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Climb More, Climb Better: The Power of Consistency in Climbing
When I first started climbing, I asked the seasoned climbers how to get better. The answer was always the same: "Climb more."
Dovi Hirsch
Feb 203 min read
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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.
Dovi Hirsch
Dec 3, 20242 min read
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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.
Dovi Hirsch
Nov 18, 20243 min read
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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...
Dovi Hirsch
May 2, 20243 min read
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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.
Dovi Hirsch
Apr 5, 20244 min read
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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...
Dovi Hirsch
Dec 12, 20233 min read
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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...
Dovi Hirsch
Nov 8, 20233 min read
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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...
Dovi Hirsch
Oct 30, 20232 min read
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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.
Dovi Hirsch
May 11, 20232 min read
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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...
Dovi Hirsch
Dec 6, 20223 min read
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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.
Dovi Hirsch
Jun 27, 20223 min read
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What Can You ACTUALLY Accomplish on a Home Climbing Wall?
What can you ACTUALLY accomplish on a home climbing wall? Home climbing wall workouts can be surprisingly effective—and surprisingly hard!
Dovi Hirsch
Jan 11, 20223 min read
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Kilter Board Training vs. Tension Board Training
Kilter board training and Tension board training both have their place in climbing training. Learn the benefits of each training board...
Dovi Hirsch
Dec 11, 20213 min read
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5 Reasons Why A Freestanding Hangboard Frame is Juuuust Right
The freestanding hangboard has emerged as the Goldilocks solution for those without the space or resources to mount a home climbing wall.
Dovi Hirsch
Sep 14, 20213 min read
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Climbing Training: Drills That Every Rock Climber Should Be Doing
We don't always have time to visit the gym or crag, but there are plenty of climbing training drills we can do at home to stay in shape...
Dovi Hirsch
Jul 19, 20213 min read
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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.
Dovi Hirsch
Jun 14, 20214 min read
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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...
Dovi Hirsch
Apr 20, 20215 min read
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The Art of the Home Climbing Wall: The Good, the Bad, and the Downright Dangerous
If nothing else came out of 2020, a wide range of home climbing walls were built. Some were epic. Some were, uh, not so epic. And some were
Dovi Hirsch
Jan 4, 20215 min read
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Holiday Gift Ideas for Rock Climbers
by Christopher Schafenacker If you or a loved one has experimented with rock climbing, you know the activity is all-consuming and highly...
Dovi Hirsch
Nov 30, 20205 min read
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Rock Climbing Workouts for Your Freestanding Home Climbing Wall
The Coronavirus pandemic has been a less-than-ideal situation for pretty much everyone, but especially us climbers. Since March, we...
Dovi Hirsch
Nov 23, 20204 min read
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