Joe Rockhead's Indoor Rock Climbing
29 Fraser Avenue M6K 1Y7 Toronto, ON, Canada

Since we’ve waited this long...what’s another 2-4 weeks Hang in there and we’ll see you soon! #joerockheads #toronto #climbinggym

Seems like a perfect time for Neil to reacquaint you with how to tie the perfect figure 8 knot. #joerockheads #climbinggym #howto #climbingknots

Congratulations to @mccollsean and @lucasuchida for being selected to the CEC 2021 High Performance Program. Images_ @rubyphotostudio and @thecircuitclimbing ... CEC is excited to announce the selected athletes to the 2021 High Performance Program (HPP). These athletes were invited to join the program through its first annual intake, based on their results in the Continuous National Ranking (CNR).... The 2021 athletes will receive support from CEC’s National Head Coach, Libor Hroza and CEC’s High Performance Director, Andrew Wilson. They will also be enrolled in their provincial Canadian Sport Institute, and into the Canadian Center for Ethic in Sport (CCES) Anti-Doping Program. Should CEC attend international events in 2021, these athletes will be the ones to watch! Join us in congratulating them on their amazing achievement! Go Canada Go! #joerockheads #climbinggym #toronto #teamcanada

Morning Mobility. Get your day started right with some mobility exercise tips from Joe El-Achhab.

Neil walks us through five of his favourite knots. What’s yours? #joerockheads #climbinggym #knots #routesetting #climbing #whenwillthegymreopen

5 TIPS FOR TRAINING AT HOME: FIVE PILLARS OF CLIMBING PERFORMANCE that you should address during your home training sessions. Dr Yasser El-Sheikh aka The Rock Doc PILLAR #1: FINGER STRENGTH Train finger strength using a hangboard, performing high quality, near maximal efforts. Do this using Maximal Added Weight (MAW) or Minimum Edge Depth (MED) methods.... PILLAR #2: FINGER POWER Train finger power using campus board exercises. WALL CAMPUSING: Don’t have a campus board? Campus on your home wall. HANGBOARD CAMPUSING: Don’t have a home wall? Campus on your hangboard. PILLAR #3 CORE STRENGTH Strong shoulders, trunk and hips are essential for keeping your body on the wall, particularly when climbing steep terrain. Train your core using sling training, front levers, and other calisthenic exercises. Progress to front levers starting with tuck hangs, to single leg lever, then eventually full lever PILLAR # 4: MOBILITY Training for mobility will improve your movement efficiency on the wall, with the added benefit of helping to prevent injury! Yoga practice is perfect for improving mobility and flexibility of your entire body. PILLAR #5: MOTIVATION Motivation is essential for hard training and high performance in any endeavor. To stay psyched while training at home: 1) Set short-term training goals to track your progress. 2) Set long-term climbing goals and train with them in mind. 3) Keep the training varied and fun for you. Be safe, stay psyched and have fun! Rock Doc #joerockheads #climbinggyn #climbingtraining #fitness #homewall #bestboulders

Neil’s Corner. How to’s, gear reviews, travel beta (hopefully soon ). Check back next week to see @butterbeerneil ‘s knots - you won’t be disappointed! #joerockheads #climbinggym #howto #climbinggear #travelbeta #nowyouknow

Breath. Move. Flow. Join @joeelachhab.yoga on Thursday’s at 630 pm and Sunday’s at 10am for an hour long yoga session. #joerockheads #toronto #climbinggym #yoga #namaste #movement #breath #flow

5 tips for aspiring lead climbers. For those interested in tying into the sharp end. We asked our head instructor Sachi Adachi to share some of her climbing wisdom around lead climbing. Our team will be dropping tips every week so comeback for more.... #joerockheads #bouldering #climbing #climbinggym #routesetter #leadclimbing #routesettersofinstagram

5 tips for aspiring route setters. We asked our head setter Siu to share some wisdom to anyone starting out or maybe thinking about becoming a route setter. Our team will be dropping tips every week so comeback for more.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Throwback to our 2019 Christmas Party #joerockheads #climbinggym #happyholidays

