Five ways to identify your weaknesses

Training your weaknesses is the easiest way to improve. This strategy offers the most progression in terms of time spent.

The hard part of training your weaknesses is identifying them, here are five tips to find your weaknesses.

1.

Look for trends.

Think of problems that give you more challenges than they should, or ones that seem difficult for the level of difficulty. When you find several you have challenges with, you might start to see a trend between them.

Whether it's certain grips, movements, the slope of the wall or something else entirely.

2.

Make measurable assessments of your training.

Our friends at Lattice-training have an app called Crimpd with a lot of training exercises, also to assess your fitness level and weaknesses.

The app is free and can be downloaded from the Appstore and Google Play.

3.

Ask a friend or a coach

Sometimes it's hard to look inwards, so it can be easier to get perspective from others.

It's best to ask someone you often climb with or one of our coaches. Ask for an honest assessment and leave your pride at home.

4.

Look deeper into your weaknesses

Often weaknesses are the result of a more fundamental weakness, knowing it can be crucial to finding your weakness.

Maybe overhangs are your weakness, but is it your body strength, foot technique or commitment issues to go for the last grip?

5.

Be honest with yourself

Is it really your weakness you have found, or is it just the easiest to train?

Many people jump to conclusions about training something specific because it is the easiest to start and because of a predilection for that specific training.

It can be difficult to challenge yourself by finding your real weaknesses, because it is easiest to train what you are already good at.

Now that you may have identified your weaknesses, it's time to make a plan to work on improving them.

Good climbing and good luck in overcoming your weaknesses.