Been introducing my friends to these drills and it's great when we've gotten bored of climbs at a gym and don't have any real problems we're working on. Not just for warm ups but to help keep things interesting
I genuinely found you 3 days ago and i do not understand how you only have 100k I have learned so much in just three days you should its crazy Everyone who wants to get better should be watching these videos
the warmup drill 1 kind of blew my mind. I have only used my knee a handful of times in the last months, but it proves to be so effective for the low grade climbs as well
I had a session with Louis in 2018 I think. I was visiting from new Zealand and had an injury so we were a bit limited. I did all of these with him that day and I still do them now. In fact yesterday at the gym I was sharing them with someone whos a relatively new climber who is now quite strong but with sometimes poor technique :)
This is an amazing video. I came into it thinking "oh okay these are some things that I should really be doing that I'm not, I guess I'll force myself to do them" but while watching it they looked really fun! Now I can't wait to try them. All the examples and tips you gave are also awesome. The example on the black climb during the one touch challenge was especially awesome because I've thought that exact thing before and gave up because of it. I'm still a pretty new climber and I really didn't like thinking about this stuff but you've tricked me into being excited about it! Curse you! :D
Louis earning his shirt in this one. The dynamic drill looks especially fun. I also like that general mentality of making something good feel a bit worse so something worse will feel a bit better.
Love those drills! One niche one for Slabs I also like: - pick a rather easy slab - get on to the start position - pretend that every handhold is on fire: only ever touch the wall with your hands! - balance your way up the climb - get lots of balance training on an otherwise totally boring climb - profit!
I tried "The Robot" the other day at the gym. Awesome drill! I was so impressed that I just singed-up for the Catalyst Online Squad! About the drill.. It was surprisingly challenging, partly because my bouldering gym has almost no moderate terrain. Still, I could feel my brain working as hard as my muscles as I tried to figure out how to avoid swinging. And, because I was mostly on slight overhangs, I feel like this could be really useful for building the type of lock-off strength I know I need to get into outdoor V4. That said, if you are at my level or below, it might be a good idea to start on slab (if your gym has it) while you get used to the drill. Cool stuff!
The first two drills are going to take a full session for me :D, really excited for drill #2 though. I have been meaning to learn how to pogo for forever.
The last one is something I really need to work on. I adjust my hands and feet so much even on simple routes. I don't blame myself for adjusting on a scary project climb, but I do it so much when I really don't need to at all and should start building more confidence.
I have the same habit, too. When I first tried to minimise regripping, I noticed I often do it to avoid painful grips, like small wrinkles of skin between the bones and the hold. It is still worth fighting against the habit of regripping, but I’d rather regrip than climb painfully.
This looks so interesting and I can immediately see, how these drills could help me improve tons. So much so, I feel like getting straight back onto the wall, even though I spent yesterday evening working the hip positioning drill (which has been so awesome already btw) and really need the rest. Love it!
Nice video. Yesterday I tried these drills for the first time. The Pogo drill felled pretty weird the two other drills however were awesome. Don't think I ever climbed with so much awareness of my body and balance.
Great video as always. And just a tip to the cameraman (Sam?), listen to the audio you're recording. You can instantly hear if a microphone's gain is set too high and has distortion :)
I heard about the precise drill on a podcast, and i've been trying it last months. Its awesome to drill and train climbing with intention. Also awesome to train percision of movements when pumped out of your mind. Great drill. Also cool to trust crappy feet and holds
I am in love with these drills and can't wait to try them in my next sessions! Thank you for sharing them and your great presentations and explanations! ❤
A drill i made is called "High feet, high hands". It's pretty obvious but first get your feet as high as possible before then trying to get your hands as high as possible. It teaches you a lot of footwork and body positioning and then it also has a slightly dynamic/reachy portion to it as well.
Great tips Louis! Cant wait to implement this on my next sesh, any tips on how to get over fear of slabs or any heavy pivoting movement after coming back from a full ACL tear?
4:38 fun anecdote: Before I knew what pogoing was, I once tried to kick my 6'0" tall friend (I'm 5'0") in the face (all in good fun of course), and I swung my leg so hard that I swept myself off my own feet and landed on my back. That's how I learned about the movement of a pogo 😂.
a lot of these warm ups would wear down the skin on many newer climbers and even more advanced climbers. highly recommended to take it easy on your skin when you warm up so you can have a good session without pain
I love to climb but I’m in College right now and the closest gym is an hour and a half away, are there any home drills that I can go over to keep myself up to par for when I actually get the chance to go climbing
I’m sure you’ve heard it but your mic quality was dropping significantly when you were on wall. So much so I thought my headphones were busted. Love the vids tho.
