How to stay injury-free in climbing

How to avoid injuries in climbing?

It can actually be difficult, most climbers can't avoid injury even if you try to be careful.

There are a few tips you can use to reduce the chance of climbing injuries.

1. Take a planned rest!
The body is not made to hang in small crimps 7 days in a row and therefore requires rest once in a while. Even if it's not fun, we need to recover to get stronger and reap the benefits of our training.

2. Vary your training.
It is important to vary the types of grips, inclines and movements you train. If you do too much of one thing, the risk of injury to the affected tendons, joints and muscles is high.

3. Always warm up before climbing.
It is important to get thoroughly warmed up before starting your workout. Fingers, wrists, upper arm and shoulders need special attention and require a gentle warm-up that gradually gets harder until you can start your actual workout.

4. Be careful not to push yourself too much.
It's okay not to climb a new color every time you check in. Try to challenge yourself on problems that do not push you to the limit, you learn a lot from repeating problems that you have climbed before.

The most important thing is to listen to your body and stop if something hurts. It can be difficult to distinguish between soreness from training and a minor overload that can become a real injury. Feel well and learn your body's signals, it wants the best for you :)