Magic Monk top rope rock climbing progress 2019 - 2021

It's the end of my third year starting indoor rock climbing at Urban Climb, West End. Here is a quick comparison of my climbing between the end of 2019 and 2021. In the video on the left, you can see that in Oct 2019 I had already climbed for almost a year, so I have just started doing "green" climbs (I guess you can say it's about a 5.10a to 5.10c using the American climbing grading system).

I have consistently done green climbs in the last 2 years and I have gotten pretty smooth at it, as you can see in the video on the right, I managed to complete the climb in around the same time when the wall was a lot taller. Earlier this year I did get some elbow / shoulder injuries which held me back a lot, otherwise I would be doing red climbs (about 5.11 to 5.12).

I guess I'm pretty comfortable on greens now so I might be pushing on reds soon, but my experience tells me to just take it easy as when I push too hard is usually when injuries happen. Enjoy the comparison!