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Strength Training for Injury Prevention
Whether you’re a seasoned climber or just beginning your bouldering journey, staying injury-free is key to consistent progress and enjoyment in your sport. At our facility on the Sunshine Coast,…
Beginner’s Guide to Bouldering
Introduction Bouldering is an accessible and rewarding sport for boulderers of all skill levels, especially beginners. If you’re interested in getting started at Bould Move, this guide will provide you…
Why Boulder? The Benefits of Bouldering for Physical and Mental Health
Introduction Bouldering is a climbing discipline that has gained immense popularity over the years. It offers not just an exhilarating experience but also a myriad of physical and mental health…
Bouldering (& Climbing) Terminology
Bouldering Terms Bouldering brings a new world of movement and mental challenges, but I bet you didn’t realise you’d be learning a new language too! Don’t stress, the basic bouldering…
Why Yoga & Bouldering Don’t Mix
Over the past few decades, some clear trends have emerged in bouldering – living in vans, use of the word ‘stoked’ for everything, mismatched training attire and yoga. I understand…
Bouldering Route Setting at State Level Competitions
Setting The Scene Routesetting has always interested me. For two years now it’s been an enjoyable journey with different challenges, the most recent, setting for the Queensland State Boulder Titles. …
What is the V Grading System?
Where Did The V-Grading System Come From? The V scale is a grading system used in bouldering to assign a difficulty rating to a problem. It was developed by John…
Fast Track Your Bouldering Progress With These 3 Keys
If you’ve just started bouldering, the progression through early grades can be quite addictive. Depending on a variety of factors, you will eventually find yourself facing diminishing returns from your…
10 Fundamentals to Improve Your Bouldering in 2023
The fundamental order of operations for climbing, move your feet, twist your hips, move your hands. This allows you to maximise your reach and maintain straight arms. Try your next…
Everything You Should Know Before Indoor Bouldering
In this article, Bould Move Sunshine Coast aims to answer some of the most common questions regarding indoor bouldering. Is Bouldering Safe? Yes. Although indoor bouldering is ropeless climbing, it…
What’s The Point of Training? Part 3.
This is part 3 of our 3 part series on ‘What’s The Point of Training?’. In part 1 we learnt about motor control and how to apply this to training.…
What’s The Point of Training? Part 2.
Have you ever wondered about the number of sets, repetitions (reps), rest, etc. that you should dedicate to a specific movement or workout? Why those specific numbers of repetitions? Why…
What’s The Point of Training? Part 1.
Have you ever wondered about the number of sets, repetitions (reps), rest, etc. that you should dedicate to a specific movement or workout? Why those specific numbers of repetitions? Why…
Bouldering at Bould Move – One of the best things to do on the Sunshine Coast.
‘Why is Bouldering one of the best things to do on the Sunshine Coast?’ Bould Move is the reason. Bould Move is the Sunshine Coast’s premium bouldering and fitness centre.…
Strong Shoulders – All or Nothing!
Next stop, external rotation station!! Toot, toot Bould Movers! Strength Through Range Boulderers need the muscles surrounding their shoulders to be strong through their full range of motion moreso than…
Climbing, Timing & Rhyming
Climbing & Timing Climb, boulder, ascend, mount, scale, scramble, scrabble…whichever word we use, the same result occurs, our body moves vertically. For our beginners and intermediates out there, time on…
Bouldering Training
Bouldering Training & Why? If you’re like most boulderers, training involves getting to the local bouldering gym and bouldering. Considering our first training tip was to Move; you have achieved…
Movement In Bouldering
What is Movement in Bouldering? In defining movement, we acknowledge that movement is a broad term that can be defined from multiple perspectives and one should not attempt to define…
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