Please make a video guide for tall climbers (sit starts, climbing within a small "box", utilizing heel hooks specifically for taller climbers, etc). There are a million videos for short climbers, but there's not a single proper one for tall climbers. It would be an absolute hit, and will put you up in SEO because there's almost no competition in this search field.
I think the main take-away from being tall that I found is that you should try to climb the small people beta after you did your comfort stuff. I learn a ton from that. But I would appreciate a tall people guide as well! Recently came across a climb where the top was sideways and bad, so you had to get to one side of it. But the taller you were, the more off-balance you were. I didn't get anywhere on that top hold while all the smaller women topped out the route easily.
One thing I've noticed I struggle with in regards to toe hooks is when the position requires a toe hook from a bent knee! Perhaps that's just my over-abundance of leg, but getting stronger quads and hips has done a lot for my confidence in awkward length toe hooks.
Toe hooks necessitate that your knee is locked in. A toe hook with a bent knee can’t be secure. It can act as an intermediate to offer you temporary balance, but it surely won’t let you maintain enough tension to make a proper reachy move. Or you might, in such circumstances, move yourself away from your toe hook position to gradually lock in your knee, at which point it should start feeling secure.
Thanks a bunch for this no nonsense explanation. Im currently stuck on a toe hook route which is on a roof so am gonna apply these methods next time and see. I thought i must just have really weak shin muscles or something but its beginning to look like a technique thing. Bravo
Toe hook-adjacent question: Are bat hangs basically toe hooks, only upside down? And do these toe hook tips work the same way for them? Do they engage the same muscles, or is there a difference in execution? Tried a problem with a bat hang start yesterday and I could not stay on lol
As far as I've experienced the answer is yes. When I bathang the farther my foot is onto the hold the more secure and strong it is. With bathanging, there's just a lot more force that your feet need to be holding up.
Bathangs can be quite tough when starting out, you have to actively engage your foot. In my experience attempting to move your toes towards your shins is the way you have to engage your foot.
Thank you so much! Insanely useful content just in time when I needed it the most. Short enough, as there is nothing redundant, however extra in-depth tips make video even more helpful. If you could solve sound issues it would be amazing. Kazakhstan climbers with you, keep going
Thank you for this very helpful video! For me often the problem is releasing the toehook (or foot-hook), especially if I am waaay off balance. Any tips besides training core? :D
Awesome video and great tips! A quick question. Does a toe hook usually require cutting the feet after reaching the handholds? It seems as though it would be difficult to statically reach a good foot after using a good toehook
Good question! In first instance it relies on the climb and your morphology but then a good method is to practice actively focusing on creating tension through your opposing limbs in order to release the toe in a more controlled fashion!
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Sometimes you can also match the foothold for a double toehook which allows you to release the first foot and place it on another foothold. Not all the time, but it's perfect when the sequence is just right :)
I would agree with Lau! Sometimes its good to use a mixture of both but also don't forget you can have a bent leg through the toe-hook which can reduce distance
Depends on what terrain you are on but often its reliant on finding a good balance point or the right balance of strength through opposing limbs to be able to release pressure!
Hey, cool Video 🎉 Would love to see Omar more often as he is much more my bodytype… All the yt boulder coaches are soooo skinny and muscled and I feel more or less bad - not really about my body but about the transfer of knowledge. Probably a tutorialseries for more bulky type of guys? 😊
Another awesome video. Would love a guide for older climbers. So suited for someone with much less strength, flexibility, and recovery! Parent and son have become common TV series 🙂. Failing that, I'm London based...
@@CatalystClimbing Lol they look rather too advanced for me, but definitely inspiration. Starting at 60 makes for extra challenges but first I need to climb more regularly. Hopefully one day I'll see you over at The Arch, Acton.
Hey man, really love your videos, but I implore you to figure out a different mic situation. Spiking the audio like that and the scraping noises that neck-mic thing makes is seriously brutal to listen to.
Please make a video guide for tall climbers (sit starts, climbing within a small "box", utilizing heel hooks specifically for taller climbers, etc). There are a million videos for short climbers, but there's not a single proper one for tall climbers. It would be an absolute hit, and will put you up in SEO because there's almost no competition in this search field.
This!!! I’m 6’3 210 and sit starts make me want to die
@@camerontuck5379 I'm 6'7" 220 and I often find myself skipping the first move on scrunchy sit starts because... they're sometimes just impossible? eh
I'm 'only' 1:90 and even I would massively benefit!
I think the main take-away from being tall that I found is that you should try to climb the small people beta after you did your comfort stuff. I learn a ton from that. But I would appreciate a tall people guide as well! Recently came across a climb where the top was sideways and bad, so you had to get to one side of it. But the taller you were, the more off-balance you were. I didn't get anywhere on that top hold while all the smaller women topped out the route easily.
you can't have it all! ;)
I improved a lot in toe hooking by doing lots of roof climbing where you often need to do bicycles.
why dont u just ride your bike on the ground
100% great practice!
One thing I've noticed I struggle with in regards to toe hooks is when the position requires a toe hook from a bent knee! Perhaps that's just my over-abundance of leg, but getting stronger quads and hips has done a lot for my confidence in awkward length toe hooks.
Stronger legs do mean stronger hooks!
Toe hooks necessitate that your knee is locked in. A toe hook with a bent knee can’t be secure. It can act as an intermediate to offer you temporary balance, but it surely won’t let you maintain enough tension to make a proper reachy move. Or you might, in such circumstances, move yourself away from your toe hook position to gradually lock in your knee, at which point it should start feeling secure.
