How To Deal With The Fear Of Falling In Climbing
Fear of falling climbing? Learn why it happens and how to work past it with grip cues, progress focus, and breathing so you keep sending despite the fear.
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What to Wear Bouldering: Women’s Guide
For bouldering, wear stretchy bottoms, a sports bra, a top that lets your shoulders move, and pull your hair back. Your regular workout clothes work fine.
Why Do People Like Climbing?
Why do people like climbing? It’s rarely the adrenaline. Climbers stay for the sense of accomplishment, the zen focus, the community, and the challenge.
Climbing 4 Times a Week: Is It Too Much?
Is climbing 4 times a week too much? Here’s what the science says about frequency, recovery, and tendon injury risk for climbers.
What Affects How Climbing Shoes Fit?
How should climbing shoes fit? Learn how brand, material, and shape change the fit, plus sizing tips to find a snug pair that performs without pain.
Can Climbing Build Abs and Make You Look Chiseled?
Can climbing build abs? Yes. See the climbing moves that train your core, why a visible six-pack still comes down to nutrition, and how to speed it up.
How to Introduce Your Friends to Climbing (15 Steps)
How to introduce your friends to climbing in 15 steps: pick the right gym, plan the first session, work through a no, and keep them coming back for more.
Tips for Handling Your Period While Climbing
Climbing on your period? Here are practical tips on tampons, cramps, food, and water so you can keep climbing comfortably and confidently all month long.
5 to 10 Minute Warm-Up For Climbing
A quick 5 to 10 minute climbing warm-up that gets your whole body ready and cuts injury risk, with pushups, jump rope, mobility, finger prep, and easy climbing.
How To Clean Your Grigri
How to clean your grigri without wrecking it: the exact Petzl-approved steps for salt, mud, and oily dirt, plus what never to use and when to retire it.