Power Endurance Program Q&A
We recently received this email from a person who'd bought Kris Peters' 6-Week Power Endurance Training Program. He asked a bunch of common questions, and after talking with Kris about this, we wrote out our answers for all to see. I hope this is helpful if you're on the fence about [...]
New Rock Climbing Nutrition eBook
NOTE FROM NEELY: While it was my intention to get a rock climbing nutrition ebook out for you this year, I just don't think it's going to happen - life's too crazy right now! But I have good news. Aicacia Young, a friend of ours and a like-minded nutrition expert, [...]
Paige Claassen’s Top 20 Musical Playlist for Training
We started TrainingBeta hoping to give everyone access to the best training advice and information out there. That includes blog posts, interviews, product and book reviews, etc. For me, that also means recommendations for awesome motivational music. Music can be a huge part of a good training session, so we thought [...]
Steve Bechtel’s Book on Strength Training
This post was written by Steve Bechtel, climbing trainer and owner of climbstrong.com. Steve's book on strength training is called Strength: Foundational Training for Rock Climbing, which he describes in full on this post. He explains below why strength training with weights and on the fingerboard is so gosh dern important [...]
Review: Transgression Hangboard (and Training Plan) by Eva Lopez
This review was written by Kris Hampton and reposted from his site, powercompanyclimbing.com. Kris Hampton is our friend and the author of our 8-Week Endurance Training Program, which you should definitely check out if you're wanting to send long routes! Here's Kris - you've probably seen him at [...]
Mark and Mike Anderson’s Guide to Hangboard Training
This post was kindly written by the prodigious and brainy Anderson brothers, Mark and Mike. They're the authors of the coveted book, The Rock Climber's Training Manual, and their complete bio is below. Enter Mike and Mark “Because your fingers are the link to the rock, finger strength is probably the most important [...]
Justen Sjong: The Art of Breathing While Climbing
This post was kindly written by Dave Sheldon, a frequent contributor to climbing magazines, and my favorite bodyworker in the world. You can see his full bio below. (Photo of Justen above by Celin Serbo) Enter Dave Taking a breath is an essential ingredient to life and something we do [...]
Steve House on Training for The New Alpinism
This post is a Q&A with famous alpinists, Steve House (UphillAthlete.com) and Scott Johnston, on their new book, Training for the New Alpinism, and their own alpine careers. Enter Steve and Scott... What motivated you to write Training for the New Alpinism? Scott: Steve and I had been kicking around [...]
Free Power Endurance Workout
If you realized this weekend that you need to do more training to reach your goals, this climbing training workout should help. The workout below is a screenshot taken directly from our 6-Week Power Endurance Training Program by Kris Peters, the trainer from Team of 2 . If you want more [...]
Strength And Power Resources
This post was written by my husband, Seth, who's generally the behind-the-scenes guy here at TrainingBeta. Enter Seth... I've been spending a lot of time recently doing research for TrainingBeta's upcoming strength and power programs. These programs will focus primarily on a 4-6 week fingerboard cycle and a 4-6 week [...]