Strength Training for Rock Climbing

Video Transcript

"My name is Scott, and I'm the owner of Climb On Indoor Rock Climbing Gym, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Today, we're going to be discussing strength training for rock climbing. Some of the things that we do to become stronger climbers are push-ups, pull-ups, and sit-ups every single day. These are core exercises to keep our core strong without bulking up. Some of the other exercises that we do are weight lifting, but we use high rep and low weight as to not put on much muscle weight. Some of the other things that are more specific to rock climbing would be the Bachar ladder, a campus board, or campusing on a thirty two degree wall. These are all things that are going to work your core, your arms, your legs, and almost all the muscles in your body at one time; including your fingers, hands, tendons. These are all things that are going to become stronger through these exercises. Any exercise that you're going to do that has to do with rock climbing, campus board, or Bachar ladder is going to be somethin' that you want to get proper instruction for from your local indoor rock climbing gym to stay safe and not injure yourself while trying to become stronger. This has been strength conditioning for rock climbing."