The Rock Climber's Rotation: Train Hard, Try Hard, Recover Hard
Training hard to get strong and climb hard will work for a while. But resting is how you really get stronger.
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Dovi Hirsch
Jan 20, 20233 min read
Your Hangboard Routine Isn't Working? This Might Be Why
by Christopher Schafenacker So, you’ve started hangboarding? Let me guess: you’ve finally hit that plateau where, despite a truckload of...
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Dovi Hirsch
Jan 4, 20233 min read
Welcome to Winter Training: How to Make the Most of the Off-Season
by Christopher Schafenacker Every die-hard climber knows there’s no real off-season in climbing. When conditions are good, you’re trying...
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Dovi Hirsch
Dec 26, 20223 min read
Setting A Realistic Rock Climbing Goal for the New Year
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...
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Dovi Hirsch
Dec 6, 20223 min read
The 2022 Holiday Gift Guide for the Climbers in Your Life
by Christopher Schafenacker The holidays are here which means if you have a climber in your life, it’s once again time to familiarize...
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Dovi Hirsch
Nov 8, 20223 min read
Comp Season is Coming: How to Train for Your First Competition
How do you cope with the end of the rock climbing season? Signing up for a friendly comp or series can be the answer.
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Dovi Hirsch
Oct 18, 20223 min read
It's Rocktober! Five Areas to Travel to This Month
by Christopher Schafenacker Sendtember may be the more well-known of the two best climbing months of the year but that’s just because...
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Dovi Hirsch
Oct 10, 20223 min read
Mountains of Debt: What Do We Owe Our Climbing Areas?
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...
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Dovi Hirsch
Sep 9, 20223 min read
It's Sendtember: Here Are 5 Tips for Climbing (and Hopefully Sending) Outside!
by Christopher Schafenacker It’s Sendtember, that hallowed month for every climber in the northern hemisphere. Temperatures are dropping,...
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Dovi Hirsch
Aug 22, 20223 min read
To Hang or Not to Hang: The Pros and Cons of Hangboarding vs. No-Hanging
by Christopher Schafenacker Ok, first things first: any climber who wants to climb as hard as their genetic potential will allow needs to...
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Dovi Hirsch
Aug 10, 20223 min read
Strength vs. Technique: When to Train What...and How
by Christopher Schafenacker Here we go again. Strength vs. technique is a debate as old as the rocks we climb, and yet folks continue...
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Dovi Hirsch
Jul 8, 20223 min read
3 Things You Can Do with a Hangboard (That's Not Just Hangboarding)
by Christopher Schafenacker Going on a beach vacation? Panicked about losing your climbing fitness? Fear not! With a portable hangboard,...
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Dovi Hirsch
Jun 27, 20223 min read
Not Psyched on the Setting? 4 Ways to Train on Uninspiring Gym Routes
Here are five tips for rock climbing in a gym when the setting is a little uninspiring.
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Dovi Hirsch
Jun 8, 20224 min read
How to Train for Rock Climbing in 60 Minutes or Less
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...
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Dovi Hirsch
Jun 1, 20223 min read
Keep Sending All Season: Training for Climbing During Climbing Season
by Christopher Schafenacker Training for climbing is cyclical. You can’t train the same set of abilities ad infinitum without getting...
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Dovi Hirsch
May 12, 20223 min read
Yes, You Need Rest Days & Here's How to Spend Them
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...
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Dovi Hirsch
May 5, 20223 min read
Get Off the Plateau: Stop Spinning Your Wheels and Start Sending
by Christopher Schafenacker Climb long enough and you’ll hit a plateau. For some, progression stalls after months, for others it’s years....
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Dovi Hirsch
Apr 18, 20224 min read
Cross Training for Climbing: Making the Most of Unconventional Rock Climbing Workouts
by Christopher Schafenacker If you follow this blog, you know that the best training for climbing is climbing itself. Ours is a...
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Dovi Hirsch
Apr 7, 20223 min read
As Rock Climbing Grows in Popularity, We Can Do Better…on All Fronts
by Christopher Schafenacker Climbing has hit its awkward teenager stage. In the last few years, our sport has experienced a growth spurt...
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Dovi Hirsch
Mar 21, 20223 min read
Don't Let Leg Strength Hold You Back: 3 Leg Workouts for Climbers
Many people believe that leg workouts for climbers aren’t a prerequisite for crushing hard…and yet the science says otherwise.
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