Bouldering Definitions Glossary

Aid (That's Aid Phrase as a joke)

Frogged out

'add-on' drills

'blind climbing' drills

'perfect repeat' drills

'worst-hold' training

Alpine Knee

Antagonist workouts

Arm bars

Arêtes (Arete)

Australian Grade

Back and shoulder strength

Backsteps

Balance

Barn Door

Bat hang

Beached Whale (Climbing Move)

Benchmarks (Benchmark Problem)

Beta

Bicycle (Climbing Move)

Biomechanical analysis

Body awareness

Body tension

Boulder

Boulder Pad (Bouldering Pad)

Boulder Problem

Bounce

British Grade

Bump moves

Campus (Campusing)

Campus Board

Campus-style boulder

Chicken-winging (crack climbing)

Chicken-winging (Bad climbing technique)

Circuit

Climbing technique

Cling

Compression

Contact strength

Control

Core Workouts

Core stability

Core strength

Crack-style

Crimp

Cross-through moves

Crux

Dab

Deadpoint

Deload recovery

Double dynos

Drop Knee

Dynamic foot placements

Dynamic move

Dyno

Dyno-to-catch

Edge

Edging

Efficient recovery capacity

Egyptian moves

Figure-4 moves

Finger jams

Finger strength

Fist jams

Flag

Flagging

Flash

Flashing

Flexibility

Fontainebleau Grade

Foot switches

Footwork

Forearm endurance

French Grade

French Start

Frip strength

Full Crimp

Gaston

Grade (Climbin Grade)

Grip strength

Half Crimp

Hand-foot matches

Hangboard

Heel Hook

Heel-toe cams

Heel-toe matches

Highball

Hold

Hold Visualization technique

Hueco Grade

Japanese Grade

Jug

Juggy

Kilter Board

Knee scum (Climbing Move)

Kneebars

Ladder climbing

Laybacks

Limit bouldering drill

Lower body strength

Mantle (Manteling) (Climbing Move)

Match (Matching)

Micro holds

Momentum swings

Mono pocket

Moonboard

One-arm hangs

One-arm lockoffs

Open Hand

Overhang

Overhanging

Pad (Finger)

Paddle Dyno

Palming

Pinch

Pocket

Power endurance routes

Powerful overhangs

Problem (Boulder Problem)

Project (Projecting)

Pumped

Pumpy

Pyramid training for grade progression

Reach and grab

Redpoint

Rockover

Rockover moves

Roof

Rose move

Route Reading

Scrunch

Send (Sent) (Sending)

Sequence

Shoulder scums

Sidepulls

Silent feet

Sit Start

Skin Flap

Slab

Slabby

Sloper

Sloppy

Smear (Smearing)

Spot

Spotter

Spotting

Spray Wall

Start Hold

Static move

Steep Climbing

Stemming

Straight-arm hanging

Strength-to-weight ratio

Sustained

System board

Technical face climbing

Tension Board

Tension-dependent problems

Three-dimensional moves

Three-point contact

Thumb catches

Toe Hook

Toe catches

Topo

Topout (Top-out)

Traverse (Traversing)

Tufa

Twistlocks

Undercling

Upper body strength

V-Grade

V-Scale

Velocity-based training

Vertical face climbing

Volume (Gym Hold)

Warm-up

Yosemite Decimal System

near-invisible holds