Intermediate
The Reason You Can't Hold Body Tension
Coach's take: Explains why your core work never transferred, then gives you the model that does - top of the pile.
3.9
Body tension
Climbing / Popular
Keep hips in and core engaged so feet stay on steep walls.
What coaches agree on
- Keep active, continuous pressure through your foot on every hold — push or pull through it the whole time your weight is on it.
- Bring your hips in close to the wall on steep terrain so your weight sits directly over your feet.
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- Train tension deliberately — climb a route as slowly and under control as you can, freeze briefly between moves, or set yourself boulder problems that force constant foot pressure.
Common mistakes
- Muscling through moves by pulling with bent arms rather than driving with your legs and core — the small arm muscles fatigue fast and pull your weight straight off your feet.
Intermediate
Create More TENSION | 6 Techniques to Become Instantly Stronger
Coach's take: Excellent, explains real mechanisms, not just 'stay tight,' and ties it directly to climbing moves.
3.8
Intermediate
Actually good tips to cut feet less - Moonboard V4-V7 Case Studies for Better Body Tension
Coach's take: Pull outwards to load the foot, stop yanking down on long moves - proper mechanism, proven on real problems.
3.8
Advanced
Why Do Climbers that "Stay Tight" Have Poor Body Tension? － Coaching w/ Dan #4
Coach's take: Corrects the cue everyone repeats - stop sucking in, cast away from the bottom hand and find the plumb line.
3.8
Intermediate
Tension Trainers: Stop Cutting Feet
Coach's take: Reads like real programming, not just a tips list -- genuinely well built.
3.6
Intermediate
The Tension Technique That Makes your Project Feel Soft (Anchoring)
Coach's take: Explains not just what to do but why it works -- genuinely excellent teaching.
3.6
Intermediate
Why Do You Keep Cutting Loose?
Coach's take: Clear root-cause coaching, shoe fit plus the claw-vs-press distinction actually explains the problem.
3.5
Beginner
Beginner's guide to body tension: Climbing V1-3 *Freeze Game*
Coach's take: One of the better explained drills here -- tells you why it works and when to actually use it.
3.5
Beginner
Climbing Movement: 15. Body Tension | Climbing Tech Tips
Coach's take: Short and dense -- identifies exactly why people lose tension and how to stop it.
3.4
Beginner
Develop Body Tension for Climbing // Slow Movement Climbing
Coach's take: Simple drill, clearly explained -- you could go try this on the wall today.
3.4
Intermediate
Toe Smears - INTERMEDIATE climbing BODY TENSION technique
Coach's take: Narrow and excellent - press that flagging foot into the wall and watch your hips stop dropping.
3.4
Beginner
Body Tension Climbing: How To Use It and Common Mistakes
Coach's take: Great first lesson - the twist-the-hip cue plus a same-route comparison, minus a subscribe beg mid-flow.
3.4
Beginner
5 Mistakes Every Beginner Makes With Their Body Position
Coach's take: Well organized and it explains why each mistake hurts you, not just that it's wrong.
3.3
Intermediate
What Every Climber Should Know About Body Tension
Coach's take: Solid, well-demonstrated cues on feet and hips - a bit repetitive, light on the why.
3.3
Beginner
Body Position 101 - Climbing for beginners
Coach's take: Good analogies and real substance, just wrapped in a lot of banter.
3.2
Advanced
Training Body Tension ft. @GeekClimber
Coach's take: Good specific drill and a clear fault to fix -- a bit loose in delivery but the content holds up.
2.9
Beginner
What Is Body Tension In Climbing? | Climb With Sway
Coach's take: Good analogy, gets the concept across, just a bit padded.
2.8
Intermediate
How to IMPROVE your Weakness INSTANTLY: Body Tension Progression Example
Coach's take: The good-vs-bad comparison actually teaches something real.
2.7
Intermediate
What The Pros Do But Nobody Teaches It
Coach's take: Good mechanics explained clearly, just gets derailed by a sponsor segment in the middle.
2.5
Intermediate
Want to get better at board climbing?
Coach's take: The tension section itself is genuinely good, specific and mechanistic, not generic.
2.3
Advanced
Breaking Down a Unique Body Position Technique in a V6 (7A) I Climbed Post Finger Injury
Coach's take: One sharp, generalizable insight buried in a lot of 'here's my beta' narration.
2.2
Advanced
STOP CUTTING FEET & Level UP your Leg Tension! (Full video on my channel…)
Coach's take: One real cue, but it's a teaser fragment, not the full lesson.
2.0
Advanced
V7 Climber Learns V13 Level Tension and Footwork
Coach's take: Good ideas in here, but you have to dig for them through the noise.
2.0