Climbing

Check your climbing shoes, gear, and the mats or belay setup. Warm up your fingers, wrists, and shoulders before you climb.

Start with an easy route to warm up. Push with your legs and keep your arms long as you move.

Climb down or lower off in control, then shake out your arms. Let your breathing settle, then check your workout duration.

Climbing works your cardiovascular system and whole body. Use your legs to push up and your grip, back, and torso to stay close to the wall.

Check that no one is below or beside you before you climb or drop. Land on the mat with bent knees instead of straight legs.

Breathe steadily instead of holding your breath on hard moves. Use rests between routes to settle your breathing.

Record the time spent climbing. Do not enter routes completed, grades, or height.