Beanbags on feet
8-10 easy slab or vertical boulders with beanbags on your feet. Restart if one falls.
- Slot
- On the wall
- Focus
- Precision
- Time
- 20 min
- Intensity
- Low intensity
- Injury risk
- Low injury risk
- Equipment
- Boulders, Beanbags, Slab vertical
How to do it
Pick easy slab or vertical boulders, well below your limit. Balance a small beanbag on top of each shoe and climb, placing your feet so gently the beanbags stay put. If one falls, climb down and start again, or switch to another boulder. Aim for 8-10 clean climbs.
Run it now
The same timer as the app: a five-second get-ready, then every round and rest counted down with a beep. Keep this page open while you train.
Beanbags on feet
0:00 / 20:05
Ready
20:05
8 rounds
8-10 easy slab or vertical boulders with beanbags on your feet. Restart if one falls.
High risk: read the protocol, stop if anything feels wrong.
- 8
- rounds
- 20:05
- total
Done.
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Foot precision, made obvious. A beanbag falls off the moment you place a foot carelessly, which is feedback you can't argue with.
Common mistakes
- Boulders that are too hard. Well below your limit, on slab or vertical.
- Rushing. Slow placements. The beanbag will tell you when you didn't.
- Giving up after one falls. Climb down and start again, or switch boulders.
How to progress
Slightly harder boulders, or steeper terrain. Aim for eight to ten clean climbs, and expect the first session to be humbling.
When it fits
The training periods this exercise fits into in Blok Sessions.
Base Lots of easy climbing, good movement and aerobic fitness.
Endurance Climb longer before you pump out, by moving efficiently.
Performance Peak for a trip or a comp: focus, reading problems, trying hard.
Deload Train less, let your fingers recover, keep moving.