Better dynamic climbing | Pro tip

Today, British professional climber and Olympian Shauna Coxsey shows you a simple yet effective exercise to improve your dynamic climbing skills.

It doesn't have to be the all-points-off dynamo. However, using momentum during climbing movements to reach the next hold is a coordination skill worth practicing. A great method to get better at dynamic climbing, reveals professional climber Shauna Coxsey in the video above. The nice thing about it: The exercise can be easily integrated into the warm-up and the level of difficulty can be varied depending on the slope of the wall or the choice of grip.

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