Climbing training

Whether you want to be more active or are bored at the regular gym and want to mix it up by joining a climbing gym, you may be wondering if climbing can replace exercise. This article goes through the main muscles that climbing builds, discuss whether or not you can replace exercising with climbing and if you should supplement climbing with weight training.

This is a systematic approach for the assessment & progression of climbing-specific body tension. A great way to test and train your core for climbing.

You’ve surely heard this once (if not a thousand times) before: Climbing is all about your feet.

Fingerboards are most effective at training contact strength and general upper body strength.

So you're trying to progress in your climbing and you've hit a wall and want to get stronger. Training is one of the great progressions for the new generation of climbers who frequent climbing gyms. Instead of simply getting as much mileage on real rock as possible, they train with a hangboard workout and then climb even harder. You may have seen hangboards at the local climbing gym, but how do you know the best way to use one? One of our big goals here at The Adventure Junkies is to show…

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Train like a pro with these safe and simple hang-board workouts

We've designed this easy-to-follow warm-up routine for all of our climbers to follow. Created by Marine Mammal, these illustrations appear in Indirock, Southend's first bouldering wall. This warm-up should only take 5-10 minutes in addition to your climbing session but will make all the difference. Come and visit Indirock at Southend City's Victoria Centre.

climbing warm up

When you can’t get out to your favorite gym or crag to climb, you can still train with a DIY hangboard at home. Learn how to make one.