Wanting to plan a climbing trip to one of the world's top destinations? Here are five recommendations on where to go.

You already know that warming up is a crucial part of any sport, and yet, you don't do it or don't do it well enough. Here's why you should.

There are two types of climbers: those who have a home training set-up and those who dream of having a home training set-up.

Getting injured is every climber’s nightmare and yet you know what’s worse? Getting injured again as soon as you bounce back...

Training hard to get strong and climb hard will work for a while. But resting is how you really get stronger.

by Christopher Schafenacker So, you’ve started hangboarding? Let me guess: you’ve finally hit that plateau where, despite a truckload of...

by Christopher Schafenacker Every die-hard climber knows there’s no real off-season in climbing. When conditions are good, you’re trying...

by Christopher Schafenacker For most climbers in North America, winter is the off-season. It’s the time of year you hang with all your...

by Christopher Schafenacker The holidays are here which means if you have a climber in your life, it’s once again time to familiarize...

How do you cope with the end of the rock climbing season? Signing up for a friendly comp or series can be the answer.

by Christopher Schafenacker Sendtember may be the more well-known of the two best climbing months of the year but that’s just because...

by Christopher Schafenacker Rock climbing isn’t like other sports. We don’t run around a court or spin laps on a track. The places we...

by Christopher Schafenacker It’s Sendtember, that hallowed month for every climber in the northern hemisphere. Temperatures are dropping,...

by Christopher Schafenacker Ok, first things first: any climber who wants to climb as hard as their genetic potential will allow needs to...

by Christopher Schafenacker Here we go again. Strength vs. technique is a debate as old as the rocks we climb, and yet folks continue...

by Christopher Schafenacker Going on a beach vacation? Panicked about losing your climbing fitness? Fear not! With a portable hangboard,...

Here are five tips for rock climbing in a gym when the setting is a little uninspiring.

by Christopher Schafenacker Yes, to climb like the pros you need to train like the pros. However, if you’re reading articles about how to...

by Christopher Schafenacker Training for climbing is cyclical. You can’t train the same set of abilities ad infinitum without getting...

by Christopher Schafenacker You know that it’s rest—not training—that makes you stronger, so you do take rest days…but you probably don’t...