Best Home Climbing Training Gear

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Home training is limited by what you can mount, not by what you can buy, so settle that first. A board drilled into a backer carries the most load and is the option most renters cannot use, which is why doorway mounts and no drill supports exist; both cap the load you can safely add, so read the stated capacity before you plan weighted hangs. Once mounting is solved, edge geometry decides everything. Wood is kinder to skin than resin and lets you train more often, and edge depth in millimetres with a rounded rather than sharp radius is what protects finger joints across a set of repeaters. Rungs for a campus board are specified by depth and incut angle, and consistent spacing matters more than how many come in the set. Boards sold on rings or straps are the honest answer for travel and for anyone whose sessions are short, since a board you can clip to a bar actually gets used. Pull up hardware should quote a rating that covers your body weight plus anything you add. The part people skip is the opposing side of the forearm, and finger extension bands and wrist extension tools cost almost nothing next to a board. What does not matter is the number of grip positions moulded into a board.