Chris Webb Parsons Hangboard Program Video
Chris Webb Parsons has climbed up to 8C/V15, so clearly he must know something about training finger strength. This Vimeo video, found on the dpmclimbing.com site, is all about his 12-week handboard program for improving finger strength. As Chris will tell you, he has used this program since he first [...]
Secret Skin-Care Tips From Rock Climbing Pros
Every climber can agree that climbing with tape on your fingertips is a bummer. It can slip, roll, snag the rock weird, and usually prevents you from being able to grab a hold exactly how you want to. Part of learning how to train for climbing should involve injury prevention, [...]
How To Warm Up for A Route 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 Route Climbing Training Program. This article [...]
Climbing Training: Power Endurance
Getting a little too pumped while you're climbing? Are you falling because of it? If so, improving your power endurance through some climbing training could be just what you need. So, what is power endurance and how can you train for it? “Unlike endurance, where you have a manageable pump, in [...]
Bill Ramsey: The Day I Sent Golden (5.14b)
Bill Ramsey recently sent Golden For a Moment (5.14b), a famous climb in the Cathedral, a large limestone cave near St. George, Utah. At age 54, this is his story about the send and what it took for him to get there from eveningsends.com. Bill (author of our article, Treadwall [...]
Live Training Q&A Call and New Route Program
We have two exciting announcements today! 1. The Route Climbing Training Program We're releasing the sister program to our Bouldering Strength and Power Program on Monday, April 20th, which is called the Route Climbing Training Program. It's designed for route climbers who want to get fit, have more power endurance, [...]
Applying Hangboard Training to Rock Climbing
It's a lot easier to motivate to train when you feel like you have a purpose or goal for training, right? Do you think you would spend more time using a hangboard if you felt like you had a reason for it and knew how it would translate to your [...]
How to Climb Harder Than The Other Newbs: Training Wheels
This article was written by Kris Hampton and is a repost from his awesome, informative site, powercompanyclimbing.com. Kris is a great climber, friend and author of our 8-Week Endurance Training Program (which is a great program to check out if your endurance needs some improving….). Here, Kris talks about how to approach training for climbing [...]
Apply the 80-20 Rule To Your Climbing
....to get the most gains with the least effort. "Vilfredo Pareto, a late 19th Century economist, noticed that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by only 20% of the population. This ratio, now known as Pareto’s Principle (or simply the 80-20 Rule), can be (over) simplified by saying [...]
Weight Management for Climbers
It's Neely here, and since I'm a nutritionist, of course weight management is going to be an interesting topic to me. And since you're a climber, it's also probably an interesting topic to you 😉 Weight does have some bearing on how well we climb, whether we like it or [...]