Many climbers think that they need to make big, explosive moves jumping from hold to hold, but that’s not what dynamic climbing always looks like. Sure, it does sometimes, but moving dynamically is about efficiency and smooth movement from one hold to the next.

Here’s the breakdown:

1. Set up: Straight arms, knees bent, hanging low beneath the starting holds. Imagine you are a compressed spring.
2. Create swing/momentum by alternating pressure on each foot. Create initial motion by pivoting on your big toes to get your hips closer to the wall
3. Pull into the wall.
4. Push hard off the lower ...