Climbing technique tips

These are some basic movement technique tips while climbing and belaying to decrease the stress on the body and help decrease the risk for injury.

There a several different grading systems used to determine climbing grades. Rock climbing grades are subjective. Climbing grade conversions are not perfect but there are several systems used to compare them.

By climbing with proper technique and having an intrinsic awareness of you movement patterns, you can begin to prevent the most common injuries. This will help to increase your climbing efficiency and boost performance.

Learn what crimping rock climbing is, how to do it right, little tips and tricks that you never knew about this sport.

Crack Climber's Tech

Core strengthening exercises and mobility exercises for rock climbers.

Trying to figure out what the heck V4 or 5.10 means? Check out our guide to climbing grades so that you can understand the system to climbing difficulty.

We've designed this easy-to-follow warm-up routine for all of our climbers to follow. Created by Marine Mammal, these illustrations appear in Indirock, Southend's first bouldering wall. This warm-up should only take 5-10 minutes in addition to your climbing session but will make all the difference. Come and visit Indirock at Southend City's Victoria Centre.