Cool way to explain it! One phrase I always liked from a coach I know is "Your core is every part of your body between your fingertips and your toes". Perhaps technically untrue, but it helps a lot to think about creating tension not just by tightening your abs, but thinking about tightening and positioning your whole body in certain specific ways to help yourself stay on the wall.

How hard was it for this guy to pretend he couldn't hold body tension on those problems? He probably maintains his core tension while sleeping and does pull ups to get out of bed when he wakes up at 3am. Basically I'm jealous of the fitness level, haha.

On "mind your feet": I have a background in martial arts too and I've considered making a video to explain how the principles of a punch also apply to climbing movements. When I see beginners throw a punch, I can see them move their centre of gravity up as they throw the punch, thus they are no longer rooted and lose power. It's similar in climbing: even though you want to go up to the next hold, you'll want to stay rooted by staying low at the same time.

I've been climbing a long time but the closed chain explanation of training was really excellent. I've been doing that extended traverses on a board intuitively for skill building since I've returned to climbing and was really pleased to see it depicted here. I will make the effort to think through my feet while looking at the hand, great way to put it!

Your explanations of climbing techniques are so easy to understand. One of my favorite educational climbing channels!

Great explanations in this video! It's so bizarre how in so many disciplines people think core strenght is a magical thing that will solve all their problems. Handbalancing might be the most annoying example. I guess it's just easier to say "tense you core" than to give a complete and comprehensive explanation like this one 🙌

Counter pressure is such an integral part of climbing. It’s awesome that he highlighted this first. It’s the difference between advancing as a climber and being stuck on your grade. Helps those 5.10 climbers become 5.11+ climbers

Found this channel a couple days ago, and have found all your videos super useful. While I have been climbing for a while, and have come across the techniques and methods used - I didnt have them formulated or put into words. So to get that from you has been great. Thankyou so much, keep doing what youre doing.

You make the most in depth short videos, that are so insightful.

Man, can LITERALLY recall each of thos problems from previous sessions. I think I know what to do now.

4:06 Mind your feet. 5:52 closed chain exercises such as extended traverse on a 45 and inverted extended plank

Crazy to see one of my favorite channels climbing at my home gym. Amazing content I'm definitely going to incorporate these tips excersizes into my training.

I learned more in those last 7 min than in the past months ; thank you!

throughout this whole video I was having realisations of "I make that exact mistake" which I would not have realised without it. Thank you so much.

Yes, the zen climber is back. Keep up the good work my friend! 👍

Im glad I watched this because it confirms that my personal trainer is on the right track (though she knows nothing about climbing) I took two weeks to work on what she called core movement patterns (lots of different flavors of squats, dead lifts and push-ups and chin ups) and came back to climbing. Before: flash v2, send v3, struggle v4. Now flash v3 and some v4, working on a v5 send.

This is one of my favorite topics in climbing, amazing job covering it!!

The feet traverse exercise looks really cool, I am going to try it for sure

I really enjoy your teaching style. Thank you for putting these together. They really help a lot.

This is probably my favorite video on your channel so far! I couldn't agree more with every point you make.

Oh is that Momentum Millcreek? I was telling my husband I thought I saw Movement from Climbers dude at the gym but we knew you weren't based in Utah so we dropped the thought lol Anyway, body tension is something I really need to work on, especially when doing cave/very overhung climbs. As a short person, I find it's incredibly important to build core strength to keep tension in my body so I can keep my hips close to the wall to be able to reach farther. I will definitely try the extended traversing feet exercise! It's hard to not cut feet with my height (5'0") on overhang, so I'm hoping this exercise will help me improve that particular weak point. As always, thank you for your valuable content! 10/10 one of my favorite climbing KZfaq channels!

I like the explanation of the open chain exercises and close chain exercises! It makes sense and I'll try more close chain exercises.

Woah, wait a second... You're at my gym! Sweet man! I did the V7 that's the extension of the V8 he's on in the beginning, couldn't squeeze hard enough on the 8. ;)

Glad to see new videos out, and I hope you liked the problems set at Momentum.

As a physicist that just started bouldering, this was a fantastic video! It was really easy to understand, and the graphics really helped.

You should do a warming up video. I think it’s something important that many climbers don’t always do.

Seriously this one of the best climbing channels out there

Its been a while since a climbing video has learned me something new. Thanks

Traversing feet drill looks like a winner to me! Using it! Thanks!

Mate you make the best videos! I watch loads of KZfaq but probably only absorb 10% of the information but I seem to absorb much more information the way you put it out and I appreciate you dude , thank you.

I really needed this, thank you! I have felt plateaued in my climbing recently and especially with the kilter & tension boards. I will work on this and watch this as I continue to progress!

Best advice I’ve gotten in a while

Fave climbing channel. Thanks for the content man.

