Located in the heart of the Presidio by the Golden Gate Bridge, Movement San Francisco boasts not just amazing climbing and bouldering terrain, but fantastic views across Crissy Field. With 25,000 square feet of climbing, a full fitness and cardio area, two yoga studios and top-out bouldering, Movement San Francisco combines the best of climbing, yoga, and fitness.
Upcoming Classes
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Private Coaching with Ian Clothier (Class Full)
Ian C.
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Movement Run Club
Community Event
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Movement Run Club
Community Event
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Core Yoga
Vinyasa
Janet C.
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Book a Tour
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Lead Check
Lead Check
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Introduction to Rope Climbing
Introductory
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Yin
Gentle
Kristin S.
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Introduction to Rope Climbing
Introductory
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Queer Monthly Climbing Night with Queer Crush
Explore our spaces
Social Connections
sorry not sorry if we accidentally called you out 🫢
for more fun facts, reads, and information on your favorite holds check out our Movement Blog using the link in our bio 🔗
New holds who dis? 🤩
New holds are in at Belmont, straight from @teknikhandholds l, @flathold, and @sugarclimbing.
Save the date: their debut is set for Belmont’s Rope Climbing Competition on August 23.
Details dropping soon 👀
Summer’s not over—and neither are the savings ☀️
Become a member now with one flat rate and get unlimited climbing, yoga, and fitness now through August 31, with up to 30% off and no initiation fee.
Get all this and more with your membership:
☀️ Unlimited climbing, yoga and fitness
☀️ Access to all gyms nationwide
☀️ A FREE guest pass every month
☀️ Discounts on gear, classes and more
☀️ Exclusive discounts with brand and guiding partners
Don’t wait—offer ends July 31! Head to the link in our bio to sign up today.
🧗♀️ SF’s Technique of the Month: Heel Hooks
We’re kicking off the month with one of climbing’s most versatile moves: the heel hook 💪
Heel hooks let you use the back of your foot to pull in, create tension, and stay stable on overhangs or big moves. They’re also great for slopey holds or holds that face away from you—places where your toes just won’t cut it. It’s a total game-changer for body control, balance, and reach!
🎯 Pro Tip: Use Your Whole Leg
• Place your heel above or beside the hold
• Pull with your leg to bring your hips and body close to the wall
• Engage your core and move with control
Climbing in SF? Look for TOTM stickers on bouldering and roped climbs designed to help you practice this technique. And don’t forget to check our climbing calendar for technique classes across our Bay Area gyms to level up your movement!
*NEW* guiding partners added to our member perks! ➡️
As a Movement member, you get access to awesome discounts on gear, adventures, and more. It’s our way of saying thank you for being part of our community!
We’ve just added two new guiding partners to our perks list: @riseoutsidecollective and @coloradomountainschool!
Ready to explore your perks? Head to the link in our bio to get all the deets on discounts with our partners:
⭐ @spartan
⭐ @kayaclimbing
⭐ @onxbackcountry
⭐ @summit.journal
⭐ NEW! @coloradomountainschool
⭐ NEW! @riseoutsidecollective
⭐ @skywardmountaineering
⭐ @equinoxguidingservice
⭐ @chockstoneclimbingguides
⭐ @sawtoothguides
⭐ @mojaveguides
That’s a wrap on Santa Clara’s Summer Bouldering League! 💛
A huge thank you to all the incredible competitors who made this season so fun and community-filled and congrats to this season’s winner: SUNRISE SENDERS!🏆
Shout-out to our party vendors for helping us celebrate in style:
@dragmeupthewall, @seshclimbing, @chalkmate, @sportsbasement, @v12resole, & @arcteryxnorcal
Cheers to Mountain View 🥳
Huge thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate with us at the Grand Opening Party! Whether you’re a familiar face or it was your first time in the gym, we had an absolute blast climbing, connecting, and partying with you. Shout out to our incredible staff, routesetters, and our photographer @rainytakesphotos
Thank you to all our vendors and partners! 💛
@arcteryxnorcal
@thenorthface
@dragmeupthewall
@lasportivana & @lucho_rivera
@soill & @yodelray
@friendlyfoot
@petzl_official
@8bplus_rockclimbing
@mammut
@tensionclimbing
@trangoclimbing
The Grand Opening photo album is now live on Mountain Views Facebook page. Follow the link in our bio to view!
