Cover Your Height with These FOUR Climbing Tips! How We Trained As Short Climbers

We are shorter than the average height (Akane 5'1/155cm and Sahand 5'6/170cm) and sometimes struggle with reachy moves. However, we learned to overcome the disadvantages as short climbers over time. In this video, we talk about four tips that we believe are helpful for short climbers: flexibility, lock-off, technique, and dynamic moves.
0:00 Intro
1:50 (1) Flexibility
4:48 (2) Lock-Off
7:11 (3) Technique - High Feet
8:20 (3) Technique - Drop Knee
9:44 (3) Technique - Heel Hook
11:04 (4) Dynamic Moves
11:55 Outro
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We are a husband and wife originally from Iran and Japan, based in Indianapolis, USA. Follow our trips to indoor and outdoor climbing destinations around the eastern USA, and eventually, around the world. We hope to share the excitement of this sport with international climbers and sports lovers through our videos captioned in three languages (English, Persian, and Japanese) :)

[@erelkorp6683]

Ai Mori beating Janja Garnbret is a MUST see to understand that height don't make it all. I am tall myself, but my wife is quite short, so each one of us has his own strength and weakness. Sometimes we have to climb in a different style to make it work for sure, but the most important is that we top it !

[@user-mc2yl1sh9w]

this is the most useful video I've ever seen

[@sahandakane]

Thank you for watching. We’re so glad you found this video useful! 😊

[@khakicam5400]

Great info, that's another really well made video.

[@sahandakane]

Thank you!!

[@bcthegr8]

Thank you for sharing Enjoyed the lock off advice

[@sahandakane]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@pandan8867]

Thanks for your tips.

[@sahandakane]

Thank you for watching 😊

[@cscha101]

Super helpful!

[@sahandakane]

Glad to hear that! Thank you!

[@geraltlamb9566]

Excellent video!

[@sahandakane]

Thank you!

[@TIO540S1]

Another first rate video. Very interesting and informative.

[@sahandakane]

Thank you for your support! Glad you found it interesting.

[@sergeye.2151]

Great! Already sent this to my short friend!

[@sahandakane]

Thank you! Hope it’s helpful for your friend.

[@MegaBanannaman]

Great vid

[@sahandakane]

Thank you for watching!

[@florianneumann9441]

Good stuff - thanks for the video. I am 166cm and unfortunately struggle hard with my flexibility especially in the hip / pelvis region - working on it doing ‚Asian Squats‘ (which i still can’t do unsupported). Will try to stay consistent with working on it

[@sahandakane]

Thank you for watching and glad you found this video helpful. Flexibility will be improved quickly if it’s done daily. 😊

[@ArianneLane]

This is awesome. I'm also 155cm, so this is exactly what I needed. Thank you so much.

[@sahandakane]

Thank you for watching!! Glad to hear it was helpful :)

[@JaneEarth]

great video, also enlightening insight on the variation of a heelhook instead of toestep!

[@sahandakane]

Thank you! Glad to hear you found it helpful 😊

[@TrickyD8P]

Good video, I don't know why this isn't discussed more

[@sahandakane]

Thank you for watching!!

[@neillewis1389]

Thankyou! Really clear and informative. My wife and I are both 163cm. We want to be 'mighty mini' climbers 🙏

[@sahandakane]

Thank you for watching! Glad to hear it was helpful 😊

[@shmackedmuffins7948]

Just dyno everything.

[@SammanAhani]

I'm around 5'2 last time I checked, and I wonder if i can replace the flexibility with anything like strength, because I injured my leg a bit over half a year ago and it stopped getting better a few months ago and hurts if I pull my left leg up or if I move my right leg too far from my left.

[@sahandakane]

Thanks for watching! You can definitely work on other aspects like strength, power, and technique to advance your climbing. Flexibility is only one of many things that help your climbing. That said, if possible, it’s good seek professional help to address your injury!

[@bscutajar]

As a tall climber, I am here to get overpowered

[@sahandakane]

Haha, thank you for watching! 😊