Knowing the importance of concentration to effective risk management and optimal performance, it’s essential that you step onto the vertical stage armed with techniques to... Read More
Researchers have compared successful and less-successful performers and determined that the ability to maintain concentration is a primary discriminating factor. The best performers were less... Read More
The Key to Long-term Improvement: Challenging Yourself in New and Different Ways! Climbing is an extraordinarily complex activity with motor and cognitive skills that take... Read More
The pursuit of maximum climbing—whether you define it as realizing your climbing potential or maximizing your climbing experience—requires a long-term, disciplined effort to train optimally.... Read More
Technical and cognitive skills aside, becoming a better climber demands that you develop more strength, power, anaerobic endurance, and—yes—even a higher level of aerobic function.... Read More
Use an overhanging bouldering wall of 3/4-inch plywood at an angle of 45 to 55 degrees past vertical. HIT workouts on a 55-degree (past vertical)... Read More
The twist lock and backstep are the bread-and-butter moves of a steep-wall connoisseur. As the climbing surface tilts back past vertical, it becomes increasingly... Read More
The benefits of chunking down a difficult climb into parts are both mental and physical. Psychologically, it reduces the burden of a long hard route... Read More
