This exercise is ideal for beginners, and best practiced on a climb that’s not very challenging. Intermediate and advanced climbers should find it easy, though it may still be useful for reinforcing and strengthening the fundamentals, and making climbs more efficient. Start out by trying to trivialize a climb that’s already easy, then work on integrating this exercise into more challenging climbs.
The goals of this exercise are to:
Slow down your climbing
Move work away from your arms
Think more about your foot placement
Start building basic efficiency, precision, and control
Here’s how it works:
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