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 [...]
Intro to Training for Bouldering -Climb Strong
Bouldering is hard. Nothing new there. So, considering that bouldering is a hard version of rock climbing, doesn't it make sense that training for it should be different than for route climbing? But what is it specifically about bouldering vs. route climbing that warrants a different type of training program? This article [...]
How Do I Get Better Faster? The Magic Bullet.
This article was written by Kris Hampton and reposted from his site powercompanyclimbing.com. Kris Hampton is not only our friend and a great climber, but also the author of our 8-week Endurance Training Program (which you should try if you’re looking to send longer routes….). Kris Hampton Here he talks about [...]
Prepare for Battle: Training for Offwidths
Those of you who climb offwidths know how physically demanding it can be on your entire body. You also know that training for offwidths requires a different strategy than just doing pitches at the gym. This article from climbing.com can help you get started with your training strategy.... “All athletic movement starts at [...]
5 Ways to Sabotage Your Training Session
It’s possible some of the strategies we probably all use in our training regiments could actually be hurting any chance at progress. Meaning, for example, have you ever gone to the gym to train when you’re already sore and tired? And then decided, because you're sore and tired, to just [...]
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 [...]
How to Train on the Campus Board- Crux Crush
Are you a beginner to campus board training and wondering how to start? Or have you been using a campus board and need some new training ideas? This is a great article from the Crux Crush site (cruxcrush.com) written by Galina Parfenov about campus board training. She breaks down the [...]
Adam Ondra Turns Pain to Joy- Evening Sends
This past August and September, Adam Ondra did something that no one else has ever done in the same year; he won both the Lead and Bouldering World Championship competitions. Incredible. One of the reasons this double victory is so incredible and rare is that bouldering and sport climbing are becoming [...]
Stretches Upper Body- Moon Climbing
How many of you actually take the time to stretch after a climbing session? If you knew it would help you recover faster and prevent some of the aches and pains you feel the following day, would you stretch more? "Stretching the upper body after a climbing session is very [...]
Rest….or Else- Rock and Ice
Believing in the importance of resting as part of your climbing training can be really hard.... "The crux issue in training for any sport is how to balance the amount of hard training with an appropriate amount of recovery. Too much rest means that you’re not training enough to reach your peak [...]