If your summer climbing plans include a big wall, alpine adventure, or some super-long days of cragging, then now is the time to begin some... Read More
When climbers talk about “power”, they are typically referring to the need to make quick, strenuous reaches or handhold grasps on steep terrain. This type... Read More
Bouldering is arguably the best all-around training method since it can produce improvement in all three areas of the performance triad (physical, technical, mental). Without... Read More
High stepping and hip turnout are physical skills that limit many climbers, particularly on thin vertical face climbs. Improving your capabilities in these areas requires... Read More
The shoulders are the most movable and unstable joints, and next to the fingers they are the most at-risk body parts for rock climbers. In... Read More
The shoulders are the most movable and unstable joints, and next to the fingers they are the most at-risk body parts for rock climbers. This... Read More
The National Academy of Sports Medicine defines reactive training as a quick, powerful exercise that couples a forceful eccentric contraction, followed immediately by an explosive... Read More
One-arm traversing is a simple, yet surprisingly trying, exercise with two big payoffs: increased grip strength and better speed of contraction (contact strength). Contact strength... Read More
Campus Lock-Offs, also known as Campus Touches, train the dynamic lock-off ability that’s often called on for making a long reach on steep climbing terrain.... Read More
As the name implies, this exercise involves climbing in a hand-over-hand, ladderlike motion up the campus board with no aid from your feet. Unlike the... Read More
