentShit9]

@ColoradoParkour Callouses have nothing to do with strength.

[JShamw0w]

@ColoradoParkour Yeah and when you play the bass and already have callouses on your fingertips that's a good plus

[Anjro0]

the foot helps a bit, just adding a little force. the jump up of course is where the foot truly comes in, as the forward force allows for the proper friction to allow a push

[connorgeary1997]

its because u have little grip on your shoes, try and get running shoes, i had the same problem

[Murfylaw]

And is his foot giving him any support there? Coz wen i try to use my foot for a bit of support it just slips. is that because I hav very little grip on my shoes or coz I'm not supposed to do it?

[Anjro0]

how are your pull-ups? if you're a big dude it might be a matter of weight-to-armstrenght ratio. you kinda just pull yourself up,

[Murfylaw]

Nah I'm a tiny guy, i just can't flick myself up that easily, I have to use my forearm and place it on the wall

[mrgfunkyman]

Your shoes won't affect it unless they're made of Jell-o or something. You just need to get more leverage on the wall. If you really don't think you can do it with shoes, take them off. Your feet have better grip than any shoes.

[Murfylaw]

Can any1 giv me a hand? I can can wall run up the wall and get into a shimmy position, but I'm not sure how exactly to pull myself up

[totalembarrasment]

any idea what the song is?

[jaycam63]

Nice to see the usage of level threes. Not gonna lie just got em myself recently and they feel much better than the previous level!

[WhoaThatWasAwesome]

may i know what you are talking about? haha i would like to know sorry im a parkour noob

[payforaday]

Level 1: Climb up by any means possible. Using your forearm, throwing your leg up to the side, gritting your soon to be chipped teeth into the wall in a desperate attempt to pull yourself up.

Level 2: Pulling until your hands are on top of the wall, then follow through with a dip motion.

Level 3: Pull until your arms are completely straight on top of the wall, skipping the dip motion.

:D

Interesting to see Teige post on here by the way.

[WhoaThatWasAwesome]

I see. But now i don't understand the dip motion. I mean i dont understand what it looks like. Ok that is a level three, i understand a level one, but what does a level two look like? mind linking me?

[animalboy64]

the dip... from what i know is when u lay ur whole stomach onthe ledge or wall then do a pushup with ur arms and ur up th wall

[totalembarrasment]

i still cant climb walls properly, anyone have tips??? hehehe :D

[armitron08]

mehnn it looks so easy.. but actuali not quite haha..

[LLuuuK]

Nice Vid! I saw that your hands (while going to the "down" position) slip over the edge of the wall over and over, when I do that several times my hands are open (bloody) very quickly...how can I avoid that?

[DemonDrills]

man up. ;)

over time, your hands will become tougher and they wont get torn up as easily.

[joealtair3000]

can u make a step by step guide for this and also what exercises should i practice so i can learn this

[winster626]

which is harder, muscle up or this?

[DemonDrills]

it depends what level of skill you perform them with. they are related movements so they are comparable to each other. a straight arm muscle up should take you as long, if not longer than a straight arm climb up.

[shiryuq]

@winster626 Muscle ups are harder, because you don't use legs for support :)

[Angelold]

Is it possible,to do climb up very fast without muscle ups training ? :)

[GLINA126]

not rlly, no

[Teghead]

"any shape wall"

I thoroughly disagree. This climbup is a technique that can get you up nice walls with square edges and good grip, and some limited deviation from that. For most people this won't be training strength, just co-ordination of the technique.

[DemonDrills]

True, you may need to alter technique depending on the wall, but elements of this basic climb up still apply. The vast majority of walls have square edges. I don't think grip applies since an advanced traceur could still do this technique on a glass surface.

Strength and coordination are closely related in terms of neurological development. Increases in coordination can result in increases in strength, or visa versa. So yes, you could argue this trains both.

Good to see you comment here. :)

[lagenius22]

well you definitely need grip. maybe it's a function of fore-arm strength but it makes a big difference depending on the type of edge you talk about. slanted ones are obviously tougher. however, although varying in difficulty i think the basic form of the climb-up wouldn't change.

[stylemonsta]

i think the main point is that this kind of climbs always work if the edge is grippy enough. the grip isnt really needed if the technique is right, and youre strong enough. I ve trained this technique continuously and i thing it works maybe for more than 80% of the walls.

[Teghead]

Of the walls that you go to for Parkour, which you will be judging on their grip amongst other things before you start training there.

I've ran around when tired climbing stuff and can't recall ever using this basic climbup once. And not for a lack of ability or confidence in the technique, just incase you try that one on.

