Classes & Programs
Quick Start Package
- Prerequisite:
- None
- Non-Member Price:
- $75.00
- Member Price:
- $75.00
- Description:
- We can teach you to be a rock climber in just three easy sessions!Our Quick Start Program links our Basic Skills instruction with our Intro to Climbing class and will give your climbing a big boost.
The Quick Start Program is comprised of 3 sessions.
-The first session is the Basic Skills Class where you will learn how to put on a harness, tie knots, and how to belay so you can climb safely in the gym.
-The second session is a day at the gym for you to take your belay test and practice your newly learned skills unsupervised. You can come in for the second session at your convenience.
-The third session is a technique clinic to introduce you to movement skills on the wall.When reserving your space you will be asked to choose a day to take the Basic Skills class (first session) and then to choose a day to take the Intro to Climbing class (third session). It is recommended that you have at least one week between these 2 sessions so you will have time to come in and practice. You will not have to choose a date for the second session since this session is at your convenience.
Includes both Basic Skills and Intro to Climbing.
- Sign Up:
- Sign Up
Basic Skills
- Category:
- Beginner Courses
- Minimum Age:
- 14
- Prerequisite:
- No climbing experience required. All gear is provided.
- Non-Member Price:
- $25.00
- Member Price:
- $25.00
- Description:
- Want to use our facilities on your own? In one hour our Basic Skills class will teach you the essential safety skills needed to climb at a Sportrock facility. You’ll learn to properly put on a harness, tie into the rope and belay for a partner. You can then use our facilities without the aid of an instructor. Pre-registration is required.
- Sessions:
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Intro to Climbing
- Category:
- Beginner Courses
- Minimum Age:
- 14
- Prerequisite:
- None
- Non-Member Price:
- $50.00
- Member Price:
- $50.00
- Description:
- After your first two Quick Start sessions—Basic Skills and your return practice visit—there's one more class! Our last session is a practical introduction to the "art" of climbing. You'll learn how to best contact the wall; plan your climbs one move at a time; and what all the tape, numbers, and terms mean. In addition, we'll familiarize you with our spectacular bouldering area! All in all, after this class, you're well on your way to becoming a better climber.
- Sessions:
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Rock Warrior's Way
- Category:
- Beginner Courses
- Minimum Age:
- 14
- Prerequisite:
- No prerequisites.
- Non-Member Price:
- $69.00
- Member Price:
- $69.00
- Description:
Arno Ilgner the author of the famous climbing book "The Rock Warrior's Way will be in the Northern Virginia area in Late September. While Arno is here he will be giving a presentation and 2 clinics at Sportrock. You don't want to miss it. Arno has changed hundreds of climbers and the way they train. This is not a clinic on pushing yourself to physical failure. No this clinic is all about pushing your mental limits to breakdown the mental barriers that keep us held back when climbing. The clinics are $69 per person and the presentation is free to our members. Sign-Up Today.
Times:
Monday 9-22-08 in Alexandria at 7:30pm (slideshow presentation)
Tuesday 9-23-08 in Sterling from 6 - 10pm (clinic)
Wednesday 9-24-08 in Alexandria from 6 - 10pm (clinic)
- Sessions:
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Fast Forward 1 (Wall Contact & Sequencing)
- Category:
- Fast Forward Courses
- Minimum Age:
- 14
- Prerequisite:
- Completion of Basic Skills course or ability to pass a belay test. This class is 3 weeks long and will be held at the same time and day as the first class each week.
- Non-Member Price:
- $95.00
- Member Price:
- $50.00
- Description:
- This first of the Fast Forward series will teach you essential climbing techniques: smooth and efficient body movement, sequencing climbs from the ground up, and how to effectively use your hands and feet on the wall.
- Sessions:
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Fast Forward 2 (Turning)
- Category:
- Fast Forward Courses
- Minimum Age:
- 14
- Prerequisite:
- Fast Forward 1 (Wall Contact and Sequencing) or Instructor Approval. This class is 3 weeks long and will be held at the same time and day as the first class each week.
- Non-Member Price:
- $95.00
- Member Price:
- $50.00
- Description:
- The class that is key to unlocking climbing specific movement in the form of turning. Learn how to extend your reach using minimal energy, increase your balance on the wall through flagging, and hone in on smooth, precise movement.
