Training is hard work. If you are going to put in the blood, sweat, and tears, you want to make sure it translates to improved climbing performance outside. After all, achieving a personal best on the hangboard is cool, but [...]
With Adam Ondra's incredible ascent of Silence, the world's first 5.15d or 9c, still fresh in the news, speculation has already started as to when another climber will achieve this level. Alex Megos is an obvious candidate. Based on their [...]
Focus on getting good at climbing, not just on getting strong. To help you really put this sentiment into action, here's an article from the FrictionLabs blog by climber and coach Dan Mirsky. The article is an introduction to climbing [...]
For beginner climbers, it can be really tempting to rush into more advanced training techniques. Adding things like a campus board session to the end of your workout can seem like the path to climbings upper levels. We cannot stress [...]
Climbing long routes requires endurance. When most climbers hear endurance training, all they think of is cranking out lap after lap on routes in the gym until their forearms give out. However, this kind of endurance training is not only [...]
Most climbing injuries are the result of overuse. While fingers, shoulders, and elbows are common culprits, our wrist are also susceptible. Luckily, wrist pain, as with all overuse injuries, is completely avoidable. To help you understand what causes wrist pain [...]
For many climbers, even looking at a photo of a small two-finger pocket or a mono makes their fingers hurt. It's also true that pockets put a lot of strain on our tendons and the other connective structures in our [...]
When we think about planning out our training, it's easy to get caught up in how to fit everything into one training plan. After all, you're supposed to hangboard, campus board, limit boulder, and do energy system work right? Oh and [...]