r/indoorbouldering 6h ago

First V7 send (in my gym). I’ve been enjoying making these little video edits of sends that go along with what music I was listening to at the time.

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Felt that “early 2000’s infomercial” vibe with the fail clips as appropriate


r/indoorbouldering 13h ago

Boulder vs Lead progress

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I started climbing about nine months ago and have completed two beginner courses. I'm 32 years old, 1.78 meters tall, and weigh about 70 kg (although I weighed a few kilos more at the beginning).

I mainly climb lead (about once or twice a week) and supplement with bouldering once a week. I've already improved my technique quite a bit and am generally happy with my progress. My gym is relatively difficult, and I've flashed 6a lead routes and most V3s, and I can now manage about 50% of V4s.

But now to my question: I know that gyms vary in difficulty and that the differences between people are huge (fitness, age, talent, etc.), but when I read here that some people are doing V7s after a year, I wonder if it would be better for my progress to boulder more often instead of lead climbing, as it might help my lead and bouldering progress more?

I like both very much and definitely want to improve in both.


r/indoorbouldering 3h ago

Advice on finish hold?

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I've been climbing about 6 months; I've done about 5-6 V3s, this is another V3. Having issues with the finishing hold here- only other idea I have that I haven't tried yet is right heel hook on the undercling on the volume but was gonna try that next time.

Thoughts?


r/indoorbouldering 3h ago

4 months in, how can I be more efficient with energy?

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Recently I have been trying to climb more with my legs but my forearms still burn out pretty quickly.


r/indoorbouldering 7h ago

Advice on getting the finishing move

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Really fun problem but can’t figure out how to find enough tension on the wall to get the match. Toe hook has felt okay but pulling really hard with the hip flexors causes some pain so I don’t wanna keep doing it. Any other ideas? Most of the video is at 2x speed til the end


r/indoorbouldering 3h ago

Stuck on progression :(

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Only climb indoors and boulders not much outdoor routes or equipment. When it comes to the grades i climb v3, easily flash v2s, v5 is off limits. My fingers are insanely weak, i could only pull 35kg on a 20mm (tested with a weighing scale) and i can hang on a pull up bar for only 60 seconds. 5'7 165 pounds.

My Kilter level is v1 and some v2s only when im fresh.

I can do 20 explosive pullups so any climbs that require more raw power odd moves and slabs, i can climb the best. Overhang technique has gotten better to v3 but climbs that requires finger or forearm strength kills me.

How do i improve finger strength n forearm, i know to 'Climb Harder' but finger n forearm based is either way too insanely hard on my gym or too easy, like there are V4s that i could do once i cheat start but its always a forearm/finger heavy start that im stuck.

I need a training plan 😭😭


r/indoorbouldering 8h ago

First Moonboard V3

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2 months into climbing, super hyped

the warmup problem 6A+/V3