Everyone knows success feels good in climbing. It can be really tempting to stick to a certain style, hold type, ect. that continues to result in sends. However, if you really want to improve as a climber its important to not avoid the styles you find difficult and instead attack them head on by working your weakness.
Here’s a blog post by climbing coach Will Anglin where he talks about just how important working your weakness really is.
“It is good to have strengths, but we all need to work on our weaknesses in order to realize our full potential. It is uncomfortable to confront aspects of our climbing that lag behind our strengths. Especially when there are others around. No matter how uncomfortable it is, if we wish to progress, we MUST push ourselves to face not only the styles that we don’t enjoy or consider weaknesses, but also the discomfort itself. It is exactly at the moment that we feel like quitting or we start making excuses about why we don’t want to try a climb that we should do exactly the opposite (unless you are putting yourself into a seriously compromised position).” – Will Anglin
To provide a concrete example from his own climbing, Will highlights his struggles with dynos and jumping. He talks about his attempt to climb Purple is Not a Color a V10 dyno at Lincoln Lake in Colorado and describes how he had to push through repeated failures and his own desire to not keep trying the problem. Click through below to read the entire article and watch a video of Will attempting and eventually climbing Purple is Not a Color.
Click Here: Do It Anyway! Working Your Weakness (link no longer available)
(photo courtesy of willanglin.squarespace.com)
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