Climbing Training 3/4

Jul 5, 20213 min read

How to Stay in Peak Climbing Shape While Traveling

Climbing trips are bad for your climbing. Learn how to maintain your rock climbing training program, while on the road...

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Power vs. Power Endurance vs. Local Endurance: Which Do You Need?

Dovi Hirsch

Jun 22, 20214 min read

Power vs. Power Endurance vs. Local Endurance: Which Do You Need?

The age-old and best training advice a beginner climber can receive is simply to climb… and climb and climb and climb.

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The 5 Climbing Holds You Need to Maximize Your Home Climbing Wall

Dovi Hirsch

Jun 14, 20214 min read

The 5 Climbing Holds You Need to Maximize Your Home Climbing Wall

Your Rocket Wall home woody has just arrived. Learn which holds you need to get the most out of this climbing training tool.

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Rock Climbing Injury Prevention & Prehab

Dovi Hirsch

May 22, 20214 min read

Rock Climbing Injury Prevention & Prehab

Learn how to prevent tendonitis, so it won't interfere with your training program or upcoming climbing trip.

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Change Up that Hangboard Routine: 3 Hangboard Workout Ideas to Try

Dovi Hirsch

Apr 26, 20214 min read

Change Up that Hangboard Routine: 3 Hangboard Workout Ideas to Try

This past year, climbers have had to get pretty inventive with their hangboard routines. Here are 3 new ideas to change it up...

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What's So Special About Board Training, Anyway?

Dovi Hirsch

Apr 20, 20215 min read

What's So Special About Board Training, Anyway?

Training boards are the new cool in climbing. Or, they’re the old cool made new (and cooler). They have lights, interactive apps...

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Training for Rock Climbing: Where Does Cardio Come Into Play?

Dovi Hirsch

Apr 6, 20214 min read

Training for Rock Climbing: Where Does Cardio Come Into Play?

If you’ve sat around enough climber campfires or hung out in any of the many parking lots turned Sprinter van RV parks around the country...

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Pinch Block Training...For More Than Just Pinch Strength

Dovi Hirsch

Mar 1, 20213 min read

Pinch Block Training...For More Than Just Pinch Strength

For all the popularity hangboarding has gained in this past year, it is a wonder that the pinch block hasn’t made a stronger showing.

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A Beginner Hangboard Workout: Get Strong, Not Injured

Dovi Hirsch

Feb 18, 20213 min read

A Beginner Hangboard Workout: Get Strong, Not Injured

The first thing any beginner climber reading this should know is that there is no such thing as a beginner hangboard workout...

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Want to Become a Better Climber? Here's the Real Deal…

Dovi Hirsch

Feb 10, 20213 min read

Want to Become a Better Climber? Here's the Real Deal…

One of climbing’s basic rules is that routes have grades and the harder they are, the better a climber you need to be to climb them.

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Training Dynamic Strength on a Hangboard

Dovi Hirsch

Jan 27, 20213 min read

Training Dynamic Strength on a Hangboard

Dynamic strength is what’s needed to pull long, desperate crux moves on small holds. Learn how to build dynamic strength on a hangboard...

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Hangboard vs. System Board: The Pros & Cons

Dovi Hirsch

Jan 20, 20213 min read

Hangboard vs. System Board: The Pros & Cons

Which is better: the hangboard or the system board? Well, they both have their pros and cons. Let’s explore each of these tools...

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New Year, New Climbing Training Program: How to Stick with It

Dovi Hirsch

Jan 12, 20213 min read

New Year, New Climbing Training Program: How to Stick with It

January: the worst month of the year on the climber’s calendar. The holiday weight gain is real; lost training days have you out of shape...

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So...How Long Until That Climbing Training Program Starts to Pay Off?

Dovi Hirsch

Dec 22, 20204 min read

So...How Long Until That Climbing Training Program Starts to Pay Off?

We would love to say that your climbing training program is going to start paying off tomorrow, or in a week, or maybe early next month. But

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Dovi Hirsch

Dec 15, 20204 min read

The Best Affordable Hangboard

The best affordable hangboard is the one you'll actually use. But here are a few suggestions to help you start shopping for a hangboard for

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Setting Tips for Home Climbing Walls: Get the Most Out of Your Woody

Dovi Hirsch

Nov 11, 20204 min read

Setting Tips for Home Climbing Walls: Get the Most Out of Your Woody

By Christopher Schafenacker There’s nothing like installing a home climbing wall to relieve the pandemic blues and crank your psych back...

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Rock Climbing Workout: Core Strength Edition

Dovi Hirsch

Oct 19, 20203 min read

Rock Climbing Workout: Core Strength Edition

Rock climbing is an elegant yet powerful activity, requiring a wide range of differing physical demands. In order to perform vertically...

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Getting the Most out of That Home Climbing Wall

Dovi Hirsch

Sep 2, 20204 min read

Getting the Most out of That Home Climbing Wall

So, you invested in a home climbing wall. Great! Now...here's how to get the very most out of it so you roll back up to the crag strong AF.

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Grow Your Climbing While Stuck at Home: Stability, Mobility, and Nutrition

Dovi Hirsch

Aug 16, 20205 min read

Grow Your Climbing While Stuck at Home: Stability, Mobility, and Nutrition

Covid-19 has not been kind to climbers. While this is no tragedy on a national scale (or on any scale, really), it's been tough on climbers.

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Rockstar Volumes: Where the Craving for Climbing Collided with Woodworking

Dovi Hirsch

Aug 11, 20203 min read

Rockstar Volumes: Where the Craving for Climbing Collided with Woodworking

It was Mark Twain who famously said, “Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” That being said,...

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