I’m new to bouldering, I started 3.5 months ago and love it. I was wondering what kind of training routines you all recommend for advancing? When do you decide to move on to more difficult problems? Any personal words of wisdom?

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  • @dark_shines11English
    2•1 year ago

    Sounds boring but just doing it more. I find it hard to learn by copying someone as I can’t easily identify the tiny body changes. But trying a problem over and over and trying new things you can learn what works and what doesn’t.

    Also asking friends or strangers how they did something can very helpful. I find climbers are very happy to share advice when asked (but usually won’t offer as that can be considered rude).

    As for strength, I guess it’s very different muscles. It will help when your fingers, forearms and technique are better I’m sure :)

    • @feedum_sneedsonEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Thanks for the advice. My forearms are totally ruined at the moment, between climbing and manual labour. But I guess that’s how they’ll get stronger!