Beginner Climbing Tip: Use Your Toe Box!
When you’re first learning to climb, it’s common to place your arch on footholds—but for better control, aim to use the toe box of your climbing shoe instead.
The toe box (the stiff front part of your shoe) is designed to give you:
✅ Precision on small footholds
✅ Better weight transfer and body positioning
✅ More mobility to pivot and turn your hips
Ready to build your skills? Join one of our Intro to Technique classes!
🗓️ Upcoming Classes:
⭐️ Sunnyvale | July 3
⭐️ Santa Clara | July 10
⭐️ San Francisco | July 21
Reserve your spot through the climbing class calendar linked in our bio! ➡️
A week later and we’re still riding the high from the first SV Classic ⚡️
A HUGE thank you to our incredible staff, routesetters, photographer (@rainytakesphotos), vendors, and especially YOU — our amazing community. We hope you had a blast pulling hard on an old school set, connecting with fellow climbers, and celebrating the spirit of climbing.
Shoutout to Josh (@bespokecraftdesign), member and community extraordinaire, for creating this year’s pinch block 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards — they were 🔥.
🌟 Thank you to all our vendors:
@dragmeupthewall
@lasportivana
@moonwakecoffeeroasters
@chalkmate
@seshclimbing
@bespokecraftdesign
@drawingsbybea
@aliceartistics
🔗 The SV Classic photo album is now live on Sunnyvales Facebook page. Follow the link in our bio to view!
Can we get a round of applause for our incredible routesetting team? 👏👏👏
The Bay Area Setting Crew brought the heat for the first-ever SV Classic, serving up nothing but old-school outdoorsy, high-tension, powerful moves⚡️
Huge thanks to the crew who made this comp unforgettable:
⚡️ Tofu
⚡️ Q
⚡️ Bitty
⚡️ Pitt
⚡️ Fries
⚡️ Juice
⚡️ Mungus
⚡️ Dill
Sunnyvale Powerlifting Competition 💪
In May, our South Bay Fitness Manager Oscar hosted another incredible powerlifting competition at Sunnyvale, bringing together 14 strong, dedicated lifters from across the Bay Area.
Over half competed in the Open Women’s category, many of whom trained for months leading up to the event. The energy in the gym was electric ⚡️—cheers echoed as PRs were broken and first-time competitors found the confidence to keep going.
What stood out most was the community. New friendships formed, familiar faces returned, and support poured in from every corner of the gym, even from guests just stopping by.
Huge shoutout to the Sunnyvale front desk crew and the amazing volunteers who helped make it all happen!
⏰ Only 2 days left until the bouldering comp of the summer hits Sunnyvale!
This year, the setters are going full old school:
No volumes. No coordination dynos. Just outdoorsy, high-tension, powerful moves.
Who’s ready to pull hard and throw down? 🏆
It’s going to be an epic day—don’t miss it.
Hit the link in bio to register. 💥
⚡Vendors on deck:
@moonwakecoffeeroasters
@bespokecraftdesign
@seshclimbing
@dragmeupthewall
@chalkmate
@aliceartistics
🎉 Grand Opening Party 6/21 – at Mountain View!
It’s been a month since we’ve opened and now it’s time to celebrate in a big way — come climb, hang, and party with us! Expect giveaways, games, swag, shoe demos, clinics, raffles, Tb2 boulder bounties and more! First 150 members to sign up will receive grand opening swag!
👯 Vendors on deck:
@arcteryxnorcal
@thenorthface
@dragmeupthewall
@hitorii.design
👟 Shoe demos & Clinics
@lasportivana demo & clinic with La Sportiva athlete @lucho_rivera
@soill demo & talk with SoiLL shoe designer @yodelray
@evolv_worldwide Demo
📍 Movement Mountain View
📅 Saturday, June 21 | 2-6pm
Don’t miss it — check the link in our bio ➡️
🧗♂️ SF’s Technique of the Month: Toe Hooks
This month is all about Toe hooks. Toe hooks let you hold tension, and can offer stability or reach in situations where other options won’t work.
