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spooky October events within, open if you dare 🕸️⬇️
Our calendar is jam packed this month - embrace the spooky szn with these Halloween + fall-themed events!
🎃 Scooby Dooby Dyno Comp + Rendezvous | Timonium, 10/18
Jinkies—it’s time for the annual Timonium Dyno Comp! Join us for a night of spooky sends, games, and more, with cash prizes available for podium winners of the comp. Registration is now open!
🎃 Boards + Brews Rendezvous | Crystal City, 10/25
Join us for our Halloween-themed Rendezvous! We’ll have lots of spooky activities planned for the evening (plus plenty of candy). Costumes encouraged!
🎃 Renn-dezvous | Hampden, 10/25
We’re partyin’ like it’s 1599. Join us for a Renn Fest-themed night of costumes, vendors, libations, and climbing games!
🎃 Halloween @ Movement | All gyms, 10/25-10/28
Join us in celebrating Halloween at Movement! We’ll be giving out candy and the gyms will be decked out in seasonal decor. Don your costumes + come climb with us!
new merch who dis? 🪢
Meet the Patent Series, now in the gear shop! Our newest merch pays homage to some of the innovations that revolutionized our sport. Across three different shirts, we showcase the original patent drawings for the camalot, carabiner, and chalk bag—some of the very blueprints that shaped modern climbing.
Grab one of these limited edition shirts (and maybe a pair of new custom joggers 👀) while you can in the gear shop—more drops coming soon ✨
if your climbing kit isn’t 1/3 snacks wyd
what loot would you drop? tell us below ⭐️
your comprehensive guide to climbing with friends! 🫶⬇️
⭐️ Monthly Guest Pass (1 per month)
Every month, members get one new guest pass to use for whomever you’d like. That’s 12 guest passes per year!
⭐️ First Time Guest Passes (2 per day)
Your guest has never been to Movement? Amazing! Members have 2 first-time guest passes to use per day. Bring as many new friends, dates, and family as you’d like throughout the year. We did the math—that’s over 700 new climbers a year!
⭐️ Bring a Friend Day (1 per first Friday)
Every 1st Friday of the month, members get an additional guest pass for Bring a Friend Day. You’ll have an additional guest pass to use and it’s not pulling from your monthly pass 👏
⭐️ Refer a Friend (1 per month)
Monthly members get a $25 credit when you rope a friend into becoming a Movement member! Or, if you’re an annual member, we’ll add 10 days to your membership. Your friend will also save $49 with a waived initiation fee when they join, so it’s a win-win. Member referral credit is limited to once per month.
There’s so many ways to get your friends into the gym! Not yet a member? Send this to your member friends 🤭
spooky szn is here 🎃
we can’t wait to see what our setters cook up for Halloween 2024 👻
this spooky set is from last year at Movement Crystal City! 🦇
climbing is out of this world 🪐
📸 enjoy these pics from Cosmic Climbing night at Movement Columbia! huge thanks to everyone who came out and had a stellar time 🌟
what’s your dream theme night? tell us in the comments!
This event was just the bee’s knees 🐝
Bee Nite at Rockville had the hive buzzing as our community came together to BE the BEES! We were joined by some awesome local partners and vendors who helped us in celebrating the magic of bees, the great outdoors, community connection, and partnership 💛
Special shoutout to our honey and mead vendors @grandmasinsects, @clear_skies_meadery, and Reed Family Beekeepers! 🍯
life lately @ movement 🤸
we love seeing your smiles and sends! tag us for a chance to be featured here on the ‘gram 🫶
EVENTS THIS FRIDAY ⬇️
Come join us for some super fun events this Friday, September 6 to kick off the fall season!
🪐 Cosmic Climbing | Columbia, 6-9 PM
You`ve heard of cosmic bowling, and now we`re bringing it to bouldering! Join us for a glow climb, climbing games, and special community vendors.
🧗♂️ Used Shoe Sale | Hampden, 5-8 PM
Join us for a used shoe sale at Movement Hampden! Shoes will be discounted up to 75% off based on their condition. This is a great time to get a new(ish) pair of shoes for the fall season!
🐝 Bee Nite | Rockville, 6:30-9:30 PM
Join us for a themed community climbing game and be a bee! We need all hands on deck, working together to reach 500 climbs in one evening. Featuring local honey for sale, waggle dancing, pollen pants and more!
🧑🤝🧑 Bring a Friend Day | All gyms, all day
On the first Friday of every month, members can bring a guest for FREE without using a guest pass! Not a member? Come with a buddy and receive half-off your day passes.
will we see you there? 🤠
when life gives you lemons, set with them 🍋
V5 at Rockville featuring @artlineholds Abyss 💛
these birds are pretty fly 🕊️
V6 at Crystal City featuring @bold.climbing Birds 🧡
Join us in sending good luck to two local legends, Aaron C. and Hannah O., as they compete in @thenorthface_climb Climb Festival this weekend! 🫶
Aaron and Hannah won our Global Climbing Day Open Qualifiers comp—each of them are absolute legends in the DMV climbing community and we’re stoked to see them take on the festival! If you don’t know them yet, here’s a little bit about each climber:
Aaron @_thechanimal_: “I have been climbing for 10 years. I graduated from UMD with a major in biochemistry and currently work in radiation oncology research involving genetically engineered mice. Other than climbing and school, I am top 5% in Rocket League and I love my wife!”
