How to Maximize Your Reach with a Pro Climber

How do you extend your climbing reach as a short climber? The Small vs Tall debate is hotly contested amongst climbers, but how much does height and reach actually make a difference in climbing? In this video, I teamed up with pro Pro Climber Alex Waterhouse to look at 4 climbing tips and techniques that are crucial to maximise your climbing reach. We headed for a session at  @theclimbinghangaruk  in Sheffield to cover some foundational climbing techniques, designed to help you maximise your climbing reach on the wall, no matter your height and whatever your stance on the tall vs small debate! Follow Alex Alex's IG: https://instagram.com/waterhouseclimb?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Alex's Hold Company: @contactholds Alex's Funky Shorts business: @nimbus.climbing To get a 1 year supply of Vitamin D + 5 individual travel packs FREE with your first purchase, go to https://athleticgreens.com/hannahmorris 00:00 Introduction 00:11 Introducing Pro Climber Alex Waterhouse 00:35 Tall Vs Small as a climber 02:15 Climbing Tip 1: Twist your hips to get closer to the wall 06:01 Climbing Top Tip: Placing your feet for drop knees and rock overs 07:30 Practical Example of extending reach with a drop knee 09:14 Climbing Tip 1: using high feet to maximise reach 12:20 Practical Example: High Feet to help you reach the next hold 13:51 Dynamic Climbing: Using momentum to generate height 17:52 Practical Example: Generating with the hips for dynamic moves 20:28 Applying the techniques to a bouldering project Hannah Morris Bouldering T-Shirts & Stickers! ☞https://hannahmorrisbouldering.com/shop Follow Hannah: ☞Instagram: @_hannahmorris_ Follow Nathan: ☞@nathanbetts_ Our Patreon: ☞https://www.patreon.com/hcemorris Our Local Climbing Wall: @tchsheffield/ Our Favourite Gear Shop: ☞www.outside.co.uk -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Watch my most recent video with a flexibility coach: "Instantly improve your climbing flexibility with a pro" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-ODLCB_t8Q -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-