Welcome to the new Training Center, the web's #1 resource on climbing performance! Only here will you find leading-edge sport science and over 30 years experience dovetailed into a single free website that will help you train smarter and climber harder!

 

Regardless of your climbing preference—bouldering, cragging, or big walls—we will bring you fresh ideas and techniques to help improve your climbing. We welcome you to send us a training question and to subscribe to our monthly training e-newsletter, TC Beta.

 

NICROS is proud to produce some of the world's best and most innovative climbing walls and holds. Whether you are building a home wall, climbing gym, or just buying a few holds, we look forward to serving from you. You can place an order on this site or by calling 1-800-699-1975.

 

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New NEXGEN2 Hangboard to Crank Up Your Training!
NICROS is proud to bring back the popular NEXGEN hangboard, originally released in 1998, and now fully revised and updated for this 2008 release! Perhaps the best training board ever designed, the NEXGEN2 has an amazing variety of features and a sweet differential texture that your fingers will love. Read on >>

Eric Horst's Training Book is Now Available!
Conditioning for Climbers is the ultimate manual for climbers who are looking to improve their physical capabilities. Regardless of your age, ability, or sports background, this book will empower you to develop and engage in a supremely effective conditioning program. Read on >>

Question & Answer - #50
Question: Is age 48 too old start climbing? Do I need to train to increase strength? – Anne (South Africa) Read on >>

Killer Training Holds for a Great Home Wall Workout!
If you are a weekend warrior (like me), then you probably spend almost as much time training on plastic as you do pulling down on real rock. A steep home wall is central to a good training program, and the holds you use play a big role in making your sessions fun and effective. Read on >>

Training at the Crag
While much of the joy in climbing comes from steady improvement and confidence-building onsights and flashes, it takes an increasing amount of time and sacrifice to gain each new level of ability. As you ascend the grading scale, your progress will slow until improvement becomes immeasurably small. At this point you must contemplate one of the greatest success paradoxes... Read on >>

Question & Answer - #49
Question: I've heard of an alternative training program called CrossFit. Is this a good training program for an aspiring 5.12 rock climber? --Jordan (British Columbia) Read on >>

Accelerating Long-Term Recovery
Long-term, multi-day recuperation is the process of recovering from a severe workout that causes soreness or a couple days of hard climbing. Learn how to accelerate this recovery process. Read on >>

Understanding Strength, Power, Endurance Training Adaptations
This article outlines the differences in strength, power, and muscular endurance training adaptations, a topic that many athletes don't quit understand. Becoming a climber who "gets it", empowers you to understand your limiting physical constraints and train appropriately. Read on >>

Power Training with No-Feet Bouldering
Often called campusing, no-feet bouldering is a popular indoor training exercise among advanced climbers. Todd Skinner first turned me onto this training method at his garage woodie in the early 1990s. Read on >>

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Contact Information

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