Alex Puccio talks you through the secrets of Toe Hooking

Toe Hooking is such an important technique for climbing - especially on steeper ground and navigating aretes. Whether you are replacing a limb for a limb (hand for a toe) or kicking in a toe hook, they provide added security in a longer anchor point allowing you to leverage off the toe and gain reach. As you progress and use toe hooks more often, you’ll gain the confidence and ability in placing toe hooks on bent legs, but this is far harder and trying to ensure a straight leg initially, with a 90 degree ankle bend (or more!) is crucial at first. Making sure you use as much toe as possible is also key as the further down the foot you go, the added pressure you get and then harder the hook will be. Leaving space is also important and one of the most common errors we see when people try and fail to toe hook properly. As many of you wanted more training tips on the last video on heel hooking, we’ve added a section on training methods too. We hope you enjoy. Please like, subscribe and click the bell icon for more content. *Apologies fo the duplicate video 1/2 way through. There seems to have been an uploading error as this was not in the edited video we uploaded to YouTube? This video is sponsored by The Tib Bar Guy We genuinely use the products on a weekly basis and reached out to the team when making this video as it is so applicable. Check out there website and use the discount code ’ROAP’ for 10% off at checkout. The new Solo Tib is excellent for training for toe hooking, strengthening your hip flexors and training for heel hooking as well. They also seem many other products for healthy elbows and knees. Massive thanks to @longmontclimbingcollective1352 for letting us film - we’ll be doing a lot more there too! To get more information on our training plans, please visit Check out our Instagram channels here: Let us know what content you want us to film next!