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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...
Dovi Hirsch
Oct 31, 20213 min read


Are You Overtraining? The Answer Is Probably Yes
Here’s the thing: strength gains happen while resting, not training, and so if you don’t do enough of the former, you simply won’t improve.
Dovi Hirsch
Oct 15, 20213 min read


Climbing Wall Training: Lock-Off Strength
Step up your climbing wall training program with exercises dedicated to improving lock-off strength. Get the hangboard workout here...
Dovi Hirsch
Oct 4, 20214 min read


Climbing Apps: Take Your Climbing Training to the Next Level
Climbing apps make climbing training—and finding new crags—easier than ever. Here are some that we think every climber should know about.
Dovi Hirsch
Sep 21, 20214 min read


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 13, 20213 min read


Which At-Home Climbing Training Gear is Right For You?
What climbing training gear is right for your space and climbing goals? Learn your options in this climbing training focused blog.
Dovi Hirsch
Aug 30, 20214 min read


The Environmental Impact of Climbing Chalk & How We Can Reduce our Foot...Errrr...Handprint
As rock climbing continues to grow in popularity, so do concerns about the environmental impact of the sport: specifically, the use of chalk
Dovi Hirsch
Aug 23, 20213 min read


Climbing Training, Olympian Style
How do Olympic rock climbers train for the biggest competition of their lives? Here's what we know about their climbing training programs.
Dovi Hirsch
Aug 14, 20214 min read


So, You Think You Injured a Tendon: Tendon Rehab for Climbers
Climbing is often viewed by non-climbers as an extreme, even dangerous sport, and yet tendon injuries are the most common injury.
Dovi Hirsch
Aug 4, 20214 min read


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


How to Stay in Peak Climbing Shape While Traveling
Climbing trips are bad for your climbing. Learn how to maintain your rock climbing training program, while on the road...
Dovi Hirsch
Jul 5, 20213 min read


Climbing Isn’t "Free": Giving Back to the Climbing Community
The regular use of climbing areas causes impact, from the parking lot all the way to the crag. Learn how to do your part...
Dovi Hirsch
Jun 29, 20214 min read


Power vs. Power Endurance vs. Local Endurance: Which Do You Need?
The age-old and best training advice a beginner climber can receive is simply to climb… and climb and climb and climb.
Dovi Hirsch
Jun 22, 20214 min read


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 13, 20214 min read


Rock Climbing Etiquette: The Dos and Don'ts of Outdoor Climbing
When it comes to comparing indoor rock climbing to outdoor rock climbing, they really are two totally different beasts. There are no...
Dovi Hirsch
May 25, 20215 min read


Rock Climbing Injury Prevention & Prehab
Learn how to prevent tendonitis, so it won't interfere with your training program or upcoming climbing trip.
Dovi Hirsch
May 22, 20214 min read


Tendon Health for Rock Climbers: How to Prevent Tendonitis
Fear not: there are ways to prevent tendonitis so that it will not interfere with your training program or upcoming climbing trip.
Dovi Hirsch
May 3, 20214 min read


Change Up that Hangboard Routine: 3 Hangboard Workout Ideas to Try
This past year, climbers have had to get pretty inventive with their hangboard routines. Here are 3 new ideas to change it up...
Dovi Hirsch
Apr 26, 20214 min read


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


Training for Rock Climbing: Where Does Cardio Come Into Play?
If you’ve sat around enough climber campfires or hung out in any of the many parking lots turned Sprinter van RV parks around the country...
Dovi Hirsch
Apr 6, 20214 min read
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