How important is it for climbers to have a consistent warm-up routine, regardless of the type of climbing or location?

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Rob Pizem · Answer

This is a great question. How important is it for climbers to have a consistent warm-up routine regardless of the type of climbing or location? Ultimately, you want to be warmed up when you go ahead and expect yourself to perform athletically. Whether you're an ice skater, whether you're a baseball player, whether you're a gymnast, whether you're a golfer, it doesn't matter. And having a regular consistent warm-up will allow you to go ahead and engage muscles in a powerful and endurance type way and a delicate way better and more confidently if you are warmed up. And if you know how to warm yourself up properly, you're going to go ahead and and climb better every day. And you're going to be able to try movements without any hesitation because you know that you're ready to go ahead and try certain types of movements. So warming up is key. I think when climbers are younger they choose not to, but when they get older they find that they have to. So if we can teach everybody now, warm up.

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"How important is it for climbers to have a consistent warm-up routine, regardless of the type of climbing or location?"