The Bouldering Strength and Power Program Is Available!!
We've been talking about this Bouldering program and working on it for over 6 months now, and we're proud and ecstatic to announce today that The Bouldering Strength and Power Program is available for you!! Here's what we're so excited about. 14-DAY FREE TRIAL 3 new [...]
How To Warm Up For A Bouldering Session
This post was written by Seth Lytton, co-runner of TrainingBeta, training fanatic, and a pretty strong rock climber. He thinks warming up is important and I tend to agree with him, so here's how to do it properly. Also, this post was written specifically for our Bouldering Strength and Power Program [...]
Power and Strength: What They Are and How to Train Them
Power and Strength These two terms are commonly, and incorrectly, used interchangeably in the climbing community. This is a very clear cut, simple explanation about what each is and how best to train them. • Strength Defined Strength is defined as the maximal force that you can apply in a given [...]
How To Do The Power Endurance Program Without Routes
The Power Endurance Training program by Kris Peters contains route climbing and bouldering (as well as weights, campusing, and body weight exercises). There are a lot of people around the country who don't have access to a good route-climbing gym or a treadwall, and that leaves them at a disadvantage when [...]
Swimming As Cardio Training for Climbing?
The topic of cardio is a popular one right now in the climbing world, and I thought this was an interesting question posed by a TrainingBeta reader about using swimming as cardio. Here's her question and my answer below. Hi Neely, I absolutely love what you do. Thank you so [...]
4×4’s – What They Are & How To Do Them
4x4's - What They Are & How To Do Them The point of 4x4’s is to increase your ability to climb through a pump and improve your general fitness. Basically, it's a way to increase power endurance and your mental ability to work through some pain. You'll want to pick [...]
Freebie Endurance Workout
Climbing endurance is basically the ability to climb many moves in a row that are under your max ability without falling off. It's what it takes to do long routes (or very long boulder problems) without pumping off due to lack of vascularity. If you're falling off the tops of [...]
Shoe Review: Tenaya Oasi
Shoe review - Tenaya Oasi Written by Dave Sheldon $165 Trango.com or Amazon.com The Spanish climbing shoe brand Tenaya hit the U.S. shores two years ago and quickly carved out a piece of the shoe market pie. Their immediate popularity can be attributed to a number of unique design and fit [...]
Jstar’s Training Playlist
(Photo: Screenshot from Andy Mann's video "Great Days 2: Jonathan Siegrist's Spectrum") Alright, here's the second installment of our pro's playlists. This one is brought to you by Jonathan Siegrist and he's an electronic music fanatic. For real though I think he might have a bit of a problem. When [...]
Review: The Rock Climber’s Training Manual
The Rock Climber’s Training Manual – A Guide to Continuous Improvement By Michael and Mark Anderson $28.95 on Amazon This book review was written by Dave Sheldon, a frequent contributor to popular climbing magazines and TrainingBeta. Enter Dave... The Rock Climber’s Training Manual – A Guide to Continuous Improvement is a [...]