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I recently started bouldering, and I seem to have overdone it somehow, because I woke up with a weird tight and tingling pain in my wrist. It doesn’t get as activated from wrist movements as it gets from moving/twisting my whole arm, especially when straightened (which makes me think it’s connected to another part of my arm/shoulder/back, even if felt in the inner wrist and lower part of my palm). I’m assuming it must be some nerve-related damage but I cannot fully assess the scope of it or how exactly it happened.

As it’s been 2 weeks that I gave it a break and it’s still there (on and off sometimes), I will be checking it up soon, so I’m not using this thread to get diagnosed, I simply want to hear more opinions and advice.

If anyone has had similar issues, any kind of info and suggestions would be much welcomed 🫶

Hi guys I am new to bouldering and absolutely love it. I’ve been dealing with this pain that comes and goes and have done some research online pertaining to this pain. I know this may be due to insufficient warm-up/ stretching before I go bouldering.

I have been doing some nerve flossing exercises/stretches and taking ibuprofen to relieve the pain slightly.

I definitely do not want to keep dealing with this pain in the future. I am taking some time off of bouldering until I’m healed 100%. I would like to know if anyone has dealt with this and any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I’ve been bouldering indoors for nearly two years now. My local area is literally the worst possible place for outdoor bouldering with the nearest crags at least a 3 hour drive away so I don’t get much chance to get outdoors.

I went to the Peak District earlier in the year but rain meant we got less than 2 hours of climbing in. But I’ve just come back from the Lake District and got 2 solid days of climbing in. First thing I noticed was that it felt much harder than the stuff in the peaks. Far more crimpy moves, lots of body tension, a lot of steep problems and lots of highballs. My gyms grading goes up to 10 and I can climb most 6s but outdoors I was just about able to do V1 if they were in my comfort zone. I was a bit disheartened at first but quickly learnt just to have fun and also just make stuff up of the guidebook problems were unachievable.

The fear is also a much greater problem too, indoors I’m rarely scared unless it’s really dicey but outdoors there was a lot of climbs where I couldn’t get passed the crux because the fear of falling was too great.

I’m sure this is everyone’s experience on their first time outdoors! I wondered if anyone else has climbed in both the Lake District and the Peak District and felt the same? I feel like the Peak District grit is a lot more forgiving than the climbs I was attempting in the Lake District.

I’m planning to get another trip to the peaks in around autumn. It definitely got me keen to increase my skills and confidence outdoors!

Hi everyone,

I have been bouldering/climbing more intensly for the past 9 months and somehow my right toe startet hurting.

I am hoping that someone may have encountered a similar problem. For a lot of other people, toe problems seem to be mostly cause by wearing wrong shoes. However, I'm currently using 3 different shoes from different manufacturers in different forms, and the problem remains. The toe is not hurting while climbing or even when walking etc, I just realise at night when I'm lying in bed and my toe is pressed into the mattress. Should I just not worry about it too much? But also it's not normal that my toe hurts after climbing? Could it be because my right foot is bigger and in the end it's the shoes after all? Is it some kind of wrong movement when pressing onto foot holds? I just don't know.

I really don't want to stop climbing just because my toe hurts at night haha 🥲🥲

Happy about any advice or ideas 💜

Started climbing pretty recently, got a membership about 6 weeks ago and really felt myself improving really quickly.

Stupidly tried to jump to make the top of a climb I was projecting and couldn’t hold on so fell sideways. I stuck my arm out when I landed and felt my elbow pop out of place.

Was literally the worst pain i’ve ever felt. Had to go A&E where the popped it back in place and i’m stuck in a sling for the next couple weeks.

Looks like it will take me a few months to get back to climbing again but just so demotivating because I’m not sure if they’ll be any long lasting effects or if i’ll ever regain full strength and mobility with that elbow.

Anyone here had any similar injuries or just any bad injuries in general while climbing. And how was the recovery and getting back into climbing ?

