Step One – Basic Technical Tips

Be sure to get as much of your hand over the wall as possible while in the hanging position. It is much harder to pull up with your finger tips! Also, the transition to a dip requires you to push through the palm of your hand, not your finger tips.

Upon landing in the hanging position on the wall, stagger your feet slightly so that you can set yourself up for a more efficient kick up and over the wall. Remember that a climb up also utilizes your legs working together with your arms. Don’t rely on one or the other. Coordinate the arms and legs to work together and more efficiently get you up and over the wall.

After doing an explosive pull up, keep your elbows as close to your body as you can. The hands should briefly come off the wall and readjust so they are completely over the wall. Get your chest over the top of the wall as far as you can and then push up to a straight arm position.

Kick up and over the wall. For topping out drills, see Demon’s Drill of December 2005.

Step Two

Once you have learned and performed a climb up with proper technique, you are now ready to perform the climb up drill in order to refine, polish, and further improve your climb up speed and efficiency.

Start in a hanging position on the wall. Perform an explosive climb up and end with straight arms on top of the wall. Then lower yourself back down to the hanging position in a smooth and controlled manner. Repeat the movements for repetition and in sets like you would while strength training.

Step Three

While many of us have practiced our wall climbs, they can still be a pain in the ass to fully integrate into our actual parkour. At first, it takes discipline to stay true to your technique and perform a fast and efficient climb up. Only through practice and application will you have truly mastered this difficult technique.