[Teghead]

If you want to be able to climb out from the top of well suited walls in good weather when you're not too tired, then this technique is good for ease and kudos for correct execution and percieved level of ability. That's fine.

If you want to be able to reach places in any context, taking an average of all weather conditions, all places you could find yourself in, all states of awareness or fatigue, then this climbup techniqu hardly comes into the picture.

[stylemonsta]

yeah i think you really got a point. Its obvious that in a discipline like this there cant be a universal technique that always works. If im doing spontaneous runs i just concentrate on holding the speed, so this climb up comes spontaneously if the conditions are right, sometimes after a catleap, wallrun etc realize that it wont work and i climb up the way i think it works best to hold the speed. but i use this technique most of the time. aslo its fun of course =)

[dragoonrover]

true in fact u should be able to do a climb up on every wall (properly i mean), but that's like u say, training.

[looselibra333]

when i try this the wall rough most the time and it hurts your hands is there a way to over come this

[Teghead]

Yes, MAN UP!

Or you can bathe your hands in surgical spirit, which will make your skin tougher, if you don't want to wait for that to happen naturally.

[Roroan]

that is some ridiculous ability, definitely something to aspire to be able to do

[mrbigb12]

dosen't that hurt your hands

[hit852456]

NICE!

[spannerchops]

Nicely done man :) Got my first parallel climb-up today woo!

[wollkneulsokkenbart]

nice music an nice video

[bindthebutler]

i find this realy hard, particulary the little jump you do with the hands.

[MckMick]

do you have to push up with your leg when doing the climb up, because i have no grip on my shoes so its all upper body for me : (

[DemonDrills]

yes, you want to use your legs to help elevate your body. good shoe grip helps but its more about technique. several times i have heard this excuse from people so i have switched them shoes to demonstrate that i can still do it with bad grip.

[MckMick]

yeah..i can climb up on fences but on walls i just slip straight off. I was just wondering if legs are an important part of it. Im getting new shoes soon and thanks for the tutorials : )

[xShaneWolfex]

I think i need more strength in my arms...because I keep trying to use my legs more and end up banging up my knees.

[generationparkour]

that wasnt helpful at all. now i just want to hurt you , i think this has had a negative effect on me...pfftt

[JerzPK]

Very nice, check out my climb up progression vid :)

And are those 5-10 freerunners? Awesome shoes :)

[DemonDrills]

nope, they are k-swiss ariake mesh lites!

[CAPITANheathenheart]

I have spent 2 months training as hard as I can to do a climb up but it is still out of my league. When I train I do pull ups, kipping pull ups, push ups, push ups claps, dip and the inverted row. I am stronger now but, do you think I am missing something? And does it take more than 6 months to do a single climb up? What else do you suggest?

[DemonDrills]

Just keep training, you will get there eventually. Everyone starts at a different level so its hard to say how long it should take you. Once you get up to around 10-15 dips and pullups, you should have the necessary strength to do a climb up. then it is just a matter of learning the technique.

[CAPITANheathenheart]

THANKS A LOT! I

I´ll keep busy!!!

[CAPITANheathenheart]

Well, I just wanted to tell you that I grew stronger and now I can do the climb ups and muscle ups. Thanks to your advice I got to the next level.

[davidgreavespk]

i would say it would be easy to do negatives (reverse) start from the guy in this vids finishing position then go down. other than that i think its more technique than strength so just keep trying, the change of hand positon is probably the hardest part so just work on getting that smooth then try and push upwards. hope that makes sense. david

[CAPITANheathenheart]

thanks!

[knives06511]

if you havent gotten it yet i can help, what you can do is regular climb up but when you get to about chest level you lay you chest/stomach on the top wall and change your hand position. then progress to what u see here

[JerzPK]

Ah nice, my bro uses those :D

[CAPITANheathenheart]

I can´t thank you enough for helping us rookies in parkour by uploading these tutorials. You know, I have had a lot of trouble with this passe muraille. I looked for many tutorials on this but they didn´t mention anything about how to put the hands after you pull up your body. They didn´t even say anything about strength training for parkour. I guess they think everyone has the strength to pull up easily. THANK YOU VERY MUCH for this. Keep helping us!

[charlyboy008]

nice vid, i was looking for some advice in cilmbing walls cuz i keep geting scraches in the hands XD

[3buttocks]

1st time ive seen this done in detail, yet its one of the most important things to speed up movement. cheers, i finally understand why im failing at this!

[OxygenPK]

Ahh damn, I didn't get first comment this time. Inspiring as always.

[FreestyleTraceur]

Lol, you upload these at odd hours in the night...Goto bed! Great vids, keep 'em coming!