Whether on the road or quarantined at home, every climber eventually confronts the crisis: how to stay fighting fit without access to a gym.

The history of the hangboard is interesting, not only because it provides insight into the development of what is now an essential training

For all the popularity hangboarding has gained in this past year, it is a wonder that the pinch block hasn’t made a stronger showing.

The first thing any beginner climber reading this should know is that there is no such thing as a beginner hangboard workout...

One of climbing’s basic rules is that routes have grades and the harder they are, the better a climber you need to be to climb them.

Dynamic strength is what’s needed to pull long, desperate crux moves on small holds. Learn how to build dynamic strength on a hangboard...

Which is better: the hangboard or the system board? Well, they both have their pros and cons. Let’s explore each of these tools...

January: the worst month of the year on the climber’s calendar. The holiday weight gain is real; lost training days have you out of shape...

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

We would love to say that your climbing training program is going to start paying off tomorrow, or in a week, or maybe early next month. But

The best affordable hangboard is the one you'll actually use. But here are a few suggestions to help you start shopping for a hangboard for

by Christopher Schafenacker If you or a loved one has experimented with rock climbing, you know the activity is all-consuming and highly...

The Coronavirus pandemic has been a less-than-ideal situation for pretty much everyone, but especially us climbers. Since March, we...

By Christopher Schafenacker There’s nothing like installing a home climbing wall to relieve the pandemic blues and crank your psych back...

A seriously killer rock climbing workout to address both muscular strength and neural system adaptation.

Rock climbing is an elegant yet powerful activity, requiring a wide range of differing physical demands. In order to perform vertically...

by Christopher Schafenacker You wouldn’t be alone if you read that title and thought, Wait, isn’t bouldering, itself, strength training...

The explosive growth of training programs for climbing has also meant the development of efficient and effective protocols for home training

So, you invested in a home climbing wall. Great! Now...here's how to get the very most out of it so you roll back up to the crag strong AF.

Covid-19 has not been kind to climbers. While this is no tragedy on a national scale (or on any scale, really), it's been tough on climbers.