Your Biggest Climbing Mistakes FIXED - V0-V4 

I’m barely getting v4s but finally getting v3s regularly

Really good video. However, I don't fully agree that mistake #2 is indeed a mistake. Often, beginner climbers' biggest difficulty is to visualise, and if you can't visualise properly, you are going to struggle finding the best way to do the route. Going up the first time "ungracefully" often helps visualising and understanding the correct way to go. There is a lot to learn from trying and succeeding in a "bad way".

my biggest break through wa just going for some moves. instead of looking at something and thinking I couldn't do it, I would just go for it. more times than not I could get it

I can’t visualize anything, and so many videos talk about how important it is 😭

Great video. I find that beginner problems tend to be hard to visualize with the high density of holds to chose from

Mistake 2 is a great one. Lots of people (especially guys, because I guess we are competitive) don't want to be seen doing "easy stuff". I always warm up on a easy circuit (V0-2 for me generally), and try climbs again if I make mistakes (lots of noise, kicking the wall, missing feet, cutting loose, toe dragging etc). Prevents injury and really helps wire in the basic movements.

It is interesting to me that the last tip you give is about over-extending. I think I actually see more new climbers bring their feet up too high, into positions where it is more difficult to stand on their feet and simultaneously pushing their torso farther from the wall.

Thank you! Always a good reminder to twist more and twist better. I naturally twist a lot on the wall, am a short person so I often need to, but watching this video I realize I'm still twisting ineffectively a lot of the time. The tip about trying to touch your hip to the wall is a great visual example of what I'm missing!

THANK YOU! I just got into climbing recently, and your tips of body positioning and not twisting enough are super helpful.

I'd really love a video on body positions and movements to avoid for sake of injury.

Route reading before hand is cool but I also love just jumping on a wall with no knowledge. Feels a little more like rock that way. Helps build problem solving on the fly

Great video! Unfortunately as an aphantasic, I can't visualize myself whatsoever. Instead, miming the climb is really all I can do in that sense.

I've climbed for years. Especially route climbing on rock which tends to be pretty vertical or slab in Finland. In recent years I've started to boulder more and I've noticed that even though I may be V5-V7 climber on vertical wall, I'm a beginner at steep overhangs where the movement is quite a bit different. Tips on this video are very useful. Especially the proper twisting of pelvis.

this is GOLD! Thanks so much

Great video. I agree it is so important to practice your technique on easier routes and it also starts to develop your all around strength and endurance and reduces the risk of injury in your first months! Plus working on flow and efficiency can feel enjoyable! Thanks Lattice team

Fantastic video! Great tips definitely will be trying to train more effectively when im on the wall

Awesome video guys!

nicely explained, really helpful for beginner climber and this topics help trainers to train their students. thank a lot. cheers.

Thank u for this kinda of content. Is so usefull

I agree with over extend and it’s currenyly my weakness. As a tall climber I’m very easily reach higher hold but it makes me have a very bad beta when climbing outdoor

Thanks for the tips!

I don't know if I agree completely with the second one. What's considered good technique often requires far more body tension and time on the wall than people climbing these grades have, especially if it's anywhere near their max grade. Technique as shown in the video pretty much only works if you're far stronger than you need to be for the route. You'll never look this smooth or controlled if you climb something actually difficult for you, especially when bouldering. You should still practice this stuff ofc.

Thank you for the video 🫶🏻

Lol I've been climbing for a couple years and generally go for v5-7 but some of this advice was extremely helpful for me

I'm definitely a beginner climber (I've bouldered maybe 7-8 times so far, and am maxing out on V1 routes) and have made every single mistake pointed out in this video. I'm currently having a very difficult time learning the basics, because I'm 6'2" and very lanky to the point where I'm pretty much all limbs on the wall - and can't visualize beta either in advance or in mid-climb. Making moves like twisting and trying to push up with my legs only seems to get me further away from the wall, instead of further up the wall. At the same time, I don't want to give into the easy temptation to just rely on my height and arms to campus everything...because I do want to develop good technique. It's a frustrating place to be. But I really appreciate how your video attempts to explain everything, and I'll try to use these tips.

I prefer "climbing dirty" to "junk mileage." The body can teach us a lot if left to its own devices. Not at all suggesting that climbing dirty obviates the need for great technique! Cheers, Daniel

I think it would be nice to have a video focusing on route reading / visualization. I personally have the impression I cannot do it well / it does not help me much, since I usually first need to give the route a try before being able to correctly guess what kind of movement I should be doing. After the first try I can “visualize” it better and plan before the next try, but not so well before the first try. I wonder if an example video could help us with the thought process for the route reading / visualization.

I started analyzing my climbing videos and noticed that I am not keeping my back posture straight enough while getting up. Is there any advice that can help me with my back posture?

my main issue is not always knowing what techniue to use where. Like ill fall from a climb and then watch somene else do it, and behold.. they do a heel hook to get themselves up. I just want to be able to know when it neccessary todo that sort of stuff, Caue i never think abt doing heel hook

Que bien habla este chico siempre

Definitely not twisting enough, but I've learned.

I bought a brush. Big help.

First off, I love Lattice videos. I do however feel that alot of these beginner training videos with "mistakes" people make really come down to finger strength. If you can't hold it you can't move in that particular way. Volume volume volume :)

What Boulder Trousers u using?

Some people aren't able to visualize unfortunately. It's called aphantasia.

If you mostly need to jump for holds because you are shorter than the average climber - is that considered good technique? At my gym I've tried using good technique by twisting my hips into the wall and keeping my arms streight, but this mostly doesn't help because I'm nowhere near to the next hold, whereas the taller climbers can easily reach. Or their feet never cut, but I need to cut to be able to get that additional reach for the next hold.

Mistake 1: “not TWSiting enough”. Twisting*

You: talking about visualising Me: has aphantasia 😢

No dropper and tubes are such a turn off 😅

Tswiting

I completely disagree with the visualisation for beginners. It best just to climb and figure out what needs to be done on the route and to do many repetitions. This way we have tangible feedback and it is not theoretical, I mean when was the last time a newbie set-out to on-sight a route? They need time on the wall, not abstraction.

I still dont understand the hip-twisting. I actually tested it on the simplest grade and I didn't have any more reach with twisted hips. I felt with the "straight" hip I could reach even farther. Also it pushes my center of gravity further away from the wall. because my hip is wider than deeper, pushing the hip straight to the wall gets my center of gravity closer. I agree the twisting looks much more elegant and professional and I did it extensively for quiet some time. Until I noticed it doesn't really do anything besides looking good...

Not routereading and scrapping junk mileage are such silly suggestions, let me swing about mentally and chuck myself off the wall in peace

just climb more, you catch on soon enough and collect experience along the way

mistake 8: Not being stronger

FIRST

Great to see someone giving it a go at presenting. But it's really not for him sadly.

Your first mistake was wearing jeans climbing

Your first tip sucks. You recommend drop-knees in general without talking about what scenario they're good in. True, your explanation says "twisting" which seems more general than just drop-knees, but your only examples are drop knees on jug ladders with good feet. That's misleading and often drop-knees or "twisting" can get your hips further from the wall, making the climb harder. The other tips seem great though.

My biggest problem with climbing is going back too fast and not recovering my strength enough to even top out a v1 lol