The Proving Ground Hold Reviews- Escape Nemesis
Looking for some new climbing holds to use on your homewall, or, routesetters, in your nearest climbing gym? The Proving Ground, (theprovinggroundholdreviews.blogspot.com), is a cool website that does reviews on various climbing holds. They give feedback on the types of holds, their durability, and demonstrate how to use the specific holds [...]
5 At-Home Exercises for Climbers (Without a Gym)- ClimbHealthy
Hopefully you're someone who has access to a really sweet climbing gym near where you live. But if you don't, all is not lost- you can still train! Aicacia Young, of climbhealthy.com, (and author of our Rock Climbing Nutrition eBook) wrote this article about specific exercises for climbers that can be [...]
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 [...]
Training: 7 Simple Drills to Improve Footwork and Technique- Climbing
Good footwork can make all the difference for climbing well. It's probably not the first time you've heard that, right? So if good footwork is such an important skill for climbing, how do you train it? Luckily for us, in this article found on climbing.com, Mike and Mark Anderson put [...]
The Day I Sent True Love -EveningSends
"I spent at least two weeks of my month-long trip getting to this move only to tear my skin. The move was getting really mental. I was afraid of it. Dreaded it. Would I ever stick it? Having still not stuck the move from the ground, I wasn’t sure if this [...]
A Stronger Climber’s Core in 20 Minutes -CruxCrush
Having a strong core for climbing is so important. That part is pretty obvious. But having a strong core means more than just having strong abs..... "Sure, a strong upper body and all-around flexibility will make you a better climber, but what ties all of that strength and flexibility together [...]
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 [...]
Freebie Power Endurance Workout
Power endurance is a fairly long section of consistently tough climbing that you could potentially fall off of at any point, or so it feels. Every move is pretty on you, and there’s not much in the way of rests. You can do every move--meaning, you have the power to do every move--it’s just [...]
Don’t Squash the Banana: Commitment
This article was written by Kris Hampton and reposted from his site powercompanyclimbing.com. Kris Hampton is our friend and author of our 8-week Endurance Training Program (if you haven't checked it out yet you should, especially if you're looking to send longer routes...). Kris knows his stuff. Here, Kris talks about commitment and how to put it into [...]
The Unnatural Way to Climb- Rock and Ice
"Why is it that when you reach a poor hold you stop in your tracks and waste time wishing that it was bigger? " -Neil Gresham Great Question. "Stalling won’t make the hold get bigger or you feel stronger. If you’ve sussed the hold once or twice, sized up your [...]