What exercises can be done to get better at rock-climbing, other than actually climbing?

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Anything that works your latissimus dorsi (which by the way is my favourite muscle - I just like the name!). Things like pull-ups are good. Working on your quads would probably help too, but latissimus dorsi comes to mind first because its the muscle you use when you pull your body forward in climbing etc.

Main thing is to increase your power to weight ratio and flexibility (particularly splits and one leg high with the foot at or above waist level while the other leg is straight down and on tiptoe. . One arm push-ups and single finger pull-ups (using middle finger as the only point of contact other fingers and thumb forming a “claw”). Pull-ups should be practiced in normal climbing gear including a climbing rope secured to a belt. with gear and chalk bag on the hangers. The horizontal transom at the top of a door-jamb is good for doing finger-tip pull-ups on. . Practice hanging by one hand for a prolonged time while resting the other arm and using a free hand to remove and replace gear from hangers on the climbing belt. nuts & runners. . Strengthen the fingers with “wrist strengtheners” or by repetitive squeezing of a tennis ball. . Practice the “chimney technique” between two parallel facing walls with a suitably narrow gap (e.g. in an alcove)

– Best wishes - Majikthise.