Hannah @hannah.ashlee: “I’m Hannah—a climber, thrill-seeker, and NICU nurse. I save tiny future crushers by day and chase wild adventures by night. My favorites? Headphone jams, nonstop shenanigans, and epic hangs in high places with the homies! Super stoked to compete and get wrecked at the Climb Festival NYC comp this week!”
Drop your good luck messages in the comments 📩 go Hannah and Aaron!
big steppers 😤😤
we’ve seen other gyms take on the desk pistol squat challenge, and when @movementgymscolorado tagged us, we knew we’d rise to the occasion 😌
we hereby challenge @movementgowanus - show us what you got!
🚨 disclaimer: for the safety of our members, climbing on the front desk is prohibited. this stunt is performed by trained professionals. we appreciate your understanding.
climbing partners are for life 🥹
That’s a wrap on Summer Smackdown 2024! 💙
HUGE thank you to all of our competitors, judges, team members, and spectators who made Finals (and all of Smackdown) such an incredible experience.
Join us in congratulating our podium victors (see pinned comments for final standings)! Hype them up in the comments - they deserve it 👏
Special thank you to our sponsors @evolv_worldwide and @wildcountry_official!
📸 Photos by @elenakali
COMPETITIVE LEAD CLIMBING 🧗⬇️
Are you catching up on lead events on the world stage? Here’s what you need to know when watching competition lead climbing in the combined format:
⭐️ Each climber is trying to get as far as they can on the lead route. They have 6 minutes to do this. If they are still on the wall when time runs out, their attempt is over and they are scored for the last hold they reach before the time stops.
⭐️ The lead route in each round of competition is broken down into five sections, where each section differs based on the number of points a climber achieves for reaching each individual holds in that section. The higher the climber gets up the wall, the more each hold is worth. If they top the route, they receive 100 points.
⭐️ Competitors get 1 attempt per round of competition. Once the climber falls, that is their final score.
Get the full story on comp lead climbing on our blog - link in bio!
SPEED CLIMBING ⏩⬇️
Speed climbing is one of the fastest sports out there - think of it like vertical sprinting. It’s a high stakes, high drama, exhilarating sport to watch, and knowing the basics of how speed climbing works makes it just that much more fun to spectate.
Here’s what you need to know when watching speed:
⭐ The goal is simple: each competitor tries to get to the top of a standardized route as fast as they can. In qualifiers, each competitor has 2 runs - the fastest of the 2 is used to determine their ranking + seeding for finals.
⭐ Speed finals are done in a “knockout” format, where the winner from each race moves on to the next round until someone is crowned the champion.
⭐ If a competitor false starts (meaning they leave the ground before the official timer starts) or if the competitor falls on their run, they don’t get a second chance, so the pressure is high!
Get the full story on competitive speed climbing on our blog, including insights from speed climber + Team Texas speed coach Merritt Ernsberger. Link in bio 🔗
Are you watching speed climbing?
COMPETITIVE BOULDERING 🥇⬇️
As the sport of climbing has its ✨moment✨ on the world stage, we’re breaking down the basics of what you need to know about each climbing discipline so you can fully enjoy the epic highs and lows of competitive climbing.
Here’s what you need to know when watching competition bouldering:
⭐ Climbers get points per top (reaching the final hold) and the climber with the most tops wins. They have 4 minutes to finish.
⭐ There are two bonus holds called zones on each boulder that can give the climber partial points if they don’t top. Zones are used in tie-breaking situations.
⭐ Each time a climber gets on the wall is an attempt—whether they top out or not—and each attempt where they don’t top is included in their score. The least amount of attempts earns the best score.
Now you’re equipped with some knowledge to cheer on your favorite athletes! Get more details about comp bouldering on our blog - link in bio 🔗
Summer Smackdown Semi-Finals are in the books 🎉
Congratulations to the victors in the Novice and Intermediate categories, and good luck to those advancing to Finals this Saturday in the Advanced and Open categories! 🥳
Come spectate Finals at Crystal City and enjoy a glitched-out party with black lights, glow-in-the-dark body paint, neon everything and so much more 👽
Huge thank you to our athletes, our volunteer judges, and everyone who came out to cheer on our competitors!
📸 Photos by @r.h.george
🌍 Ready to experience the excitement of climbing competitions on the world stage?
As the global spotlight turns toward our favorite sport, there`s never been a better time to dive into the world of competitive climbing. Discover everything you need to know about the upcoming competitions!
Head to the link in our bio to read the blog and get all the details 🏅
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