We all know that climbing success on routes and boulders is massively affected by finger strength. We also understand that many of you have goals each season to get stronger fingers! For this reason, we’ve designed a finger strength assessment and custom training plan package that focuses solely on this area. We’ll take care of your fingerboard work and complimentary strength and conditioning for the shoulders, and you can complete your climbing sessions each week in a manner that you want. All we ask is that you prioritise our fingerboard work so that progress is assured.
Every climber has unique levels of finger strength, weaknesses and work capacity across a variety of grip positions. In our opinion, a generic finger training plan is unlikely to work for everyone, no matter how well constructed it is. This is why we write and assess every fingerboard training plan by hand.
Before starting on our fingerboard program, we’ll first put you through a mini-assessment that assesses both preferred and non-preferred grip positions. We will also measure sub-maximal work capacity and shoulder function. Following this, we collect details about your goals, training history, available facilities etc. Once we have this information we’ll sit down and write you a 3-month plan that is uniquely tailored to you!
The Lattice Fingerboard Training Plan is powered entirely through our Crimpd App, a portal for holding both the training plan, training sessions and your training log. This means you can leverage the best analytics platform for your climbing training and track progress over the weeks. By purchasing the Lite Plan you are getting access to our team of highly experienced plan writers who will schedule your training to target the results of your assessment and details of your goals to help you become a stronger and fitter climber.
Prerequisites
Before starting a Fingerboard Training Plan with us you must:
- Be uninjured
- Be 18 or over
- Unfortunately, if you are pregnant we cannot offer assessment or training services because we aren’t insured for this. If you are currently pregnant please get in touch to discuss.
- Be able to competently use a fingerboard. If not, you should seek instruction at a local wall and complete at least 3 fingerboard sessions prior to starting a plan. You should be able to comfortably hold bodyweight on a 20mm edge.
- Have climbed at least 6b/10+ or V4 in the last year.
- Be solely responsible for execution of the plan. We cannot accept any liability for injury sustained during the plan.
- You must have access to the Crimpd App on either iOS, Android or the website as this contains all the details of each training session.
- You must have an active Crimpd Account prior to submitting your results, so our coaching team can make your plan available to you on the app.
In order to purchase and use a Lattice Fingerboard Training Plan, you will need to be injury free. This means that you currently have no injury which could affect your ability to rock climb or train and have not been advised by a medical professional to cease climbing related activities.
The Lattice Team will be creating training plans based on the understanding that they are working with an uninjured climber. Starting any training, such as a Lattice Fingerboard Training Plan, with an existing injury could result in further injury. If you mislead the Lattice Team regarding any climbing-related injuries, we reserve the right to withhold training services without refund.
Most physical training involves a risk of injury. The Lattice Team will act as training plan consultants in order to help you schedule your training. The team cannot accept responsibility for the application of this training beyond prescription. Advice and guidance will be provided by the team regarding reducing risks, however, you should begin this process only if you are happy with taking responsibility for associated risks. Please see our terms of service for more details.
Please note that your Lattice Fingerboard Training Plan must be used within 6 months of purchase.
Iggi Moore (verified owner) –
I have been climbing for 30+ years and train like a beast; but the last 10 has seen me doing mostly 7b routes and I seemed to have reached a plateau. So I opted like so many to train hard during Lockdown; I bought the FB Plan. I wasn’t used to such a structured plan and thought there were way too many rest days! However, these guys know their stuff and I went from onsighting 7a/b to my first onsight of a 7c in many a year. Buy it, follow it to the T, and reap the rewards. It’s changed the way I train and the grade I climb. 🙂
Sandra Böhm (verified owner) –
I did the finger plan during the lockdown while all gyms were closed and I couldn’t go to work, it was the perfect opportunity. The training was intense and challenging but it helped me a lot. I went from projecting 6c to sending my first 7a in fontainebleau and to my first 7b+ in clibing outside too.
I really am excited to do that again next year and get even stronger. If you wanna improve I highly suggest this plan 🙂
Tom Pain (verified owner) –
This is a great programme! I was relatively new to fingerboard training (forced into it by coronavirus, like many others) and had no structure in my approach to training for climbing. Raf was my coach at Lattice – the programme he wrote was exactly what I was looking for, it built up both the volume and load incrementally and included a lot of relevant accessories work, not just hanging. My strength improved dramatically throughout this programme and with that, so did the grade that I’m climbing at. Thanks!
Josh (verified owner) –
I just recently completed my first 3 month fingerboard training plan. Overall, I was really happy with my experience. I’m in the US and this was a great way to make progress towards my climbing goals during the COVID-19 pandemic. I really like the Crimpd App. The embedded videos made it easy to learn new exercises, and gave me confidence that I was using correct form and completing the exercises correctly. The built in timer and rep/set counter made it easy to complete workouts and the having the workout history in the app made it easy to see my progress. The program provided the structure I needed to keep me motivated, but provided enough flexibility that I could fit the sessions to my busy schedule. I made significant gains in my max hangs and made noticeable improvements in my finger strength and endurance. I would gladly recommend this to a friend or climbing partner and am signing up for another three months.
Mike (verified owner) –
This was my first time on a formal plan and I’m really glad I chose Lattice. The plan I received was perfectly tailored, which gave me loads of confidence and motivation to improve. The app made workout tracking really easy, and the wealth of info available via the Lattice YouTube page answered all of my ancillary questions. Top marks, and highly recommended!
Christian (verified owner) –
After two years of random max hangs with no increase in fingerstrength I finally found the right plan. The plan from the Lattice guys opened my eyes in terms of programming the energy systems and take enough rest days. All questions where awnsered really fast via mail. As a guy who mainly climb for fun I think this is the right Plan for everyone who wants to improve in fingerstrength and dont need or want “on wall Training“ sessions.