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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Dovi Hirsch
- Aug 2
- 3 min
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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Dovi Hirsch
- May 11
- 2 min
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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Dovi Hirsch
- Nov 8, 2022
- 3 min
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
- Aug 10, 2022
- 3 min
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
- Mar 21, 2022
- 3 min
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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Dovi Hirsch
- Oct 31, 2021
- 3 min
Climbing Endurance Training: Essential Knowledge to Keep You Climbing for Longer
Climbing endurance training is probably our sport’s most common—and most misunderstood—training modality...
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Dovi Hirsch
- Mar 22, 2021
- 4 min
Training Core and Shoulder Strength on a Portable Hangboard
Whether on the road or quarantined at home, every climber eventually confronts the crisis: how to stay fighting fit without access to a gym.
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Dovi Hirsch
- Jan 27, 2021
- 3 min
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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Dovi Hirsch
- Sep 25, 2020
- 4 min
Strength Training for Bouldering
by Christopher Schafenacker You wouldn’t be alone if you read that title and thought, Wait, isn’t bouldering, itself, strength training...
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