Hovering

[Gumby]

Nothing earth-shattering here, but I was surprised by how effective this was. I've been climbing again for about six months after a two year break. Without doing any specific "training", just top-roping and bouldering, I'm back to where I was two years ago in terms of strength. Last week, just for fun I climbed an easy, juggy boulder problem on an overhanging wall, and "hovered" my hand for a couple seconds over each hold before touching it. I did several laps of this and didn't think much of it, until the next day. My back muscles got sore enough that I realized this was a really good training technique. It's now part of my regular routine.
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Old, fat and weak - but climbing!

[Bedford90]

Another fun thing to combine with hover hands is silent feet. All foot work must be fluid and silent. No kicking the wall to try to stick that bubble gum patch allowed. No messy smearing down to a foot chip. Only smooth silent precise foot work. I've found it to be really good for cleaning up foot work.