Warmup drill #4: were gonna 1 arm campus everything, this really gets the blood flowing and is a great warmup
Seriously? 😂
As an amputee, I rely on the pogo technique for a LOT of my movements when I can't rely on my robot foot to hold. It makes things spicy 😅
all of these look actually so fun, it feels good to find ways to make the normal climbs more challenging when the ones at my limit feel impossible
Been introducing my friends to these drills and it's great when we've gotten bored of climbs at a gym and don't have any real problems we're working on. Not just for warm ups but to help keep things interesting
How do you ever get bored climbing? 👀
Great teacher!
@@juliebeauchemin2099some gyms are quite small with limited problems and no full time setters.
16:41 warmed up?? I think I'm done and ready to go home now lol
😂
Louis is such a good teacher! You can really feel his passion and enthusiasm for helping others improve. Super positive and encouraging
Love the increased input from Sam from behind the camera
I genuinely found you 3 days ago and i do not understand how you only have 100k
I have learned so much in just three days you should its crazy
Everyone who wants to get better should be watching these videos
the warmup drill 1 kind of blew my mind. I have only used my knee a handful of times in the last months, but it proves to be so effective for the low grade climbs as well
I had a session with Louis in 2018 I think. I was visiting from new Zealand and had an injury so we were a bit limited. I did all of these with him that day and I still do them now. In fact yesterday at the gym I was sharing them with someone whos a relatively new climber who is now quite strong but with sometimes poor technique :)
This is an amazing video. I came into it thinking "oh okay these are some things that I should really be doing that I'm not, I guess I'll force myself to do them" but while watching it they looked really fun! Now I can't wait to try them. All the examples and tips you gave are also awesome. The example on the black climb during the one touch challenge was especially awesome because I've thought that exact thing before and gave up because of it.
I'm still a pretty new climber and I really didn't like thinking about this stuff but you've tricked me into being excited about it! Curse you! :D
Louis earning his shirt in this one. The dynamic drill looks especially fun. I also like that general mentality of making something good feel a bit worse so something worse will feel a bit better.
Love those drills!
One niche one for Slabs I also like:
- pick a rather easy slab
- get on to the start position
- pretend that every handhold is on fire: only ever touch the wall with your hands!
- balance your way up the climb
- get lots of balance training on an otherwise totally boring climb
- profit!
Louis, your techniques as well as ROAP's (Robin O'Leary and Alex Puccio Channel) are top tier climbing lessons!
Cheers Louis! I’ll be trying these out tonight. I’m enjoying your channel, even if Ink isn’t in every video.
Will say I did notice some reduced quality audio at times, not that I’m complaining!
I tried "The Robot" the other day at the gym. Awesome drill! I was so impressed that I just singed-up for the Catalyst Online Squad! About the drill.. It was surprisingly challenging, partly because my bouldering gym has almost no moderate terrain. Still, I could feel my brain working as hard as my muscles as I tried to figure out how to avoid swinging. And, because I was mostly on slight overhangs, I feel like this could be really useful for building the type of lock-off strength I know I need to get into outdoor V4. That said, if you are at my level or below, it might be a good idea to start on slab (if your gym has it) while you get used to the drill. Cool stuff!
Really good way to make the boulders in any gym you frequent feel fresh once more and for you to practice technique at the same ti
Man 15 min of this and I am sweating like crazy. Excellent warm up 🙏🏻
The first two drills are going to take a full session for me :D, really excited for drill #2 though. I have been meaning to learn how to pogo for forever.
Great video. Can’t wait to see Ink try the pogo drill with his tail
Still working on pogoing with having an arm as a pogoing limb, but I absolutely love all three of these drills!
The last one is something I really need to work on. I adjust my hands and feet so much even on simple routes. I don't blame myself for adjusting on a scary project climb, but I do it so much when I really don't need to at all and should start building more confidence.
I have the same habit, too. When I first tried to minimise regripping, I noticed I often do it to avoid painful grips, like small wrinkles of skin between the bones and the hold. It is still worth fighting against the habit of regripping, but I’d rather regrip than climb painfully.
Well done Louis, thanks for sharing your useful content! All the best, Dave!
You're awesome. Thank you
3 crucial *games* to add to your warm-up. This looks like fun challenges.
Absolutely loved this one! Would love more videos like this.
What a good set of drills, I'm going to be showing this to my kids later and we'll all be having fun trying these out at the gym tomorrow 😁.
That tip for the 2nd drill is actually super helpful bc I’m definitely one of those wall bangers 😂 thanks Louis!
Fantastic video as always! Please keep up the high quality, psyche inducing content!!
This looks so interesting and I can immediately see, how these drills could help me improve tons. So much so, I feel like getting straight back onto the wall, even though I spent yesterday evening working the hip positioning drill (which has been so awesome already btw) and really need the rest. Love it!
