Eric Hörst: Reducing Risk of Growth Plate Fractures in Youth Climbers
As rock climbing continues to grow in popularity, one of the best features of this growth is increased opportunities for youth climbers. Climbing is an amazing sport for developing both physical and mental skills that have positive effects on youth's lives beyond the sport. However, while there are lots of [...]
Transcript Highlight: Will Anglin on Training Efficiency
With all the training information out there on training for climbing, it'a easy to learn what exercises you should be doing and how to do them properly. The real question, however, is how to design a program so that you are training efficiently. By training efficiency, we are talking both [...]
LIFT Protein Muffins Review
When it comes to fueling your climbing, real, unprocessed food is always the best. However, preparing good-tasting, nutritious food for yourself can be time consuming and difficult, especially when you are traveling. It's in times like these that even some of the most dedicated cooks turn to protein bars and [...]
3 Common Nutrition Mistakes Climbers Make
3 Common Nutrition Mistakes Climbers Make Whether we like it or not, the things we eat and drink have a direct impact on our health, our mood, and our climbing performance. It's not always easy to know what to put in your mouth and what to avoid, though. Luckily, that's my [...]
Mercedes Pollmeier – Campus Board Basics Video
Ever since the campus board was first developed by legendary German climber Wolfgang Güllich it has been a valuable training tool for developing contact strength and power. However, while campusing can produce huge gains, it is also extremely dangerous and will quickly result in injury if you are either not [...]
Caffeine and Climbing – Climbing Nutrition
Whether you choose coffee or tea, a large portion of the population starts their days with a dose of caffeine. While there isn't anything necessarily wrong with this, as dedicated climbers it's worth looking at how caffeine and climbing fit together and how caffeine affects athletic performance. To shed some [...]
Route Climbing Training: Free Workout
When it comes to training for routes, most people think that endurance and power endurance are the most important facets to train. However, while they are certainly important, strength is the basis of hard climbing. As Tony Yaniro famously said, "If you can't do the moves, then there's nothing to [...]
Jonathan Siegrist Interview – Three 5.15s in Three Weeks
Training for rock climbing can be addictive: put in some hard training work, see some gains, send your project. This is the process that we all want and is the reason we are willing to suffer through training sessions that aren't strictly speaking "fun." While this certainly isn't a post [...]
Top 5 Climbing Warm-Up Articles
No matter what type of climbing you are interested in, an effective warm-up is essential. It doesn't matter if you are training in the gym or getting ready to try your project. Without properly warming up, you will not be able to effectively try your hardest and you run the [...]
Dr. Jared Vagy – Avoid Rotator Cuff Strains
All the training in the world isn't going to get you up your project if you are always injured. While it is important to keep up with your injury prevention and mobility work, this isn't going to prevent injuries altogether. To really be proactive in trying to prevent injuries, it [...]