How to improve at bouldering with limited routes available?
I just got into climbing a couple weeks ago. I've been climbing at the wall in my university's gym (which is basically my only option for a couple reasons).
The bouldering wall is on the smaller side, with around 10 routes. I can do the easiest two in my sleep at this point, but I've been stuck on the 3rd one (a V2) for weeks. I intellectually understand how to do it (I've gotten tutorials from like half a dozen people), but I haven't been able to physically do this one move. I'm starting to get a bit frustrated at just trying and failing to do the same route over and over again.
I have the goal for completing the climb before the routes get reset in 2 weeks, but I'm starting to think that's unrealistic.
Do y'all have any advice for how to improve? Some people at the gym suggested I do drills on the easy routes that I can do, but I'm getting bored of those 2 routes ngl.
Posted Oct 6, 2025, 7:16 PM UTC