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I always hated that. I grew up with a big hazelnut bush/tree next to our house, where it was usually more useful to pull yourself up than to try to find good footing.
And then I think, I've been climbing my whole life, I'll visit a climbing gym, and then they're like, oh no, not that kind of climbing. That would be using muscles, which is famously unpopular in gyms.
Stand for 10 minutes.
Now dead hang for 1 min.
Surprise, your legs muscles are much bigger and much more powerful than your arms at defying gravity.
I think the disconnect is, some go to the climbing gym to climb, others go to work out.
Well, in my particular case, I wouldn't go for the workout. I just find the rock-type climbing frustrating and relatively boring, while I find the tree-type climbing fun. So, even if I can only manage 1 minute of tree-type climbing at a time, that would be a sport, I'd actually enjoy doing.
Ever been to one of those ninja gyms?
Never heard of those before, I don't think. Although, a colleague recently shared pictures of a gym around here, which looks somewhat similar. Yeah, I might have to check out, if they have a more varied climbing offering.
I've been to ones that have basically adult jungle gym stuff. I'm in the US and there are a few modeled after American ninja warrior the TV show