Is power endurance and endurance a real thing?
As long as you know how to rest, you don’t over grip and climb effectively you should be able to send the route. The person who is the strongest on each move should be able to send the route( Fingers, body tension and overall strength)

It’s like I’m gonna go lift weights, to get stronger you do sets of 5. There’s no power endurance in lifting. Whoever is the strongest will be able to do the most sets of 10 reps.

I feel like the answer to becoming a better sport climber is bouldering and moon boarding and learning the beta for your route. If your power is high, it all trickles down and makes each move easier even if you get a hard 20 move sequence.

Is this true?

Hello! I have been building a bouldering tracker for a while and it's finally live on iOS. It's called Talus.

You tap your sends and tries per grade and it builds your pyramid and stats without the faff. Free. Would love a few of you to log a session with it and let me know how you find it.

Im a solo dev so my main focus is community building, getting people to shape the app themselves with a suggestion box feature.

My biggest thing with apps is inside ads (has none) and not being able to easily suggest ideas and improvements - both of these I've solved!

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6779186802

Apologies if this doesn't quite fit the sub.

My financial situation has slightly changed recently, nothing major, but it does mean I can't afford a monthly gym and climbing gym subscription. I chose to quit the gym and keep the climbing gym.

While I know bouldering is a full-body workout, wondering if you guys know some muscle groups that bouldering doesn't target quite as effectively, and if you have any supplementary home exersices I could do. My climbing gym has some simple gym equipment too if that helps. Thanks in advance.

I recently moved to Paris from London. In London all climbing gyms pretty much come with a training area with benches, weights, dumbbells, matts, rings etc.

I want to be able to boulder and my strength and conditioning training but ideally do not want to pay for another membership just to go to a commercial gym for general strength and conditioning. Are there any climbing gyms in Paris which also have a training area with similar facilities to London?

I went to Climbing District Bastille which has a super small training area. It didn’t even have pins for weighted pick-ups, weights dumbbells or matts to stretch on. Are Paris climbing gyms training areas all like this?

Hey all, I am in some need of guidance/advice/experience. I have been bouldering for a few years now, and I got to a solid level where I feel I can send challenging projects and enjoy the sport. Fast forward to 2 months ago, i had my first injury: i tripped my ankle with some soft tissue damage. In the past the same ankle had a partially torn ligament, and I was told I can expect a long recovery but nothing major.

Since the accident I can already walk with a minor limp and the physio said as long as I dont jump from the top bouldering is fine. Today is my 2nd day in the gym since the accident and climbing feels terrible: I am constantly stressing on falling, I feel as if my ankle is constantly drifting out, and can not support my weight. Part of this is surely psychological, yet I don't know what to do. Bouldering was my fun getaway from stress and work 2-3 times a week and I am worried it might be ruined for me.

Any advice on what should I do? Leave the gym for a few months and "start again" once I feel ready? Keep pushing? Look for another hobby, and have climbing ad a least frequent hobby?

Thanks in advance.

I know that I’m gonna just sound like a baby posting this, but my skin hurts so much when I climb and I don’t know how to fix it.

Recently I was knocked out with a fever for 3-4 days, and didn’t go rock climbing during that time. Now that I’m recovered, I’ve been going frequently, but I find that the thing that stops me from completing climbs is that my hands feel like they are on fire.

It wasn’t like this before my very short break, and I would go around 3-4 times a week. Now the skin on my hands hurt so much that it’s hard for me to even complete climbs that I could do before I got sick.

Any advice for this? Will it just get better? Is there anything I can do?

I just wanted to share my experience buying Saturn Los Angeles.

I was hyped about the pants and the knit, so I ordered them early in April, and it was shipped on the 29th. On the 21st of May I stopped receiving updates. I emailed them on the 10th of June about it, and the only response I got was them forwarding back the tracking number. I wrote them several times since then asking to please reach out to the shipping company to open a case to find the package, since there was something obviously wrong. I didn’t get a response then, and after a week I asked for a refund, which they have also been ignoring. It’s over two weeks now and I have reached out through every possible contact source with no luck.

I’d discourage anyone interested in their clothes from actually buying them after this.