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Climbing = dancing? 15-Jun-2009 At 1:56:16 PM martin saint

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I have fantastic turn-out - can make a 90 angle with my toes pointing backwards (7 years of classical ballet as a kid) and I'm still a truly crap climber - but I think that's related to everything else I can't do - crap coordination.

In my limited experience (no expert here) you want to work on flexibility while active - so exercises that engage your muscles whilst stretching them - as an example of why this is useful - I can often put my foot on high steps that I can't use because I can't engage my hamstrings at full stretch to stand up, so having that full stretch (that you get from passive stretches) isn't that useful. It's a bit of a cliche, but yoga is good for engaging muscles while stretching, especially in the hips because many standing poses require you to maintain that rotation.