City Bloc news, tips and articles on how to improve your climbing and fitness for climbing
Lingo: “Taz Flick” aka “Pogo” Using your leg as a pendulum to gain upwards momentum. Named after Jamie Cassidy (Taz) who seems to be able to use them for every single move How to use Taz Flick in a sentence:You – “No way is this 6A, I have to crank that heel like I’ve got…
CityBloc team member, yoga teacher and coach Freya Newbegin offers her insights into climbing after pregnancy, and has spoken to other rockstar climber mums to offer support for the new mums eager to get back to the wall. In hindsight I think I returned to climbing too soon! I got back on the wall after…
City Bloc team member and coach Freya Newbegin shares her experiences climbing whilst pregnant. I found out I was pregnant in February of 2021 and had been climbing for around 5 years or so already. Mainly bouldering, both indoors and outdoors, I’d tried sport climbing a few times, but bouldering gave me the most joy…
We’re very excited that our new circuit badges have arrived. CB x
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The simple answer is YES! We have worked hard to make it possible for us all to get back to bouldering whilst keeping you safe and maintain social distancing. Find out more about our Social Distancing Guidelines here. To support those of you getting in touch about learning to climb we have restarted our Getting…
Cross training plays a key role in improving your climbing.
We want you to think about skills other than upper body strength. Yoga offers flexibility, breath, coordination…read more.
We want to take the fear out of your first climb by tackling some of those initial questions you might have like what is bouldering and what should I wear!
We are reopening on Saturday 25th July. These guidelines should cover everything you need to know about visiting City Bloc safely. Controlling Capacity We have introduced a booking system to manage capacity and ensure you have a guaranteed time to access the centre. The centre has more than doubled in size so there will be…