Home exercise equipment for climbers: Oliunìd is training

Home training is getting more and more popular to improve strength and resistance outside the climbing gym. Here are our tips on what every climber should have at home!

 



First of all, a hangboard. Forget those incredibly hard suspensions on the door jamb! With a hangboard, you can do isometric exercises (such as suspensions and lock-offs), but also work on your abs or do dynamic exercises as suggested by Jollypower. Not to mention that you can properly warm up before starting your training session. Hangboards don’t take up a lot of space, which is a huge advantage as you won’t need a dedicated training room. There are many hangboard models out there, but the Beastmaker 1000 is surely the most polyvalent and complete on the market.

 

 


Spheres, cones, and cylinders are sold in pairs and can be fixed on the ceiling with a couple of steel hooks. They are an ideal addition to your home climbing wall, or you can hang them in your garage. You can use them to do pull-ups, lock-offs, and one-arm variations.

 

Bars and rings take a little more space than a hangboard, but they are still rather compact. They are great substitutes for those exercises that used to be done with weights. You can read more about Calisthenics to learn about the endless possibilities of these training tools. Core exercises, front levers, pull-ups, and block-offs are just a  few exercises you can try with minimum equipment.

 

Campus board. The great thing about campus boards is that you can customize them according to your preferences, but they take up a lot of space. You can choose between thicker or thinner, wood or polyurethane rungs. You can also add slopers and build it with your preferred inclination and rungs distance. In other words, if you have enough space you can have a lot of fun building your own campus board! 

 

 

Home climbing wall. This is the ideal solution for those who hate training outside in winter, when it’s too hot in summer, or when the gym is too crowded. Be aware though: sometimes, training on your own can be counterproductive. It's very helpful to compare and share tips with other climbers, and it’s important to keep up-to-date with the latest setting styles to improve your climbing skills! Ideally, a home climbing wall should be an addition to your normal climbing schedule at the gym or outdoors. Depending on its size, you can set boulder problems and circuits and perfect your movements and coordination skills. A bouldering wall is by far the most versatile and complete training tool.

 

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