Sandbagged. Are You kidding Yourself
When you fail on a route or boulder problem of a grade you expect to cruise, it is easy to blame the climb and its grade calling it sandbagged. However, here's an article from Kris Hampton of The Power Company and author of our 8-Week Endurance Training Program that talks about [...]
Shoulder Warm Up with Ann Raber
How do you warm up? Do you simply walk up to the crag and start climbing on easy routes and boulder problems? While this type of warming up will eventually get the job done, it does neglect parts of your body that could use some special attention like the shoulders. [...]
The Numbers Game – Age and Training for Climbing
It's no secret that young kids are climbing harder and harder. However, if you look more closely, there are also a large number of people climbing hard into their fifties and beyond. Despite all the impressive ascents made by climbers on either end of the age spectrum, age does matter in [...]
Shoulder Workout: Bouldering Training Program
Do you have nagging shoulder tweaks or feel week on gastons and shouldery moves? We do too. So to help, here is a free shoulder workout taken from The Bouldering Strength and Power Training Program by Kris Peters. This shoulder workout is designed to increase shoulder strength and stability and [...]
Do Climbers Need Extra Vitamins and Minerals
As climbers we are always looking for something that will give us an edge, that extra little bit to get us up our projects. Whether its different types of training or tinkering with diet, climbers are will to try just about anything. So what about taking extra vitamins and minerals? [...]
Concentrated Loading with Steve Bechtel
Have you been training hard, eating right, and doing everything possible to up your climbing game only to find you are simply maintaining your current level? This type of plateau can be extremely frustrating and can only be broken by really changing things up and shocking your system. With this [...]
Injury Free Bouldering – 15 Tips with Neil Gresham
Whether its finger tweaks, shoulder pain, or twisted ankles, anyone who has committed any amount of time to bouldering knows that it is a high impact style of climbing that can easily lead to injuries. To help you stay injury free while bouldering, Rock and Ice published an article by [...]
Neil Gresham Training for Freakshow
To get you psyched for the weekend, here is a video of British strongman Neil Gresham training for and eventually sending his new hard route Freakshow 8c/5.14c at the UK's Kilnsey crag. According to Neil, Freakshow is a long endurance based route that features a brutally hard crux section that [...]
Keeping a Climbing Tick List
Do you keep a climbing tick list keeping track of all the routes and boulder problems you send? While some climbers are not concerned with keeping track of their climbs, I personally love having a tick list and being able to look back and be reminded of routes and boulders [...]
Plateauing on Your Climbing Project? – Mental Tactics
Have you ever trained hard, been fit and strong, had good conditions, and put the days in working your goal route only to still fall short? We've all been there. It's part of climbing and part of the process of climbing something near your limit. However, if you truly have set [...]