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The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide for the Rock Climber in Your Life

Dovi Hirsch

Dec 32 min read

The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide for the Rock Climber in Your Life

It's the holiday season! Whatever your belaytionship status, here are three gifts for the rock climber in your life.

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Maximize Time Climbing on a Small Training Wall

Dovi Hirsch

Nov 183 min read

Maximize Time Climbing on a Small Training Wall

If you want to take your climbing to the next level, a spray wall or rocket wall is a total game changer.

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Bouldering, Sport, Trad: What Discipline Should You Train For?

Dovi Hirsch

Aug 223 min read

Bouldering, Sport, Trad: What Discipline Should You Train For?

Switching between climbing disciplines might require a little extra climbing training and maybe even an ego check.

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The Olympics Are Here: Train Like the Olympic Climbing Team

Dovi Hirsch

Aug 53 min read

The Olympics Are Here: Train Like the Olympic Climbing Team

How can fellow dirtbags learn from these Olympic climbing gods?

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Climb Like a Girl: Training Tips for Peak Performance

Dovi Hirsch

Jul 83 min read

Climb Like a Girl: Training Tips for Peak Performance

Climbing like a girl comes with its own set of strengths and challenges.

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3 Ways to Train for a Successful Rock Climbing Season

Dovi Hirsch

May 23 min read

3 Ways to Train for a Successful Rock Climbing Season

With the last snow behind us, I think it is finally safe to say that spring has arrived. There is that fresh change in the air, the birds...

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Accept What You Cannot Change…That Climbing Gyms HAVE Changed

Dovi Hirsch

Apr 54 min read

Accept What You Cannot Change…That Climbing Gyms HAVE Changed

You can’t change the fact that climbing gyms are having a bit of an identity crisis, but you CAN change where you train.

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The 2023 Holiday Gift Guide for Climbers

Dovi Hirsch

Dec 12, 20233 min read

The 2023 Holiday Gift Guide for Climbers

by Christopher Schafenacker So, you’re looking for a gift for that climber in your life? You know they’d like nothing more than climbing...

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Does Hangboarding Build Stronger Skin for Better Rock Climbing Performance?

Dovi Hirsch

Nov 22, 20233 min read

Does Hangboarding Build Stronger Skin for Better Rock Climbing Performance?

by Christopher Schafenacker So, you’ve got a climbing trip coming up and while your psych is high, you’ve been buried in books or work or...

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Can't Get to a Climbing Gym? 3 Tips to Keep Training from Your Home

Dovi Hirsch

Nov 8, 20233 min read

Can't Get to a Climbing Gym? 3 Tips to Keep Training from Your Home

by Christopher Schafenacker So, your local pain cave has a bedbug infestation… or your car’s been making a weird sound… or winter’s...

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Why You Should Consider a Home Climbing Wall

Dovi Hirsch

Oct 30, 20232 min read

Why You Should Consider a Home Climbing Wall

by Christopher Schafenacker If you’ve spent any amount of time at climbing gyms around the country this past decade, you’ve witnessed the...

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Thumb Strength Matters As Much As Finger Strength In Climbing, Here’s Why

Dovi Hirsch

Sep 13, 20233 min read

Thumb Strength Matters As Much As Finger Strength In Climbing, Here’s Why

It’s cause to re-evaluate how you train one of the pillars of climbing ability: thumb strength.

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Are AI-Generated Workout Plans The Future of Training for Climbing?

Dovi Hirsch

Aug 2, 20233 min read

Are AI-Generated Workout Plans The Future of Training for Climbing?

With the growth of Artificial Intelligence, people are using the technology for all kinds of things. Can it work for climbing training?

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The Importance of Warming Up for Climbing

Dovi Hirsch

Jun 13, 20233 min read

The Importance of Warming Up for Climbing

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.

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Home Walls, Hangboards, Weights: How to Maximize Your Home Training Set-Up

Dovi Hirsch

May 11, 20232 min read

Home Walls, Hangboards, Weights: How to Maximize Your Home Training Set-Up

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.

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Getting Back into Climbing Without Getting Injured

Dovi Hirsch

Feb 27, 20233 min read

Getting Back into Climbing Without Getting Injured

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

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The Rock Climber's Rotation: Train Hard, Try Hard, Recover Hard

Dovi Hirsch

Feb 22, 20233 min read

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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Your Hangboard Routine Isn't Working? This Might Be Why

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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Welcome to Winter Training: How to Make the Most of the Off-Season

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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Setting A Realistic Rock Climbing Goal for the New Year

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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