Got any nutrition questions? We’re hosting a q+a session with @pegah_vaz - ask her a question below and she’ll answer them this Wednesday at 12pm. Receive general nutrition advice to help you better understand the importance of eating well and how it relates to your training and climbing goals.... We’ll randomly pick a winner from everyone who submits a question for a 1:1 sesh with Pegah to talk more about your nutrition goals for the new year and help come up with a plan to get you there. Pegah has a BSC in Neuroscience + Food and Nitrition from Western University and is currently doing her Masters in Public Health and Nutrition at University of Toronto. #joerockheads #libertyvillage #toronto #climbinggym #climbing #bouldering #fitness #nutrition

We’ll be around today and Monday between 11am and 2pm for curbside pickup. Send us a message before you swing by. #joerockheads #giftcard #christmas #happyholidays

Throwback to our December 2018 renovations. Well, we’re at it again. We have some awesome facility upgrades to share with you once we reopen. #joerockheads #climbinggym #toronto #bouldering #climbing

Wishing you all a Happy New Year from the Rockhead’s crew! We can’t wait to have you back climbing at the gym. Keep the psyche up and we’ll see you soon! #joerockheads #climbinggym #toronto #happynewyear

5 Ways To Help Your Gym During Lockdown. Here are a few ways you can help your local gym during lockdown 2.0 1. Stay connected with the gym and members of the community. Keep the psyche UP!... 2. Share what makes the gym and community special (post about them or leave a review). 3. Keep active and stay in shape (join online workouts if they offer them). 4. Keep your membership active or buy gym merch or a gift card. Send us an email [email protected] if you want to keep your membership rolling. 5. Stay home as much as possible. We’re all in this together. We’ll be arranging curbside pickup next week if you’re interested in buying merch or gift cards! #joerockheads #libertyvillage #toronto #bouldering #climbing #climbinggym

Lockdown Round 2 - We’re hitting pause again! Unfortunately, we will not be reopening on December 1st as originally planned. We want to thank all of you who have supported us since our reopening in July. Everyone has done an amazing job keeping each other safe at the gym so we ask you to keep doing this by staying home as much as possible so we can get back to doing the things we love to do.... All memberships will be frozen for free ($0). If you wish to continue supporting us at this time by keeping your membership active please send us an email at [email protected]. Please stay safe and healthy. Do not hesitate to reach out to us for anything. We’re still all in this together. Joe Rockhead’s Team #joerockheads #stayhome #lockdown2020 #fuckcovid19

To our members, The last 2 weeks have been difficult for us since the government imposed a 10 person limit for our entire 12,000sq.ft. space. We have been trying to come up with ways to keep you climbing throughout this time but that has proven quite difficult given how quickly the sessions fill up. We know that this has left most of you quite frustrated and we do not want to exacerbate this situation by not listening to your feedback. Therefore we have decided to freeze all ...memberships starting November 1st, and open up sessions for day pass purchases by MEMBERS ONLY. This decision has been made in light of two factors: a planned 10 to 14 day closure in November to remove and replace most of the bouldering and route flooring, and our inability to satisfy the demands of our members within the restricted capacity imposed upon us. This new system will make sure members only pay for the climbing that they can book, and will give us a more flexible revenue stream to help us cope with whatever uncertainty lies around the corner. The Details All members, including memberships already frozen, will be switched to a $0/month freeze on November 1st. We will communicate later in November if we intend to continue this policy into December or not. Reservations will continue to be available to members only, which includes anyone on an active or frozen membership as of November 1st. Bookings can be made up to 3 days in advance, but each booking will require a $23 Session Pass purchase. We encourage our members to use the RGPro Connect app to make their reservations, as this allows you to auto-fill some fields and save time when booking. Refunds for Session Passes are available up to 24 hours before the start time of the reservation, after which late cancellations are not eligible for a refund. Access to Up The Bloc will also be unavailable while your membership is frozen. If you wish to climb there, A Session Pass must be purchased. Thank you for your patience and continued support. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact us. - JOE