One can also just find random bathangs and just hang to work out your shin muscles. Basically hangboarding for your shins
I find turning the hip inwards to engage the toe helps a ton. Thankfully, my local gym has a roof area where toe-hooking is a typical sequence.
Mega! Let us know how you get on!
Great tips, thanks a lot! I've been wondering what I've been doing wrong with my toe hooks lately so this was just perfect timing.
Glad to hear its useful for you! Let us know how you get on!
Louis Louis Louis. The haircut at 2:46 for the ad is it! You look great in that!
Thank youuuu!
Nice! I’m definitely going to practice this next time I go climbing!
Let us know how you get on Michelle!
Thanks, i am going to add some fooks to my climbs tomorrow
Thanks a bunch for this no nonsense explanation. Im currently stuck on a toe hook route which is on a roof so am gonna apply these methods next time and see. I thought i must just have really weak shin muscles or something but its beginning to look like a technique thing. Bravo
Great work! The first video that explains the wizardry of toe hooks. I will try next time at the gym.
Thank you. Explanation is going to help a good deal 🙌
Let us know how you progress!!
Thank you for the very helpful video, especially about the foot placement! 😁👍
Great stuff I've added a link to this video in a library I made of all 86 climbing techniques that I know. Thanks!
Glad to know we made it into the playlist!!
Hey man. Just wanna say thank you.. the footwork tips came at just the right time. 🤙
Love this technique series 👏
Thank you!!
Toe hook-adjacent question: Are bat hangs basically toe hooks, only upside down? And do these toe hook tips work the same way for them? Do they engage the same muscles, or is there a difference in execution? Tried a problem with a bat hang start yesterday and I could not stay on lol
As far as I've experienced the answer is yes. When I bathang the farther my foot is onto the hold the more secure and strong it is. With bathanging, there's just a lot more force that your feet need to be holding up.
Bathangs can be quite tough when starting out, you have to actively engage your foot. In my experience attempting to move your toes towards your shins is the way you have to engage your foot.
In a sense yes! However as our wonderful community have also put, there is also a bit more reliance on engaging the foot itself!
I found the video useful, so I'm commenting to bump your engagement metrics. Lets go algorithm!
Thank yoooou!!
Thank you so much! Insanely useful content just in time when I needed it the most. Short enough, as there is nothing redundant, however extra in-depth tips make video even more helpful. If you could solve sound issues it would be amazing. Kazakhstan climbers with you, keep going
Thank you for this very helpful video! For me often the problem is releasing the toehook (or foot-hook), especially if I am waaay off balance. Any tips besides training core? :D
Hi Cristoph, have answered this one a couple times in the comments if you have a gander through!
Awesome video and great tips! A quick question. Does a toe hook usually require cutting the feet after reaching the handholds? It seems as though it would be difficult to statically reach a good foot after using a good toehook
Good question! In first instance it relies on the climb and your morphology but then a good method is to practice actively focusing on creating tension through your opposing limbs in order to release the toe in a more controlled fashion!
Sometimes you can also match the foothold for a double toehook which allows you to release the first foot and place it on another foothold. Not all the time, but it's perfect when the sequence is just right :)
Love when Omar makes it into the video
Toe hook isn't only useful but very powerful too! Contrary to heel hook, you can toe hook almost anything.
That depends on the person we would say! Often for some people heel hooks can be more effective!
What would be the best way to Make your ankles stronger? Like with bathangs you have your whole body weight on your feet
Straight legs! Very important to straighten your leg as well for maximum power.
Is always great to have the full leg engagement when possible!
what if you're tall with long legs? Perhaps it's just easier to always heel hook? I never toe hook somehow.
Depends on the route id say. Sometimes its easier to lay a heelhook but you can transition into a toe hook by turning your feet
I would agree with Lau! Sometimes its good to use a mixture of both but also don't forget you can have a bent leg through the toe-hook which can reduce distance
Great video!
Thank you!
Toe hooks kinda came naturally to me bc as a short server I will put a foot out to balance myself when reaching across a table
Really liked your content. Your channel is the equivalent to what catalyst athletics is to weightlifting :p
Love the video! Pls get a better lapel mic though, this one's kinda noisy :(
We are working on it! Thank you for the feedback!
Awesome video
Cheers Kevin!
How about tips for releasing toe hooks? I feel like I just fly off the moment my toe leaves the hild
Depends on what terrain you are on but often its reliant on finding a good balance point or the right balance of strength through opposing limbs to be able to release pressure!
Hey, cool Video 🎉
Would love to see Omar more often as he is much more my bodytype…
All the yt boulder coaches are soooo skinny and muscled and I feel more or less bad - not really about my body but about the transfer of knowledge.
Probably a tutorialseries for more bulky type of guys? 😊
Another awesome video. Would love a guide for older climbers. So suited for someone with much less strength, flexibility, and recovery! Parent and son have become common TV series 🙂. Failing that, I'm London based...
Some great ideas here! Also if you are in London, head to our website and check out our Masters team!
@@CatalystClimbing Lol they look rather too advanced for me, but definitely inspiration. Starting at 60 makes for extra challenges but first I need to climb more regularly. Hopefully one day I'll see you over at The Arch, Acton.
Me at 7 in the morning practicing toe hooks at the bus station
We are all guilty of it!
I have theories 😱
If only there was a word we could use to combine foot and hooks to help us remember ....
Right?!
Rolled my ankle
I knew it was you 😁
Hey man, really love your videos, but I implore you to figure out a different mic situation. Spiking the audio like that and the scraping noises that neck-mic thing makes is seriously brutal to listen to.
Thank you for the feedback we are working on it!
Hey man. Just wanna say thank you.. the footwork tips came at just the right time. 🤙
Glad to hear they are of use!
Great video!
Thank you!