What I Wish I Knew When I Started Climbing | 10 Tips to Climb Harder

[@ComputerManDanMiller]

#11: Actually USE your feet and body tension. The amount of people I see climbing with good beta, putting their feet in the right spots, but have barely any actual hips/hamstring/foot engagement is crazy. Everyone focuses on their hands all the time but you can get away with being really weak if you have good body positioning and actually USE your body. There is a huge difference between standing on a foot and engaging through your foot, pulling your hips into the wall with your hamstrings, and not letting your hips drop or your center or gravity change when moving between holds.

[@AlpineActivist]

Can confirm! I’m someone who climbs a fair amount but still cannot even do a body weight pull up. However, since I started truly focusing more on technique than strength my climbing has improved by entire number grades.

[@DeezelxDr3amz]

As a person who only climbed 5 times so far and just hit my PB of a 5.10 indoor climb using 90% hands and forearm, this 100% is so incredibly incredibly crucial. Needed to see this.

[@MikasanLi]

I'm now waiting for the day I see someone do a double front flip in a climb

[@okok-rj7fc]

Duffy has done an arms only backflip! I think we’re getting there!

[@TheJustinConnor]

One time I did a 5.10c DWS and then did a double front flip from the top… ask Trevor

[@Jan.Bouldering]

Nice Video, the end reminds me of a saying that's on one wall in my main climbing gym: "The best climber is the one having the most fun!" 😃👍

[@jacobsmith_climb]

There’s a lot of these videos but this is one of the best I’ve seen. Impressed you managed to keep such a talky video entertaining too . Nice one

[@JoshRundle]

Thank you! It’s nice to hear this because I was worried it was too talky and not entertaining too!

[@chrisembry3736]

Terrific tip Josh, thanks for sharing. And the last is my fav. Have fun and make your own climbs.

[@JoshRundle]

Thank you 😊

[@MrStridey]

Tip 11: wear a climbing helmet when outdoor climbing. Especially if you're belaying directly under a lead climber who keeps falling!

[@sgt7]

I find a good warm up is just doing some easy climbs first.

[@jordantulipano556]

Day 1 of climbing today. (Basically 0 experience). 1 near death experience and apparently my friends think 5.10b is beginner shit, or were they lying to me to make me try it. All in all, 10/10

[@keithl3789]

Sounds like shitty friends

[@climbing_thomas]

perfect timing, just arrived in my office and opened a can of coca cola! also, a very interesting video idea would, or so my partner and i think, would be about challenges for tall climbers! there is so many videos about small climbers and how to maximise reach, but it would be really cool to have a video for taller climbers as well! perhaps you could team up with nathan betts haha! anyways, nice video, as always!

[@S___________D]

Just arrived home from my office haha. As a taller climber, most important is to lower your hips every time you've got the chance, you won't use the fingers and forearms as much, not even close, but I suppose you already knew that. I'm a beginner myself but I train with some people that have been climbing for 15 to 25 years. It's so good, I can't recommend enough to everyone I meet to start climbing. :D

[@Jan.Bouldering]

I would appreciate videos for taller climbers as well. Being 1,99m small boxes and sitstarts are often a pain in the a** 😅

[@traceyedwards350]

Excellent advice and another great video. Ace to see Flashpoint Swansea getting a visit too :)

[@beratung.davidenkel2370]

Really nice video. I saw some vids you made. I really like the tip, of building a good base/foundation of experience before getting to the next level. And i agree with you by saying, enjoy climbing, feel movements and try sometimes like a child: This is a really good approach to make climbing for decades part of your life. All the best, Dave

[@K1Xian1988]

Warming up properly is by far the best advice here, however do NOT use a hangboard until fully warmed up, its so easy to pop a flexor and/or pulley.

[@JoshRundle]

I actually don’t agree with that. The hang board can be a really effective tool to warm up on if you do it gradually. And you are less likely to pop a pulley/flexor on a hang board than pulling on crimps on the climbing wall as you are statically loading your fingers rather than dynamically.

[@Hampshire87]

That’s me.. The guy who doesn’t know where to start his arms and legs half of the time.. As a result, I refuse to get a chalk bag until I do. I want that beginner look lol

[@jakoblogan777]

Yes, you need all the tips to *stare* climbing! 🤣😊

[@JoshRundle]

😅 ooppps

[@IzzyIkigai]

For me personally the best warmup is literally just doing some easier climbs. Everything else is just annoiyng and I'll do it maybe once and then never again.

[@ohffsreally]

Thank you! This was such a helpful video. I was wondering how you'd recommend going about learning the fundamental techniques? My local gym only offers courses for those who can already comfortably climb intermediate (they say FB 4/5A). But I'd much rather learn the right techniques from the start. I'm doing a lot of top roping but not so much bouldering, so while I can climb up to 5.10b, I don't feel as though that translates to bouldering as the moves feel much harder.

[@MyStiCstudios777]

11:40 double front flips 😂😂

[@MiddleAgedBoulderGuy]

Ah, AG1 aka expensive pee. Good tips! 😊

[@gaelliozon]

it's surprising how all the climbing KZbinrs got hooked by this brand. :D Thanks josh for the tips :)

[@James-mr5kb]

Yep. Take a multivitamin instead. Much cheaper, measurable benefits via a blood test.

