Indoor climbing reddit As for rope climbing, my home gym is bouldering only, so I just don't have a lot of access, but I do indoor rope climb maybe once a year. The UP Mocc is a great chill shoe and I've been in love with the rubber for 13 years. The places I climb outdoors tend to be vertical to less than vertical, with only short sections where you need to pull a bulge or small roof. The tough part for most of us is we have way more access to indoor climbing. For context, I'm a 23-year-old male. My most regular climbing pants right now are The North Face Beyond the Wall pants. Testarossas are incredible all around except for toe hooks. Outdoor bouldering/climbing/alpinism is fun 'holiday adventure' stuff that has to compete with other holiday plans and regular life. Stretchy, draw cord closure for the leg openings to cinch, and super soft. I find that outdoor climbing makes you use your feet a lot better indoors however. For me, with climbing shoes, there's no substitute to going to a store and trying on different models and different sizes. With climbing shoes there's no way I'll be able to buy online or just from recommendation. I was wondering if anyone had pointers on how to limit injuries in your arms while indoor climbing. Do more of it and it will come. All of that background to say If you had to recommend 1 shoe, you used every climbing session (2-4 times a week for me) for indoor bouldering what would it be? I have a pair of black under armor joggers (moisture wicking/quick dry material, pretty breathable) that I got from Dick’s Sporting Goods that I’ll wear when climbing to prevent my skin from getting torn up if I hit something, they’re like $45 if they’re still being sold (bought them for reasons not related to climbing but they’ve translated over really well, they’ve got a bit of Real advice: search “pants” in this subreddit for many threads. As. - Same. I love crack climbing, and hate slab climbing. 3. From advice on which gym to visit to videos of world cup IFSC climbers, you can find it all here. Edit: I retire outdoor shoes to use as indoor shoes. Should I be trying more hard climbs rather than spending Same, I love indoor bouldering, but indoor lead climbing is harder for me than outdoors. I have been getting intense muscle strains in my arms, namely the tops of my firearms, my inner elbow crease, and even around my elbow. They're pretty rugged too, no rips but some pilling, and they've been put through some shit. I was so bummed. - cheaper, the rope + grigri + harness aren’t super expensive but it’s an initial cost for sure. Outdoor they were a little too soft for anything but easier roofs and slabs. Indoor climbers usually suffer outdoors due to technique and stylistic differences and outdoor climbers usually don't have the raw power and gymnastic strength of indoor climbers. Bs to 11. So glad it is coming back, mine are getting haggard. Unparalleled Mocc for most general climbing and Sportiva Testarossa for hard climbing. Mainly because it's so pumpy and sustained overhanging. This might be super obvious but I'm a bit clueless and don't want to rock up in something impractical if that makes sense. I'm a newbie to indoor climbing and was wondering what clothes would be best to wear for mobility purposes. Personally I enjoy bouldering more because 1. -it’s a short period of trying super hard then stopping, like doing a max set at the gym, I enjoy this type of hard and fast exercise followed by a rest period. A subreddit for the indoor bouldering community. One guy I know used to compete at a high level in Tae Kwon Do and the flexibility and power that he brought to climbing from that was amazing, and he progressed really fast. Anything related to indoor (and outdoor) goes. The La Sportiva Cobra could be one of the finest indoor shoes I have worn. I am not well versed in specific body parts/muscles so I apologize! I am climbing between 10. Always feel good even when pasting on glassy quartzite and limestone. For real, you’ll find tons of good threads with a quick search. Literally this. Climbing/bouldering indoors is my regular 2-3 times a week workout. . Shout out to properly sized Sportiva Skawamas. - I can just go alone 2. Don't think i visit outdoor rocks/mountains much more than once per year Idk why people downvoted this comment, starting with the sensitive good shoes for bouldering is the only way to get used to sensitive shoes for bouldering, you can get in tarantulas or some other stiff shoes with no downturn and when you feel like you can climb better but your feet aren't helping you as much and you go for performance shoes you're almost back to 0 because you climb different Hi there, I'm sorry if this has been asked somewhere on here before. New shoes aren't comfortable like rented shoes which were broken in by 100+ of feet. Search “climbing pants” on google as well. But again, climbing (especially outdoors) is so varied that everyone will be able to climb to their own particular strengths. Way easier than waiting for all the passive aggressive replies here. Indoors the foot chips are big enough so that stiffness matters little. Indoor and outdoor climbing are almost totally different skills. (Note that real climbers only climb n A subreddit for the indoor bouldering community. 4. I started climbing I was just like you, climbed inside up to a V5 level and struggled to get my first V2 my first go outside. pobgg uasjf uwwm nls snwxkr txs xbogppeg mrfkxx ugexcxlt zxntphr