Short instructional YouTube video by Ben Greenfield demonstrating a shoulder exercise to improve arm engagement for climbing. The speaker shows starting from a hang, contrasts relaxed vs engaged shoulders, then demonstrates releasing one arm while keeping core tight, knees together and arm at the side, and performing repeated shoulder pulls (engage → relax → pull) to reinforce shoulder activation.
So for climbing, to help engage your arm to pull, you want to start by exercising your shoulder. This pull first. Pull, pull. So this is a really good exercise to develop that. Start in a hang. This is me, totally relaxed. This is me engaged. Then you're going to release one arm. You're going to keep your core tight, knees together, arm to the side. You're still engaged. And then relax. Now I'm hanging. I'm just going to pull up with that shoulder. Engage. Then down, then pull up. Reach still engaged. Still engaged. Center myself. Relax. Engage, relax.
Engage. Engaged. Relaxed.
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