Don't Follow these Rules in Climbing

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When we're beginners on the bouldering walls, we learn about all these different rules in climbing. In fact, I've probably told you many of these rules. Now we're going to learn about the exceptions - when you can and should break the rules in climbing.

0:00 Intro
0:43 Cutting Feet
2:28 Straight Arms
4:14 Opposite Hand & Foot
6:46 Closing Thoughts
7:35 Special Announcement!

[diamondisgoodu]

Ive never thought about resting with same hand and foot on a roof section thank you very much for the insight!

[HoopersBeta]

I love a good rule-breaking video ;) thanks for the shoutout!

[mongoose]

almost unbelievable how well this video ties in with the Eric Karlson upload today. Nikken only sends the proj after he stops trying to do the crux move as technically sound as possible and embraces an ugly foot cut.

[pttnastick]

Cool, thanks. At some point pretty please tackle the issues of correctly jumping off, falling off, crashing from a boulder, whenever climbing down is not possible. Especially relevant when doing big "risky" moves like dynos at top out heights etc. Much appreciated.

[jjdmadn]

I'll try the tip for roof sport climbing, it's hard finding advice on that, as most tips work for boulders or shorter section, but the project i'm currently working on is like a whole sport route but on a roof.

[elliotrichards]

Love your content man, super useful stuff coming from a beginner!

[davidw]

OMG I knew I've seen you before! I finally saw a climb in this video I recognized! I'll say hi next time I see you at Momentum!

Edit: great video too! I love the technical discussions and the video showing what you're talking about!

[HasCome]

I will have to check with the church of dynology to see if pogos are acceptable

[LiamRappaport]

One of my favorite quotes that's also applicable to climbing: “There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” -Bruce Lee

[craigbritton]

A long overdue video. Excellent. I would add that beginner and intermediate climbers should learn this early; as some of these rules do not get broken; when needed to be broken; even by expert climbers. ( I have seen it occur at Nationals and World Cup events./ straight arms on catching dynamic moves being quite a common error.
A suggestion for another video would be on when to use a full crimp rather than a more open position.
Just discovered your site and as someone who has climbed for nearly 60 years; I find it to have very thorough and clear explanations.

[foolhard]

Great video! Exactly what I needed after getting into a noncreative rule following climbing habit.

[AB-kobn]

This was extremely helpful and informative, thank you

[iRvilte]

As someone who loves cutting feet, I’m loving the validation!😂

[Łucja-ks]

Loved the „lost in translation reference”😂

[namyak-bfod]

I’ve seen you in my local gym
That’s so cool! I’ll make sure to say hi

[ken]

Always when you show how not to do, it looks smoother then when I climb 😅

[hankli]

Another senario where Pogo/barn door is good is when you need to jump sideway to a foot hold and/or need instant tension between the hand and the foot. Can't imagine using opposite hand and foot on such moves.😂

[noamschwarz]

Thanks for the informative video! Small criticism: I found the flickering of the fire behind you to be distracting, and would have enjoyed the video more with out that.

[evmarekaj]

I will intentionally move more or waste more energy sometimes becouse i use climbing for body bulding, also i started doing repeat movements for things like awkward dynos or other moves that im uncomfortable with in order to train it

[KIVagant]

Plus 100 to not to jump with straight arms. It can damage shoulders and other joints.