- Sessions:
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Fast Forward 3 (Dynamic Movement)
- Category:
- Fast Forward Courses
- Minimum Age:
- 14
- Prerequisite:
- Fast Forward 2 (Turning) or Instructor Approval. This class is 3 weeks long and will be held at the same time and day as the first class each week.
- Non-Member Price:
- $95.00
- Member Price:
- $50.00
- Description:
- The most athletic of the Fast Forward series is about learning how to climb with your feet, generate dynamic movement from the lower body, and how to do full on “dynos”- jumping from hold to hold!
- Sessions:
- Show Sessions: 3
Fast Forward 4 (Intermediate Technique)
- Category:
- Fast Forward Courses
- Minimum Age:
- 14
- Prerequisite:
- Fast Forward 3 (Dynamic Movement) or Instructor Approval. This class is 3 weeks long and will be held at the same time and day as the first class each week.
- Non-Member Price:
- $95.00
- Member Price:
- $50.00
- Description:
- Here’s where you will learn how to take your climbing to the next level. Learn an arsenal of climbing techniques: stemming, mantling, laybacks, heel hooking, toe hooking, drop knees, toe down, twistlocks, and gastons. Also push the limit of your top-roping ability to prepare you for lead climbing. Prerequisite: Have taken FF1 & FF2 or command of skills taught in FF1 & FF2. Ability to climb 5.9 and V2.
- Sessions:
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Fast Forward 5 (Bouldering: Creative Use of the Feet)
- Category:
- Fast Forward Courses
- Minimum Age:
- 14
- Prerequisite:
- Fast Forward 4 (Intermediate Technique) and the ability to climb 5.10 or instructor approval. This class is 3 weeks long and will be held at the same time and day as the first class each week.
- Non-Member Price:
- $95.00
- Member Price:
- $50.00
- Description:
- Fast Forward 5 is the class that will push the limits of your climbing. You will learn a few more creative and useful techniques such as knee-bars, heel-toe cams, figure 4s, using core tension as well as pushing your climbing grade, breaking through whatever level you’re currently at by using the techniques you’ve learned and applying onsighting, flashing and redpointing techniques. Prerequisite: Have taken FF1, FF2, FF3, and FF4 or command of skills taught in FF1, FF2, FF3, and FF4. Ability to lead 5.9 and boulder at least V3. Have taken Lead 1 and or lead certified at Sportrock.
- Sessions:
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Fast Forward X - 1
- Category:
- Fast Forward Courses
- Minimum Age:
- 14
- Prerequisite:
- No Prerequisites.
- Non-Member Price:
- $95.00
- Member Price:
- $50.00
- Description:
- Swifter. Higher. Faster. Athleticism is the key to unlocking the depth of your climbing ability and our FFX Conditioning 1 class does just that. Your climbing ability and general fitness will skyrocket while increasing your power, strength, stamina, and endurance as well as losing body fat and gaining lean muscle. FFX Conditioning 1 will optimize physical competence in each of the ten recognized fitness domains in order to improve climbing abilities with the emphasis on developing power, cross-training with multiple modalities, and constant training and practice with functional movements. This class features high intensity training with a constantly varied set of functional movements- each week of this 3 week course will be a new challenge! FFX Conditioning 1 is the introductory course where you will learn the proper techniques with the guidance of a trained instructor.
- Sessions:
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Fast Forward X - 2
- Category:
- Fast Forward Courses
- Minimum Age:
- 14
- Prerequisite:
- Registrant must have completed Fast Forward X-1.
- Non-Member Price:
- $95.00
- Member Price:
- $50.00
- Description:
- Swifter. Higher. Faster. Athleticism is the key to unlocking the depth of your climbing ability and our FFX Conditioning 2 class does just that. Your climbing ability and general fitness will skyrocket while increasing your power, strength, stamina, and endurance as well as losing body fat and gaining lean muscle. FFX Conditioning 2 will optimize physical competence in each of the ten recognized fitness domains in order to improve climbing abilities with the emphasis on developing power, cross-training with multiple modalities, and constant training and practice with functional movements. This class features high intensity training with a constantly varied set of functional movements- each week of this 3 week course will be a new challenge! FFX Conditioning 2 is a continuation of the FFX series and will offer students supervised challenging workouts and applications to climbing
- Sessions:
- Show Sessions: 0
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