{"id":24400,"date":"2022-08-11T12:05:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T16:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philarockgym.com\/?p=24400"},"modified":"2022-08-11T12:05:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T16:05:30","slug":"how-to-climb-efficiently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philarockgym.com\/how-to-climb-efficiently\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Climb Efficiently"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24400\" class=\"elementor elementor-24400\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6dda9d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6dda9d6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f41bd7a\" data-id=\"f41bd7a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa097d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa097d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have you ever wondered how to climb efficiently? In my 30 years as a rock climber, I have heard the following, common lament from many of my fellow climbers:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;I wish I had better technique.&#8221;<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">That&#8217;s not surprising, of course, since I have been a climbing guide and coach for most of that time, and improving technique is kind of in the job description.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The simple answer on how to climb efficiently is:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-54dfac7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54dfac7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c5e138a\" data-id=\"c5e138a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b94757 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b94757\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Get your hips to the top of the wall while doing as little work as possible with your arms.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca4e033 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca4e033\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The fact is that nearly every useful skill in climbing can be derived from this one principle as applied to movement on the wall.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is not always obvious how to do this however, otherwise, we wouldn&#8217;t have much need for an article. In this article, we find it helpful to break it down into smaller components.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the paragraph&#8217;s title above suggests, the principle of climbing efficiently requires doing as little work as possible with your arms.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Furthermore, our hips are the center around which we move in climbing, so it is convenient to break this approach into <strong>three<\/strong> broad categories:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78b952a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"78b952a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-567a861 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"567a861\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><p><em>How <\/em>to use\u00a0our legs to do as much work as possible (or how to use our lower body).<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><em>M<\/em><em>inimize<\/em> the load on our arms (or how to use our upper body).<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><i>Utilize\u00a0<\/i>the interaction between arms and legs to facilitate both of these objectives (or how to use our core).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5af31b6 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5af31b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adb5d24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"adb5d24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Or, to be a bit more formal, our <strong>secondary principles of climbing efficiently <\/strong>are:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8448fd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8448fd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1)\tClimbing Efficiently With Your Lower Body<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-305da9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"305da9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let&#8217;s start with lower body efficiency and how it is essentially all about how to approach the ideal of carrying <u>all of your weight with<\/u>\u00a0your legs.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is (with a few exceptions) not possible to completely reach this ideal when climbing. However, the various skills we will cover are designed to help climbers maximize the weight carried by their legs. This, in turn, reduces the load on their arms.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78f973c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78f973c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2)\tClimbing Efficiently With Your Upper Body<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b606a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b606a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Equally important is your upper body efficiency and it&#8217;s about minimizing the weight carried by your arms. At the most basic level, those skills revolve around keeping your arms straight.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9627221 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9627221\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3)\tClimbing Efficiently While Connecting Through the Core<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99b3732 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99b3732\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lastly, we come to the most complicated concept to communicate in climbing. This is perhaps the most important principle to understand and that is connecting through your core.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Importantly, the upper and lower bodies do not function independently in climbing. In order for a climber to be efficient, they must learn to coordinate their hands and feet.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Connecting your core maintains proper balance. It reduces extraneous motion and takes advantage of the interplay between the upper and lower body to generate controlled momentum. This maximizes the effectiveness of the power in their lower bodies and minimizes the work needed from the upper body. The goal is to keep them on the wall.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1badedf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1badedf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5fb85b5\" data-id=\"5fb85b5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f93755e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f93755e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How To Climb Efficiently<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c717948 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c717948\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Get your hips to the top of the wall while doing as little work as possible with your arms.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Maximize your legs.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Minimize your arms.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Remember to engage your core.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d300be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d300be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sound technical? Don&#8217;t worry. I will break it all down for you in upcoming articles. Stay tuned. Are you in the Philadelphia area and want in-person training? Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/philarockgym.com\/prg-oaks\/class-schedule\/\">climbing school<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39ff421 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39ff421\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0All material is reprinted with the permission of the author. Copyright 2022 David H. Rowland. All rights reserved.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered how to climb efficiently? 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