Maybe add rock climbing to the pool of activities that count towards the strength section of healthspan?
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@Fotocraphy Thanks for the feedback. I’m assuming you’re talking about adding it to this list of activities here in the screenshot below, correct? I’ll pass on this feedback to our team developing Healthspan.
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Yup, that’s the one.
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Kk thanks @Fotocraphy, I’ll pass this on.
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Hi all - just wanted to echo this request please. I am an advanced climber and have very intense bouldering sessions that feature strength movements that are surely more physically powerful and intense than yoga, barre, and toddler carrying (I.e. half the activities in the list of strength activities).
Having just received my healthspan score, I’m almost inclined to go back in my history and change all rock climbing activities to power lifting or strength trainer just to lower my age
Thanks for following up on this – really feel like it should be added! (Especially since bouldering is not cardio intensive at all)
More than happy to provide scientific and medical references on the strength component of climbing – pls let me know if I can help
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I can second this request. Rock climbing should definitely be added to the list of strength activities. Are there any actual plans to do so?
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@majong @alphakenny1 I hear you loud and clear. I’m connecting with the team to figure out what it would take to make this happen. Thank you!
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@Durkin This would be a huge win. There are many climbers who I am sure would be more inclined to wear Whoop if it could more accurately detect strain from bouldering. I currently log all of my sessions as Pilates which is very annoying. Even if its not totally accurate, it would be a whole lot more accurate than it is now if Rock Climbing was correctly categorized and just used the same formula!
Any updates on if it is in the road map?
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I’m not sure if they calculate strain differently for those activities, it’s just that it would count towards strength activity time in healthspan.
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Oh I see, definitely rock climbing (or a new “bouldering”) needs both – include the muscular strain calculation as well as be added as a strength activity for healthspan.
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I would really like to see this happening, I can’t see why climbing is not counting as a strength activity for the health span. I climb 3-4x a week and usually add mobility, stretching and strength training such as pull-ups as part of my climbing sessions. Definitely a strong addition to the healthspan imho.
Could painstakingly add each isolated exercise as strength training but that would become a hassle, I’ve been enjoying whoop for almost a year as a metric buddy in the background that doesn’t disturb my focus, would like to keep it that way.
Any news here would be highly appreciated @Durkin 
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Climber and new to whoop ~7 days. Was surprised not to see a dedicated bouldering activity. Used rock climbing for a 90min climb and the strain was only 5.5, which in contrast to an easy run for 45mins which reported 9.2 for strain. Can assure you the climbing session was far more strenuous. Understand it’s due to HR strain, so would be great to see bouldering added and both that and rock climbing considered as muscle strain, or better still, a combination of both?
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I’d also greatly appreciate this change. If Whoop for whatever reason wants to keep Rock Climbing as cardio only, then just adding a Bouldering activity that counts as muscular would be super useful.
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Seconding this also, it also has a negative impact on whoop age but I boulder 2x a week and there’s definitely strength training in my schedule
please add bouldering!
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+1, please add this feature
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+1 to add rock climbing as a strength activity
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+1 please add rock climbing as a strength activity!
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Any updates on this? There’s a whole climbers community trying to use Whoop and get correct insights
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I’d really like to see this happen. I am in the trial phase with my whoop, and this is a bit of a deal breaker!
@Durkin Any updates on this? Been waiting since May now and hoping for this addition ASAP