Stop Plateauing By Fixing These Common Mistakes (V4-5)

Comments · 306

• CA

  @CatalystClimbing · 2 years ago · pinned

  WIN a YEAR SUPPLY of MagDust Chalk from Rúngne<br>Enter Here ▶︎ <a href="https://rungne.info/catalyst">https://rungne.info/catalyst</a>

  39

• ND

  @ndmtzn · 2 years ago

  most of these tips were so obvious to me while watching, i was constantly mumbling to myself &quot;yeah duuh&quot;, but immediately realized that these are the exact mistakes i constantly make! (i climb v4-5) &nbsp;Thank you very much for this video - the illustration with a climber that is relatable in skill &amp; grade, and the dissections of each move afterwards were just perfect. Glad I am subscribed

  1.7K

• NI

  @nilsp9426 · 2 years ago

  My key take-away from the video is that to progress further I need to think more about moving between body positions instead of moving between holds. Thinking of the holds as the steps is such a natural beginner mindset, but at some point it just stops working. Grabbed the hold, fell down, didn&apos;t progress to the new comfortable body position.

  577

• RO

  @rockcycle824 · 2 years ago

  Idk if this is too obvious, but one thing that helped me fight plateauing is to climb a problem until it&apos;s clean, rather than until you top it. I used to fight my way up V4 and be like &quot;doesn&apos;t matter, made it to the top&quot; and move on to the next problem. Now I repeat a problem until I feel that I&apos;ve learned everything I can from it. Repeat it enough to where you could answer the question Louis asks @<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2mdLD8GoQg&amp;t=1116">18:36</a> : &quot;what if that hold was worse?&quot; You should know the reasons behind each move well enough to answer that question. Thanks for the tips, as a casual climber breaking past V5 has been a struggle!

  166

• OL

  @Olaussen76 · 2 years ago

  These are all great. but the best tip I ever got from watching Louis, was &nbsp;for stepping on to bad footholds. It was the &quot;just concentrate on taking the weight off the other foot, rather than trying to weight the bad foot&quot;. It completely changed slabs for me.

  526

• CR

  @CrimpBoss · 1 year ago

  I’m a 4 ft 8 climber, and always have issues with reach. I’ve plateaued at v4, and always thought it was due to reach. After watching this video I realized that I could fix some things to fix that reach issue. I went to my centre yesterday, and was able to climb a crimpy overhanging v6, inn just one session. Thanks Louis!

  63

• BA

  @bakedbeings · 2 years ago (edited)

  Good tip for deliberate footwork: pick some beginner climbs &nbsp;(v0 to v2) on slab-to-certical walls, and climb them without raising your hands above your shoulders (unless absolutely unavoidable). You&apos;ll have little choice but to focus on bringing your feet up and getting max value out of foot placement and orientation.

  38

• EV

  @EvaR_1000 · 2 years ago

  I love how Louis shapes movements and breaks them down into little steps to make them doable, so that at the end the entire movement actually is achievable. Nice work Louis! 👍

  170

• UN

  @Unknownpractitioner123 · 2 years ago

  Just being pedantic here, but at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2mdLD8GoQg&amp;t=505">8:25</a>, the reason a toe hook is stronger by the laces isn’t because that part of the foot is stronger, but because the applied force is closer to the fulcrum (ankle) thereby reducing the moment arm and reducing torque on the ankle

  79

• JB

  @jbashyy · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2mdLD8GoQg&amp;t=840">14:00</a> Luis describing climbing like Whis talks about ultra instinct 😂

  5

• LI

  @lifeofpop88 · 2 years ago

  Its all so technical, everything has to be really dialled in. Love it.

  5

• CU

  @curiouslycory · 1 year ago

  &quot;What if that hold was worse or further, what would I have to do?&quot; Fantastic bit of advice that didn&apos;t wasn&apos;t loud enough :)

  17