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
- Jan 20
- 3 min
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...
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Dovi Hirsch
- May 12, 2022
- 3 min
Yes, You Need Rest Days & Here's How to Spend Them
by Christopher Schafenacker You know that it’s rest—not training—that makes you stronger, so you do take rest days…but you probably don’t...
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Dovi Hirsch
- Dec 6, 2021
- 3 min
Christmas Gifts for Rock Climbers: The Definitive 2021 Gift Guide
Nothing makes a climber happier than more climbing gear. Here is a guide to this season's hottest gifts for rock climbers.
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Dovi Hirsch
- Jan 12, 2021
- 3 min
New Year, New Climbing Training Program: How to Stick with It
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...
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Dovi Hirsch
- Dec 22, 2020
- 4 min
So...How Long Until That Climbing Training Program Starts to Pay Off?
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
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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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Dovi Hirsch
- Sep 2, 2020
- 4 min
Getting the Most out of That Home Climbing Wall
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.
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