Booking Update... For the purpose of allowing more members a chance to make a booking, members are now limited to making reservations up to 3 days in advance. We ask members to limit their bookings to 2 visits/week during this current period of hyper-reduced capacity. As soon as current restrictions are lifted we will revert back to our previous policy. We are also considering extending our hours starting next week to allow more members the opportunity to book a session. Prop...osed hours Monday-Friday 7am-12am and Saturday-Sunday 8am-10pm. We understand that this maybe an inconvenience but we appreciate your understanding and cooperation. JRH #joerockheads #climbing #bouldering #climbinggym

TGIF. Another Circuit Wall reset coming up tomorrow. Just a reminder that members can book 72 hours before your desired climbing time. That means that Monday time slots can be booked starting at 7am tomorrow. Each subsequent time slot opens on the hour. Starting October 26th Monday to Friday 7am-12am, Saturday and Sunday 8am-10pm... #joerockheads #climbinggym #bouldering #climbing #routesetting #bestboulders

The Slab is Back! @queenie000x One of the most requested things to bring back since reopening. The slab will be reset at the same time as the 3 stage boulder. Enjoy! #joerockheads #climbing #bouldering #girlswhoclimb #slab

Happy Thanksgiving! @yosakoiambassador getting a session in before the big meal. We’re open until 9pm. Stay safe!... #joerockheads #toronto #libertyvillage #climbing #climbinggym #routesetting

See you tomorrow and the day after that... Thank you for your patience. Upon further review of today’s announcement we made the decision to remain open. We will continue to pay close attention to the daily health situationin Toronto, and if necessary, we’ll make changes to our operations. We continue to enforce common sense precautions to keep everyone safe, and we ask you to keepdoing your part by spacing out, avoiding the gym if you’ve been around sick people. Let’s conti...nue to keep each other safe while at the gym. Effective immediately, the weight training area will be closed and capacity will be reduced. If you have any questions or concerns, write to us anytime. We’ll keep you updated as we weather this second wave together. #joerockheads

WE’RE CURRENTLY REVIEWING DETAILS OF TODAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT. WE’LL HAVE MORE INFO SHORTLY.

Friday’s are boulder reset days. New Problems on the 3 stage wall plus more added to the @getstokt app. #joerockheads #libertyvillage #toronto #climbinggym #routesetting #routesetter #socialdistancing #wearamask #maskup #climbing #bouldering

Long Weekend Hours We’re open all long weekend long if you’re looking for a climbing fix. Saturday, Sunday, and Monday 9am to 9pm. #joerockheads #climbinggym #climbing #bouldering #toronto #libertyvillage #thanksgiving

Shoe Demo @lasportivana Thursday, October 8th from 5pm to 9pm. Featuring Skwamas, Futuras, Solutions. See you there! #joerockheads #climbinggym #climbing #bouldering #climbingshoes

Running into the weekend like... #joerockheads #bestboulders #routesetting #bouldering #climbing #boulderinglife

Send it! @yudainakagawa (not to be mistaken for) @adachisachi sending all the new problems on the Circuit Wall. #joerockheads #climbinggym #libertyvillage #routesetting #bestboulders #bouldering #climbinglife

In response to the return of colder weather and an upward trend of COVID-19 cases in Toronto, we’ve updated our policies to help protect our staff and customers. These policies will be enforced starting Thursday, October 1st. We want to thank everyone for your continued cooperation during these uncertain times. Let’s continue to keep each other safe. Check the link in our bio for full details.... #joerockheads #climbinggym #libertyvillagebia #toronto #climbing #bouldering #staysafe

This is @butterbeerneil - he’s our resident trad daddy and he loves crack (climbing). He loves crack climbing sooo much that he even brought in his personal stash of @wide_boyz to share with us all. Thanks Neil! FYI it’s a 5.8 if you use the tops of the volumes for hands or feet. 5.10+ if you only use the crack.... #joerockheads #climbinggym #crackclimbing #grippedmagazine #climbinglife #routesetting #routesettersofinstagram

Fresh NEW problems on the 3 Stage Boulder. Come get some! #joerockheads #bouldering #climbing #climbinggym #routesetting #girlswhoclimb #climbingholds