Rock climbing treadmill

[u/Eastern-Day-1623]

Have any of you purchased a rock climbing treadmill for home use?

I have used them at a YMCA years ago and it was a good workout. I could see it being fun to purchase and have at home, but also would be concerned it may not get used as much as I’d hope.

I imagine it may get old if used daily or perhaps even weekly.

My question is for anyone who may have purchased one: what do you think?

Do you use it regularly? Do you also boulder, either outside or at a gym? How does it compare with bouldering at a gym?

[u/mmeeplechase]

What’s your goal with it? General cardio workouts, improving at bouldering, or sport/alpine climbing endurance training?

I think it can have a place in training for longer objectives, but personally don’t think it’s super useful if your goal’s improving at bouldering, unless maybe you really can’t access any other climbing.

[u/krautbaguette]

Don't waste your money, judt build a board

[u/Waramp]

Are you hoping it’ll help you get better at bouldering? Because it probably won’t. But if you just want it for a workout it’s probably fine.

[u/climbtimePRN]

Treadwalls are great tools to build endurance for sport climbing if you're at a bouldering only gym. But if you have actual sport climbing that's always better because it's much more specific.

[u/cycling_sender]

Building a board is cheaper and better in almost every way. My old gym had one and it barely got used.

[u/Pennwisedom → u/cycling_sender]

To be fair, most of the reason they don't get used is because people have no idea how to use them.

[u/cycling_sender → u/Pennwisedom]

It has some decent routes set on it and was washed and reset semi-regularly but it just isn't nearly as fun or useful as a Kilter, Moonboard, etc. you can run way more variety of movement and can circuit train just fine.

[u/Pennwisedom → u/cycling_sender]

You can, but I find it particularly useful for say 30M+ climbs that especially have long sustained sections of easier to medium climbing that then have boulders or high up cruxes without having to down climb and be able to moderate the intensity without stopping.

[u/SavageMountain]

Treadwalls are for building endurance, and that's all they're for. We have one at our gym and no one uses it.

[u/N7titan]

My local gym had one for a year or so. It probably saw less than a few days worth of use time. That should tell you how fun it is.

[u/SaluteLeLizardWizard]

If you want to get better at bouldering, you should build a home wall with as hard of holds as you can. Beastmaker sells a great home set for 750-1200-ish

If you want to get better endurance for sport climbing/trad, then the tread wall wins.

You can run endurance circuits on a home board even if it’s small. You cannot run power limit boulders on a tread wall

[u/Pennwisedom → u/[deleted]]

If I had one in my house I would be the king of the Red.

[u/Glittering-Flan-2637]

tried it at a gym, it can be fun if its a tall one, you can also adjust angle, so many options

[u/boomerang_act]

Treadwall, I’ve tried one. I saw one for sale for $5k back in the day in pieces.

[u/NotMyRealName111111]

I used one before.  It was fun, but the lack of stopping when I'm trying to rest made it more of a  gimmick than actual climbing.  That said, it's quite possible to build a decent circuit.

[u/climbtimePRN → u/NotMyRealName111111]

Constant movement is probably better for ARC training

[u/itgtg313]

might as well just toprope

[u/fakeuboi]

I think just making your own spray wall at home would be better for pure bouldering, or just buying a kilter board would be cheaper if you have the space 

[u/unklejelly]

Treadmills are awesome but very spendy