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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...
Dovi Hirsch
Nov 22, 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...
Dovi Hirsch
Nov 8, 20233 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...
Dovi Hirsch
Oct 30, 20232 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.
Dovi Hirsch
Sep 13, 20233 min read


Wood vs Resin: Why Material Matters When Training
Learn the differences in climbing hold materials, and how they can affect your rock climbing training experience.
Dovi Hirsch
Aug 17, 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?
Dovi Hirsch
Aug 2, 20233 min read


Need a Change of Scenery? Top Climbing Destinations of the World
Wanting to plan a climbing trip to one of the world's top destinations? Here are five recommendations on where to go.
Dovi Hirsch
Jul 11, 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.
Dovi Hirsch
Jun 13, 20233 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.
Dovi Hirsch
May 11, 20232 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...
Dovi Hirsch
Feb 27, 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.
Dovi Hirsch
Feb 21, 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...
Dovi Hirsch
Jan 19, 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...
Dovi Hirsch
Jan 4, 20233 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...
Dovi Hirsch
Dec 26, 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...
Dovi Hirsch
Dec 6, 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.
Dovi Hirsch
Nov 8, 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...
Dovi Hirsch
Oct 18, 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...
Dovi Hirsch
Oct 10, 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,...
Dovi Hirsch
Sep 9, 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...
Dovi Hirsch
Aug 22, 20223 min read
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