Improving core strength for climbing

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Building core strength is important to guarantee the communication between the upper and also lower body. This is important for climbing as footwork is essential to good technique as is transferring this technique to the upper body.

This only ever becomes more noticeable as climbers advance into steeper routes and overhangs.

Keeping your body near to the wall is crucial to success on steep routes and many climbers fail. This is caused by a blend of bad technique and also poor core strength.

Other more advanced routes will need put even more focus on advanced footwork techniques. This can easily usually mean heel hooks and also toe hooks. For the most part, core strength will enable you to maximize the strength from the lower body.

We are going to show you some core strength exercises you can do either at home or inside climbing gym to help increase your core strength:

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