Trouble getting past V3s

Its called "project". Pick a V4 you really want, and start working it every time you are at the crag or in the gym. Each time you work your project, it will get easier and easier until you finally send!

A lot of V4s have 1 big move, so start practicing stretchy moves in the gym and if you can flash V3, stop climbing V3. THATS TOO EASY FOR YOU and your not getting any stronger. You need to get out of your comfort zone to grow as a climber in this case.

GumbyGumbyGumby wrote:Its called "project". Pick a V4 you really want, and start working it every time you are at the crag or in the gym. Each time you work your project, it will get easier and easier until you finally send! A lot of V4s have 1 big move, so start practicing stretchy moves in the gym and if you can flash V3, stop climbing V3. THATS TOO EASY FOR YOU and your not getting any stronger. You need to get out of your comfort zone to grow as a climber in this case.

Hunter,

Come up to flagstaff and I'll work some Boulder problems with ya, been wanting to get on some Boulders outside for awhile now. Bring your crash pad, you got my number.

Chris

Ryan U. wrote:This youtube playlist will improve your technique. I watch it quite often to refresh. I'm still a noob but this video has done wonders for me. You probably could start on video 5 as the first few are super basic stuff you should know by now. youtube.com/playlist?list=P…

I noticed in my gym the big difference between 3-4 is really really trusting your feet and just really 3 critical moves. drop knees,flagging and almost dynos where you have to trust your self and your abilty and just lunge for the grab nothing wrong with falling I've taken some slames in my gym and lost a grip at the top of a top out and slide down the whole wall no fun or is that the fun part!. Another big help watch people do the climb and just copy there moves and don't give up every time you go back to the gym and try the rout you'll find your self getting closer and and stronger until one day you get it and after that you'll get it every time

Boy now you should have pass V 3.... Did you?

OP deliver

Better shoes and improved footwork helped a lot.

Learning to move dynamically was essential.

Yes that is important, dinamic, so are you now get V4 done?

V6

Better shoes and improved footwork helped a lot.

Learning to move dynamically was essential.

Hunter McPherson wrote:V6

Wow pretty good, from V 3 to V 6 in 4 monts , yes we are curious,,, how you do

Not that I definitively know much but from what I have perceived...

Down climbing has helped incredibly with footwork and general body positioning, allowing for more efficient and effective static and dynamic movement.

Upgrading from Tenaya Ra's to Sportiva Katana Laces and Skwamas also helped a ton with precise footwork and placement.

Increasing mental resilience and determination to work on problems and piecing them together rather than my old method. Which was to start the route, see how far I could make it, try a few more times, then either send it or move on to the next one. Get on stuff harder or even much harder than your limits and see how much of the route you can do. Maybe you can even end up putting together problems you never would have thought you'd be able to send!

Oh and being unemployed and climbing a lot!

Hunter McPherson wrote:Oh and being unemployed and climbing a lot!

Hunter McPherson wrote:Oh and being unemployed and climbing a lot!

What outdoor v6s have you done?

Where did I specify outside Julius? Gym ratings are obviously different than outside but I clarified that at the beginning of this thread I mostly gym climb since I have no vehicle to access anywhere else. Speaking of cars, were you able to remove all the bagel dough from your back seat??

Maybe try going 2 or 3 times a week, consistently. Sounds like technique and finger strength which come with time.

I think its good to have projects in the gym (and outside) where you can only do 1 move or 2, or even 0 moves initially. Slowly you can do a move here and there, then you can link 2 moves, then a few sections of short moves. I busted out of a plateau in my bouldering when I stopped 'working' problems in the gym that i could get within a session or two and started working things that would take considerably longer.