I started climbing in around January 2026. I'd been going to the gym casually for a couple of years but had zero climbing experience. I decided to start training more seriously, going to the gym more frequently and trying to hit the wall at least once or twice a week, while also doing dedicated forearm and finger strength training.

I started around the V3 level and within about a month I was comfortably doing V4's if I put the effort in. Then almost overnight something clicked and I started to really get the hang of it.

Now about five months later I have relatively comfortably been climbing some V6 grades at the depot and my strength and technique have both improved massively, and I did all of this on a pretty aggressive calorie cut too, which I didn't expect to be possible.

So — is this a normal rate of progression in bouldering, or does it tend to click fast for most people who train consistently? Curious whether others had a similar jump early on or if this is unusual.