The climb-up is a core skill for competence in climbing, it’s also a wonderful builder of strength and power. Due to it’s difficulty, from a strength perspective, there are a number of progressions provided to learn the skill and gain strength and improve neural connections at the same time. The technique at its apex is also quite taxing, so each progression becomes useful when you’re fatigued and can’t safely use a more powerful version.

Climb-up Technique Setup Progression 1 Progression 2 Progression 3 Technique Tip: Knee Drive