The 3 Most Common Mistakes in Climbing (and How to Avoid Them)

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Have you ever found yourself making the same type of mistakes when climbing? These aren’t so much strength or technical deficiencies, but rather errors in our decision making. I call these “traps” because while it looks like an appealing solution, it’s oftentimes misleading. In this video I’m going to go over the 3 biggest traps in climbing, and how to avoid them.
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0:00 Intro
0:33 Trap 1: Using Everything They Give You
1:41 Solution to Trap 1
2:23: Movement for Climbers Academy
3:04 Trap 2: Choosing Style over Efficiency
4:26 Solution to Trap 2
4:58 Trap 3: Favoring Proximity over Mobility
6:46 Solution to Trap 3
7:04 Outro

[@z1522]

Gyms allow lots of room for PLAY, i.e. trying different combinations, even intentions, for a given problem; 1x slow motion, static, total control, meticulous; 1x reverse sequence, 1x skipping holds, etc. There is NO single "right" way to do anything, and being free can open up novel possibilities, that over time can be incorporated in new sequences on other climbs. Body awareness, and developing an instinct more and more finely tuned to subtleties of foot orientation and placement, core shifting before moving any contact point, sensing slight enhancements of marginal crimps, just by realigning the wrist, on and on. Make it a game, often with another boulderer, and you may both learn far more than in a solo workout.

[@ArsiekDHOL]

I realllyyyyy like you videos on youtube!!! they are so clear, not to long and perfect editing!

[@MikePlus]

High quality as always. Just FYI, on your signup page, the flow of the text is a little odd - it almost looks like there are two slightly different drafts of your pitch at the top and bottom of the page. I'm not sure if this is intentional, but at the least, the "$ value" of a Zoom coaching session is listed differently at the top and bottom of the page.

[@movementforclimbers]

Thanks for letting me know! I'll get the appropriate changes made.

[@Mediumtire]

​@@movementforclimbers do you climb at momentum sandy, I feel like I have seen you climbing there before

[@Precisionmagert]

Great information. I'm definitely learning alotv from you

[@joekitz]

I struggled on that exact v6 at 4:13. Seeing and hearing the example you showed inspires me to give it a better go.

[@silentdiscretion2657]

Get out there and crush it bro! You got this

[@movementforclimbers]

That section got re-set. But the 2 new Green V6s are quite good. You should get on those!

[@ioidt]

how lucky you share the same gym!

[@tommybinson]

Thanks! Beautiful climbing and great advice. A fine channel.

[@calvinmaltin]

You are amazing! Your channel is my new favourite, wow!!

[@danf8986]

I always skip holds, and ultimately someone busts my chops for it 😅

[@alexclawson6107]

👍

[@TonyFisherPuzzles]

There are only bad holds if it was set by a bad route setter. Obviously that doesn't apply to foot holds being used as hand holds.

[@michaelhoang5925]

Great Video! What kind of pants are you wearing?

[@rob6120]

Very good video, just be careful making absolute statements about very situational things like the difficulty/size of holds and how that affects the efficiency of movement.