Climbing is a full-body exercise. In addition to giving biceps, triceps and deltoids a workout, it also calls on the abdominals, obliques, glutes, thighs, calves and more. Indoor climbing is often used for improving climbing skills and techniques, as well as for general exercise.
Indoor climbing is typically divided into three disciplines. Bouldering, top roping, and lead climbing. Each of these vary in technique, but the objectives are all the same: get to the top.
Bouldering is among the newest forms of climbing, and these days it may be the most popular. Bouldering refers to climbs that are protected by pads rather than ropes. It is an activity in which people climb up and over rocks or artificial rock walls at fairly low heights without using ropes.
Top-rope climbing, or top-roping, is a form of rock climbing where climbers are supported by a rope that runs up and down a rock face.
While, with lead climbing, the rope runs directly from the belayer to the climber. As the climber goes up the cliff, he or she clips the rope into bolts that are fixed to the wall or removable pieces of trad gear. It requires much more endurance than top rope climbing.
Indoor climbing
