How to Make the Best of a Bad Gym
The author of this article understands how small the climbing world is and for that reason, has chosen to remain anonymous*. The author is not trying to hurt any feelings or cause any waves in their local climbing community. This article is designed to show that with some motivation and a little creativity, [...]
Winner of the Halloween Giveaway Announced!
In case you hadn't heard (not sure how that'd be possible since we announced it about a million times ;), we did a giveaway last week, and today we're telling you who won - woohoo! Drum roll please.... Steve Gula Is The Winner of Our Halloween Giveaway! ...and we're sending him the [...]
How to Delay Muscle Fatigue
This article is from our good friend and awesome rock climber Kris Hampton's site, thepowercompanyclimbing.com (also author of our 8-Week Endurance Training Program). It was a guest post written by RDN, Aicacia Young (also author of our Rock Climbing Nutrition eBook) about what exactly muscle fatigue is, and how to delay [...]
Pull-Ups Are A Waste of Time
When you really think about it, in climbing situations where you are doing a motion similar to a pull-up (vertical climbing), your legs are actually probably doing most of the work. This article by Steve Bechtel from his site climbstrong.com explains why focusing on pull-ups as part of your climbing training, [...]
Onsight Climbing Tips for Sport Climbers
To onsight a route means to walk up to it and send it first try, having never seen anyone on it or being told any beta. Onsight climbing is hard to do, especially at grades near your limit. In this article by Andrew Bisharat from his site eveningsends.com, he shares [...]
ROCK Project Pact- Access Fund and Black Diamond
The Access Fund has partnered with Black Diamond to launch the ROCK project. It is an initiative aimed at engaging the climbing community to be mindful of our impact when we get outside. They are working to ensure the future of climbing access in America by inspiring climbers to be [...]
Training Efficiently
***Don't forget to enter our Giveaway for your chance to win a Rock Prodigy Training Center and 1 year of our Bouldering Strength and Power Program!! Details below...*** For those of you who feel like you never have enough time to train, this article may provide some good [...]
Rhythm Intervals- ClimbStrong
***Have you entered our Giveaway yet?! Only a few days left! One lucky person will get two of the best training resources available- if you enter the drawing, that person could be you! The lucky winner wins a Rock Prodigy Training Center ($120 value) AND a year membership to our Bouldering [...]
Taking Your Woody to the Next Level: Tips for Setting Up a Rad Home Wall
***Hey listen up!! We are doing our first giveaway (link no longer available) and you don't want to miss out! One lucky person will get two of the best training resources available- if you enter the drawing, that person could be you! The lucky winner wins a Rock Prodigy Training Center ($120 [...]
If It Wasn’t Hard, It Would Be Easy- Dave MacLeod
***Did you hear about our first Giveaway in the spirit of Halloween?! One person will get two of the best training resources available- if you enter the drawing, that lucky person could be you! The lucky winner wins a Rock Prodigy Training Center ($120 value) AND a year membership to [...]