[@maeveh838]

Vitamin D supplement (and B12 if you're vegan) but otherwise just eat plenty of fruit and veggies 😊

[@SushiPat]

Wow learnt so many things

[@JoshRundle]

Wooo!

[@C0bik0]

ooh flashpoint Swansea very nice that's my local Gym

[@confusingnote5581]

heya mr cobiko I miss climbing with you (its adel)

[@C0bik0]

@@confusingnote5581 what da hell where are you

[@largo2454]

What a great video!

[@JoshRundle]

Thank you! 🙏

[@potatopoato7881]

I'm in this video in the background at 10:20. I'm basically famous. See you later losers.

[@JoshRundle]

😂😂😂 Thanks for featuring

[@cradleofgoth]

The most important thing I wish I knew was to give yourself proper rest between attempts.

[@JoshRundle]

That’s so important!

[@cradleofgoth]

@@JoshRundle before I learned about that I used to come home in severe pain and my sessions lasted about 1 hour, half of which was fully pumped and barely able to do anything.

[@liamgethin2277]

Awesome video kinda needed some inspiration to start working in the gym again! And your right no one does care what grade you climb! Also what are you doing in flashpoint swansea that's not where you belong!!!! 😂

[@JoshRundle]

Thank you 😊 really pleased you liked it! Haha sorry I’ll stay on my turf 😉😂

[@poolkrooni]

boop, Josh

[@noahbecker2126]

one question i started like beginning this year nad for may warming routin i like to go one the easyest boulders that we have in our hall is that ok or not a good way to warm up thanks if someone ansers me XD

[@JoshRundle]

That can be a good warm up for some but there are off the wall warm ups that are really good for getting your body ready to climb. There are lots of good examples on google about them 😃

[@noahbecker2126]

@@JoshRundle thank you very much

[@tboughton11]

God you're a legend xx

[@JoshRundle]

Haha thanks Tim

[@ReaperUnreal]

These are some good tips, stuff I've heard before, but a lot of it bears repeating. And I guess I should warm up better. Ugh. 6:40 Paint me like one of your French girls.

[@JoshRundle]

Thank you! Haha yea, warm ups suck 😂. Haha 😂 🎨

[@RobertOhhhhh]

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[@marcbecker1431]

Tip 4.1: aka an advertisement.

[@samnub7912]

Yooo flashpoint swansea??? I was there TODAY!! What're the odds?

[@madzen112]

No arms no climbing, as they say

[@Crazyoldman84]

Also try and be taller like josh it's easier. 👀

[@JoshRundle]

Haha, I would actually recommend the opposite.

[@Crazyoldman84]

@@JoshRundle I caught me a Josh 🎣 😂

[@JoshRundle]

@@Crazyoldman84😂

[@jacobesterson]

@@JoshRundle I know there are upsides and downsides for being tall and short in climbing, but some climbs in my center are just flat out impossible if you're not tall enough. Average height? Sure, you're fine. Shorter than average? You're screwed. Maybe it's just a problem with the route setters, but you don't get that problem with being too tall. Certain starts are harder, but nothing is literally (or near) impossible. You can also just straight up skip certain moves if your arms are long enough.

[@brobiv2452]

I prefer playing video games with my friends

[@jacobesterson]

Real life is just a game where your actions actually carry over. After you finish a gaming session, nothing you did actually lasts beyond the experience of "feeling good." Now I ask, if you can feel good doing something in the real world, is that not strictly better for you? There's nothing more satisfying than the pleasured pain of physical progression. This is all coming from someone who's spent an inordinate amount of time playing video games by the way. Your ability to 360 no-scope noobs in COD lobbies won't translate into anything in the real world, but most importantly your online friends begin disappearing rather quickly when they start having to pay for their own bills. You'll see them less and less, until many of the people who you once played with every day are never to be seen again. Consumed by the toils of adulthood. Video games are fine as an occasional leisure activity but it's no replacement for physical activity and in-person social interaction. I know you're probably not even gonna read this but these are words I wish I'd understood when I was younger. I knew them, but I never understood them.

[@brobiv2452]

ok i will quit playing games, thank you for your wisdom i am now seeing what youre saying@@jacobesterson

[@wesleyverity7310]

Someone reply to this comment when it’s a few days old so I can rewatch 😊

[@danielilisics9159]

Save to playlist brother

[@alejandromoreno5056]

so the whole advice is to climb as if you're not climbing?

[@JoshRundle]

Sorry I don’t understand?

[@melfarus]

Way to give it away with the thumbnail. Now I don't need to watch your 10 minutes of video 😃

[@JoshRundle]

haha well you know I wanted to make it obvious ;)

[@SH19922x]

Be skinny, that's it. Strength has nothing to do with it. Alex honnold has the grip strength of an actual weak girl(tested) and is the best ever

[@frosthammer917]

You clearly know nothing about climbing. Also Alex Honnold isn't the best ever, he is just very famous and has big balls. His actual climbs difficulty wise don't even pierce the top 100 climbers and he has no comp climbing achievements. He is famous because he does free solo aka the most dangerous type of climb.

[@Faunarr]

does physical strength matter much? Or is it a lot more abput technique.

[@futtyboiharris2]

That’s my home gym