From Beginner To Pro In 4 Years: Learn Antoine’s Top Bouldering Secrets (Part 1/2)

[@BendikOlsen]

Nice Video Kristine. Cool to include some local champs as Antoine in you videos!

[@KristineClimbs]

Thank you 🌸 So happy he wanted to join 🤩

[@MrAleksander59]

Hey, good video! I climbing just 2.5 years, can climb around 6b-6c. I always warm up before climbing: few minutes of joints rotations, stretching, sit ups and different body bends in all direction. Maybe few pull ups, maybe little fingers warm up. So like 15-20 minutes to warm up and only after I'll do warm up climbing. But I just about half year was climbing alone, after that I only go to my gym to climb in groups with trainer, so, I guess, it helps a lot to really push forward, to help find weaknesses, some suggestions and answers from him.

[@KristineClimbs]

Thank you for watching and leaving a comment 😍 Good progress for you, 6cs are tough 💪 Haopy to read that you take the warm up seriously, I think that's crucial to have a good session! Keep crushing 🤩🥰 And nice to have a trainer. A lot to learn from that.

[@Larderer]

One tip I have for you Kristine is to work on your body tension. Being loose is often good, but many problems require a lot of core work and lock off strength in order to send them. You have a very loose and dynamic style, which is really great for many type of climbs, but the further you get up the grades, the more body tension plays a significant role. I think this is something you can improve on for sure. Also thanks for yet another fun and entertaining video!

[@KristineClimbs]

Thank you so much for taking time to give me tips, really appreciate it! I know you're right about this one. I never really pay attention to mye core, just rely on my arms (and sometimes feet) to do the work. My question is: How do you train to improve this skill? Is it enough to be aware about it when you climb, or do you do like specific drills or exercises. Thanks again

[@gunnaruppstad3574]

The short answer: train the pulling muscles of your upper body, they are important not just for reach, but also to move tension in the right direction into the foothold. Train your obligues, they're important for weight shifts, balance and flagging. Pair those with climbing specific, on the wall core drills that are 'closed chain' and targets your posterior chain (walk your feet across different footholds, some incut where you claw your toes in, some smeary where you engage your back and shoulders to give your feet an opposing base to push against) and hip flexors (intentionally cut loose, then bring feet back on hold, see how far to the sides or down you can get before the extension becomes too difficult, and then get repetitions somewhere close to that failure point). It's important that the drills are closed chain for strength transference, traditional open-chain core exercises are not going to give the same benefits because of lack of coordination and specificity. Best of luck:)

[@KristineClimbs]

Thank you for trying to explain! I'm not sure if I understood all of the exercises you shared, but I will try them out in today's workout to see if I got them right. Would be an interesting theme for a video as well 😊

[@gunnaruppstad3574]

Found a few links for you, demonstrating the exercises and explaining climbing-relevant core training. Hope this helps:) : 1. Hooper's Beta m.kzbin.infozhZI1YpvSHo 2. Hooper's Beta m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKjclWdmeqehoqs&pp=ygUbQ29yZSB0ZW5zaW9uIGNsaW1iaW5nIGRyaWxs Drills: 3. Mercedes Pollmeier m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5W1oJJ8i9Frppo&pp=ygUbQ29yZSB0ZW5zaW9uIGNsaW1iaW5nIGRyaWxs 4. Lattice Training m.kzbin.info4Ox0wnkhpZ8 5. Paradigm climbing (really underrated channel) m.kzbin.infoajpAQFkzWCY I also recommend checking out his shoulder and back exercise demonstrations.

[@KristineClimbs]

@gunnaruppstad3574 Thank you so much! Wow, can't wait to check this out when the kids are asleep 🤩🥰❤️