The 4 levels of climb-ups
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Over my past 8 yrs of training and teaching, I've found 4 distinct methods of climb-ups. Typically, people can't learn 1 level without first learning the ones that came before (due to lack of technique, strength, or both). Because of this, I teach different levels of climb-ups to different levels of practitioners. It is interesting to note the diminishing returns in speed for each level of climb-up. LVL 4 is only .1-.2 sec. faster than LVL 3, LVL 3 is about 2x faster than LVL 2, and LVL 2 can be 2-4x faster than LVL 1. See below for my classification of the 4 different levels.
LVL 1
- Go from cat hang to both feet up on top of the wall.
- Using knees, forearms, asymmetry, and everything is allowed.
- Getting up by any means possible is an accomplishment in itself!
LVL 2
- Go from cat hang to both feet up on top of the wall.
- You may only touch the wall with your hands and your feet (no knees, no forearms).
- The arms must be used symmetrically.
- The feet should plant on top of the wall at the same time.
- The entire climb up appears to be 3 separate moves (a pull up, a dip up, and a top out).
LVL 3
- Go from cat hang to both feet up on top of the wall.
- You may only touch the wall with your hands and your feet (no knees, no forearms).
- The arms must be used symmetrically.
- The feet should plant on top of the wall at the same time.
- The entire climb up appears to be 1 fluid motion.
LVL 4
- Go from cat hang to both feet up on top of the wall.
- You may only touch the wall with your hands and your feet (no knees, no forearms).
- The arms must be used symmetrically.
- The feet should plant on top of the wall at the same time.
- The entire climb up appears to be 1 fluid motion.
- The feet only touch 2 places on the wall (the original landing point and the top of the wall).
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Somewhere between 1 & 2 at the moment, i'm trying to get the muscle strength and technique to progress to 3. I didn't realize that there was a way better than 3!
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between 2 and 3, depending on the wall mostly.
When I first started parkour, I noticed the vital technique of the climb ups right away. Of course you need good upper body strength. Besides pulling up and kicking up your legs at the same time, I HAVE TO EMPHASIZE the way you kick your leg AND your KNEE OUT AND UP! That's the most essential part. KICK YOUR KNEE OUT AND UP!!! Then you can do climb up as fast as Ryan!! :)
It's true that I only use 4 some of the time, and it is only barely faster than 3. But I've gotten it to the point now where I can do most easy to intermediate cat leaps with a 4. Over time it keeps getting better and better.
when i see someone climbing up with such skill as this its amazing because i know its possible for me to do this as well, i used to get disheartened but after thinking why its just silly i did great vid
A great view of progressions at their finest, very good work as always!!
I love coming back to this one when I'm working on climb ups
Great work on this thorough piece! The classifications seem very helpful not only for learners to break the moves down and analyse, but also as a trainer/coach this is very helpful for progressions. It is this kind of solid work that brings parkour coaching to the next level, so many thanks for your efforts :) I'm looking forward to other video's and I'll make sure to scout your channel. I saw you do the 30 muscleups for time once.. should've subbed back then ;) Cheers from the Netherlands!
soo unbelivable sick!! good training! I´m in between 2 and 3 but now I have the motivation to push my limits :D thank you keep it up!
Did it first try, thanks you for making it so easy
Great video and analyses. Thanks.
Your video helped me to improve my climb up...Nice work and keep it up.
This is so cool. I had just recently started noticing people using the muscle-up motion (level 3) and started working on it. I wish I had known about all the "levels" earlier, cause I would have kept working to improve them instead of stopping at level 2. Thanks for the video.
amazing video! I have been waiting for something like this :) level 3 The flow is great very typical of demondrills keep it up :)
Level 0 I'm starting next week. Parkour looks like so much fun!
between 1 and 2, i can do the getting my body straight like 2, but have t pull one foot up then push over
woow very nice , I really like your videos
Used to be able to do level 3 consistently. Winter came, rain came, bills came, fell back down to level two. Working back up, though! :)