Favorite Climbing Training Board Systems of Routesetters Since 2021

Standardized training boards are climbing walls built with a fixed arrangement of plastic and/or wooden holds—either a symmetrical/mirrored or asymmetrical layout—that is replicated identically in gyms and homes worldwide. These training board hold systems are usually paired with a digital database that allows climbers to share problems regardless of location, creating a global climbing and training network. Some standardized training boards have frames that permit climbers to adjust the angle of the wall, and some also have LED lighting on the boards that connects to the app and shows climbers which holds to grab. The standardized layout ensures consistency for benchmarking progress and testing strengths and weaknesses, making them increasingly popular for coaching and training in commercial gyms. Today, there are even entire climbing gyms that consist only of standardized, adjustable training boards and spraywalls.

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