I was so excited to see you had posted again!! Your videos are incredible! This makes so much sense thank you! On overhang I have a habit of putting pressure in my toes, and didn't realize that was a main reason behind my body tension. Friends will ask but how do you stay on the wall and I'm like I don't know, but now I do! Such an awesome video, thank you!

Loving these videos, just started climbing recently and these are my go to chill and educational videos.

*Your world vs The rest of the world* i needed that, thank you so much.

My favorite video yet from your channel! Really well done.

Mind your feet. I love it. 100% gonna try thinking foot position while seeing hand move!

This was such a mindful way of explaining - thanks!

Love this! Beautifully explained and executed. Thank you 😊

Really great explanation 👍 your videos are succinct and with great technical content.

I have been climbing for 6 and i am learning so much from this video, thank you

Quite insightful and well presented. Thanks!

Thanks for sharing. I really enjoy the in-depth explanation of movement, tension, and the 90 degree explanation.

Thank you. Nice one.

I haven't watched yet, but this is the topic I really wanted to explore. Thank you! Already love the outline.

This makes complete sense and your explanation is excellent.

The video is about tension, but it is so relaxing

Some great things to think about, thanks!!

Amazing video! You have helped me improve my technique so much

One warning about closed chain exercises. If you have a weakness along that chain, you will strengthen those positions within the movement, but it will be most likely through compensation of other muscles and long term it potentially cause injuries.

Great content. Your explanations really resonate with me.

Really nice. I found myself that working mobility for the psoas and gluets is useful also the T Y I in the rings for tension and compression.

that was really a good explanation, I've only tried a climbing wall a few times (10+ years ago) but explains some of my issues - not pulling at 90 from the hold - thanks

Glad to see you're back!

4:12 is, in my opinion, one of the biggest game changes. Once I started remembering I have a whole body outside of the hold I am going for everything changed and previous difficult "strong" moves became a lot easier

This is really good info, thanks!

Really helpful video, thanks! I’ll start being more aware of this!!

The wall exercise reminded of down climbing, you often put your feet as low as you can while maintaining tension. So I guess maybe down climbing helps with the core?

Thank you, your channel is gold.

Very informative video. Thank you!

Amazing content.. all this time I thought body tension was reliant on your ab strength. Thanks for explaining closed chain exercises. great stuff!

I love the video, thank you for sharing and put your time into this. 👍👏you rock!

This is brilliant advice thank you!

this was awesome thank you!

Open chain vs closed chain is important, but the bigger point here is posterior chain rather than anterior core. (You do mention this later on ofc)

This was very helpful! Thank you!

Nice vid even for a beginner level climber, very to-the-point!

Always the best tips and explanations ! thank you !!

Interesting, thank you!

Thanks a lot. Great video.

great explain! very helpful!! thank you !!!

thank you, you're amazing

Enjoyed seeing how stoked you were on the leg press 🤣

This is so helpful. Thank you!

Deadlifts and squats are great for training your core, as they require stability to produce the power needed to complete the movements. But, I'm not a climbing expert, so perhaps there are better methods. However, one thing is for sure: crunches are a waste of time.

New video by movement for climbers! YEEEEES

You have the best videos

great video, thanks!

Great lesson 👌

Awesome vid dude thank you

tfw when you start bouldering and go to youtube for tips, and the expert giving tips on youtube is doing so from the gym in your town. pipeworks ftw!

Thank you for your videos!

What are your thoughts on good anterior chain training drills/exercises?

Cograts for that amazing explanation!!! 👏👏🙌🙌🙌

wish you showed us the end of that yellow boulder problem though!

Maybe "you" can't hold tension. My shoulders and neck have an incredible proclivity to hold tension.

Amazing video, thank you!

Excellent video thank you so much ! I started climbing 2 month ago, and your videos are helping me A LOT, it's incredible. You're giving really good tools that helps understanding our body, and how this body is evolving ( and why i'm falling ahah) on the wall. I was wondering about body tension, and how i could improve it. I thought i needed better shoulders and core to block(which is maybe not totally wrong ahah), but finally the problem could must probably be my feets, as often in climbing ! Thank you so much, i'm very excited to apply it in my next session

Excellent stuff mate

I appreciate your videos!

Amazing! Very inspirational and educational. :)

Thank you.

Thank you

8:03 no deadlift where I am. are kb swings a decent replacement to work posterior chain?

As always, cool high quality content 👌

honestly, maybe i didnt search good enough, but i think its the first time some1 explains why people do all those flags and counterpressure moves. not once did i see why its done, apart from here and now

This may be random, but I love your green pants! Where did you buy them? I'm very prone to leg injury so I'm looking at pants for bouldering :(

love it man! I didn't know you were from utah!

More than once I've found my foot slip off while I try to deadpoint something, especially while traversing. I suspect keeping pressure through my feet will fix the issue 🤯