🎯 Pro Tips:
• Pull with the top of your foot like you would with your hands
• Keep tension through your leg and core
• Use it to match, move, or even rest
Climbing in SF? Look for TOTM stickers on roped and bouldering climbs to help you practice the technique.
Want more tips? Check out our blog and climbing calendar in the link in our bio for technique breakdowns and free member classes!
Happy Pride Month! 🏳️🌈
Our 2025 Pride shirts are here, illustrated by Rockville, Maryland-based artist Helena Wu!
We’re donating $10 in proceeds from every shirt sold in June to our community partner @queercrushclimbing
🌈About the artist:
Helena (she/her) @helena_pocket is a Rockville, Maryland-based freelance illustrator whose work is infused with dreamy colors and nature-inspired vibes. With a portfolio spanning video games, product design, and a variety of other freelance work, Helena also actively engages with the local (and queer) art scene, frequently tabling at markets throughout the Baltimore and the DMV region (DC, MD, VA).
Helena’s love for climbing started in 2016. She’s a boulderer at heart, but will always offer to clean up sport anchors just to spend a little longer on the wall. Always trying to merge her hobbies together, she previously worked on the Movement Rockville Murals in 2023. She loves finding new ways to subtly celebrate the queer community and explore gender expression, and this year, she was given the opportunity to create a fun, dynamic graphic to showcase the vibrancy of the queer climbing community!
An all-grit, no-quit bouldering comp is 2 weeks away!
What to expect:
⚡ Old School Setting Style: No Volumes, No Coordination Dynos, Outdoorsy, High Body Tension, Powerful moves
⚡ Vendor village, food trucks, raffles, games (dyno comp 👀), comp shirts, prizes, and a finals you won’t want to miss!
🗓️ June 14 | 10am–6pm
📍 Movement Sunnyvale
Get hyped + sign up through the link in our bio ➡️
You read that right 😏
Join us on Saturday, May 31 for FREE admission and FREE gear rentals all day long at all 5 of our Movement Bay Area locations! Check us out in San Francisco, Belmont, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, or Mountain View!
All the climbing you can handle, yoga + fitness classes, and intro climbing classes - all for FREE on May 31 🥳
Members - bring as many friends as you want for FREE without using any of your guest passes!
No booking required! Just show up and we’ll get you checked in 😎 - learn more at the link in bio!
MEMBER NIGHT & OPENING WEEK PHOTO DROP 📸
Y’all showed up BIG — the energy, the sends, the community. We’re still riding the high! Check out the photo albums linked in our bio!
But the party’s just getting started... 👀
🗓️ Save the date: Mountain View Grand Opening Party
Saturday, June 21st!
More details soon!
📸: @rainytakesphotos
⚡️Comp season is here⚡️
We’re kicking it off with the SV Classic — an all-grit, no-quit bouldering competition.
🧗 June 14 | 10am–6pm
📍 Movement Sunnyvale
Get hyped + sign up through the link in our bio ➡️
MEMBERS 🤝 MOUNTAIN VIEW
What a night! Huge shoutout to everyone who showed up for our Member Pre-Opening Night. The stoke was high and the energy was off the charts. We’re so excited for what’s ahead!
Now it’s time to go BIG, and this time, everyone is invited 🎉
🌟 MOUNTAIN VIEW OPENING WEEKEND 🌟
Enjoy FREE admission, FREE gear rentals, and FREE Bouldering Basics classes all weekend long!
📍 Saturday, May 17 | 8am–8pm
📍 Sunday, May 18 | 8am–6pm
📍 Monday, May 19 | 6am–11pm
Bring your friends, try something new, and help us kick things off right 💥
Meet our partners
We partner with organizations that help bring down social and physical barriers to climbing and who are committed to preserving and protecting the planet.
Our Directors
Our gym leaders love what they do and it shows. They are committed to providing a supportive, transformative, and fun environment for everyone who comes through our doors.
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Jason
Wisser
Gym Director
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We’d love to hear from you if you have questions, comments, or ideas.