That exact climbing wall at Yonder in London is the one I have been using every day since I started bouldering a few weeks back. Crazy coincidence.
Coaching my son at Yonder with our version of The Robot "Robot Rulz". Looking forward to adding the other two. Thanks Louis!
I love your drill videos, and practising them with my friends feels good and adds some funny situations to our training sessions.
Nice video. Yesterday I tried these drills for the first time. The Pogo drill felled pretty weird the two other drills however were awesome. Don't think I ever climbed with so much awareness of my body and balance.
Awesome video! Please, more tips to take our climbing to the next level!
Great video as always.
And just a tip to the cameraman (Sam?), listen to the audio you're recording. You can instantly hear if a microphone's gain is set too high and has distortion :)
Really nice video. At first I didn’t get the point of “the robot”, but after watching you do the drill I’m really looking forward to trying it.
Best movement coach on the internet ❤
I heard about the precise drill on a podcast, and i've been trying it last months. Its awesome to drill and train climbing with intention. Also awesome to train percision of movements when pumped out of your mind. Great drill. Also cool to trust crappy feet and holds
These drills seem so cool. I'm gonna try these with the kids. Especially if they have cool names like "the robot" they will love it.
Going to try these drills next time I climb! Definitely look like a ton of fun while warming up and being intentional about my climbing
Great video Catalyst. I'm always impressed with the sound quality on your videos. Could you tell me what wireless clip on mics you use please?
Really nice and valuable exercises, I'm looking forward to trying them myself. Thanks for sharing.
I love that the timestamp says “Pogging Limbs.” Much better than pogo.
Looks fun, will try it! I guess it has a nice learning potential.
I am in love with these drills and can't wait to try them in my next sessions! Thank you for sharing them and your great presentations and explanations! ❤
This is fun and so effective! I used it last night.
That looks like excellent advice. On it!! 🙏
Very nice warm up progression! ❤
Really great video. Looking forward to trying them out!! 🙌🙌
A drill i made is called "High feet, high hands". It's pretty obvious but first get your feet as high as possible before then trying to get your hands as high as possible. It teaches you a lot of footwork and body positioning and then it also has a slightly dynamic/reachy portion to it as well.
Super cool
These look like such great drills. Thank you
Great! Love your style of teaching ❤
Going to try these my next session
Very cool drills. Thank you.
This is more of a beginner drill and not super useful, but "touch each handhold with your nose before moving to the next one" is always fun.
2:30-3:30 In the video bub
Great tips Louis!
Cant wait to implement this on my next sesh, any tips on how to get over fear of slabs or any heavy pivoting movement after coming back from a full ACL tear?
Love them and will try next time
Amazing as usual !
The Robot seems perfect to ready for leading.
These drills look fun. Do you have any tips for trying these out when the gym is super busy?
That was really good!
So smooth 👏🏽
My warm up drill is to find at least 1 no arms rest per climb. Start with a corner slab and work from there..
4:38 fun anecdote: Before I knew what pogoing was, I once tried to kick my 6'0" tall friend (I'm 5'0") in the face (all in good fun of course), and I swung my leg so hard that I swept myself off my own feet and landed on my back. That's how I learned about the movement of a pogo 😂.
🗽 I like your warm up... I try it next time. 👍
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These are so cool! Thank you 😁💫
14.40 right hand re-adjustment. Unless you count the other side of a handhold as a different hold.
Do you think the no adjustments style can lead to overgripping holds?
Ah man, ik sick on the couch watching this, but now I want to climb so badly!
Really cool. Thx!
a lot of these warm ups would wear down the skin on many newer climbers and even more advanced climbers. highly recommended to take it easy on your skin when you warm up so you can have a good session without pain
Awesome! Joined!!!
Fun and amazing drills! Can't wait to try them tmr!
Great tips
Good stuff!
I love to climb but I’m in College right now and the closest gym is an hour and a half away, are there any home drills that I can go over to keep myself up to par for when I actually get the chance to go climbing
I feel like drill #1 is my usual way of climbing. 😂
(yes, I am really bad at it)
For the first drill when you have to switch foot on a tiny foothold how can you do it robotly ?
At 13:30, shouldnt the left foot touch the wall only once as well? To maintain the rule of one touch?😅
I’m sure you’ve heard it but your mic quality was dropping significantly when you were on wall. So much so I thought my headphones were busted. Love the vids tho.
Good video as always, but shame about the sound quality..
What is Louis' flash grade? 👀
What slippers is he using ??
Who else thought he was free soloing in the gym on the "Robot"
these would be sessions for me not warmups!
Where's the cool shoes?
What do you do if the foot hold is actually bad? Skip the start move😎
Good tips, awful sound quality though!
Movement looks to fast for a warm up didn’t really understand at all.