Warm Up Exercises and Stretches For Rock Climbing

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As with any form of sport or exercise it is incredibly important to warm up and stretch appropriately before rock climbing. Too many rock climbers make the amateur mistake of not warming up or stretching properly before climbing and this can potentially be very dangerous and extremely limiting on their ability to climb with their full potential.

Doing the appropriate stretches before, during and after climbing will help you to climb better, climb longer, reduce the risk of injury and enhance the recovery time for your muscles following a climbing session.

Below we have listed a number of warm up exercises and stretches for the different areas of the body to help you improve your climbing sessions and also to decrease the risk of damage:

Before Climbing

Before you do any stretching you must warm up your body. The obvious way to do this is to find a straightforward bouldering route on a wall and climb this for about 5 minutes. You shouldn’t feel tired and you also shouldn’t really be breaking a sweat because all you really need to do is increase your heartrate and get the blood pumping around the body. You definitely don’t want to feel pumped in your arms and you ought to come off the wall should your arms start to feel tight and try one of the other up exercises below.

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