Dr. Lisa Erikson is a sports chiropractor specializing in overuse injuries of athletes, including climbers. She has written an incredible book, Climbing Injuries Solved that can help you learn to heal yourself. She currently has a Kickstarter going to help fund [...]
This article is a repost from Kris Hampton's site, powercompanyclimbing.com. Kris is a great friend, strong climber, and he knows his stuff! He is also the author of our 8-Week Endurance Training Program. In this article he talks about when [...]
Have you ever wondered if doing dead hangs on the hangboard or campusing helps train pinch grip strength at all? Or what the best ways to train that kind of grip strength are? Obviously your thumbs are a very important part [...]
Eating bugs as a protein source is starting to become a thing. Yep, you read that right. Eating bugs. For example, Eveningsends recently posted an article about Meghan Curry, a 29-year-old entomologist from El Paso, Texas, who is planning to solo Mescalito [...]
For those of you looking to get started hangboarding- you probably have a few questions about how to go about it. Mike and Mark Anderson, authors of the Rock Climber's Training Manual, have a great article on their site, rockclimberstrainingmanual.com, that describes a [...]
Have you ever finished a long day of climbing (and a long day of belaying) with a sore neck? Like a dull-ache-sort-of-feeling in your neck that maybe lingers for a few days? This could be belayer's neck. "Poor belaying postures repeated [...]