At the base of the climb, you tighten your harness over a tender, bloated stomach. The discomfort makes you irritable. In your mind, you start blaming your climbing partner for dragging you out of bed. The morning chill reminds you of where you could have been, that is, lying in bed with a hot [...]
When one considers climbing, many images come to mind. Daring ascents up sheer faces, powerful moves off of razor sharp holds, sleeping beneath the stars on a narrow ledge balanced precariously over the open air. When a climber is uninjured and in top form, the world is without limits. However, to the injured climber, [...]
You’ve been training hard to build the finger strength for pushing your climbing grade up a whole value for months. Throughout the training time, your forearms are less and less fatigued after each climb within your training range. However, your shoulder is starting to hurt each training day, but you’re so close to pushing [...]
Nothing strikes fear into the heart of the climber more than the prospect of something getting in the way of climbing. Unfortunately, in the pursuit of climbing more and climbing harder, climbers all too often face injury. Despite our best efforts, climbers are frequently injured in a variety of ways. Some are unavoidable, such [...]
As an avid climber, my passion for the sport leads to an insatiable pursuit to improve my climbing abilities. Day in and day out, I dedicate myself to my craft. With proper periodization, my training includes easy, moderate, and hard intensive sessions. However, after an intensive training session, I cannot seem to recovery in [...]
Climbing has increased in popularity in youth sports, especially with its introduction to the Olympic stage in Tokyo. With this, more and more gyms are expanding their youth teams. The expansion of climbing, specifically youth climbing, increases the necessity for age appropriate fitness batteries to be introduced to gather data on athletic performance, [...]
If you’re similar to most climbers, you have experienced your fair share of injuries, from muscle strains and nagging shoulder aches, to the dreaded finger pulley injury. Your gym friends have likely recommended a host of interventions to enhance your recovery process from taping, static cupping, to specific strengthening and mobility programs. Maybe a [...]
We approached the lower saddle of the Grand Teton as the sun slowly began to rise. There was a feeling of optimism due to our quick ascent of the hiking section on the Grand. We planned to climb the full Exum ridge parking lot to parking lot. With over 7,000 feet of ascent, [...]
For many people who are new to bouldering, falling and jumping off the wall often seems very scary, especially to those who have a “dodgy knee.” We all know that one person who started climbing, but refuses to jump down or commit to risky moves because they do not want to hurt their knees. [...]
When you think about finally sending that project you’ve been working on, or climbing harder/longer routes what’s the biggest thing stopping you? Some may say it’s grip strength, upper body strength, or just fear. However, everyone can agree that decreased endurance and getting that dreaded “forearm pump” is one of the reasons you [...]