Beginner Indoor Climbing Tips
I Just Started Indoor Climbing: Here Are the Answers to 7 Top Newbie Questions
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When you first start climbing, it's OK if you're not very good. In order to improve, you need to practice! Designate a couple times each week where you'll go climbing for one to two hours.
You can also strength train to get stronger, doing upper body exercises as well as those to strengthen your core and lower body. Do bodyweight moves like planks, hollow holds, squats, and lunges, as well as moves that use equipment like ring rows or pull-ups, seated Russian twists with a dumbbell, and goblet squats.
Since flexibility allows you to reach for higher holds, my yoga background has helped tremendously. If you're not very flexible, do this full-body yoga sequence, which will not only help improve your climbing, but can also help prevent injury.
Climb with someone better than you! Find a friend at the gym who can teach you a little technique. I found that everyone is really friendly and helpful, as long as you're open to asking questions — remember they were a beginner once upon a time too!
After each session, be sure to stretch. I like to focus on my wrists, chest, shoulders, hamstrings, lower back, and hips. Here are three stretches I never forget to do.