Straight Arms in Climbing: Technique Explained
Straight arms climbing saves energy by hanging off your skeleton instead of your muscles. Here’s what it means, when to use it, and how to train it.
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How to use your toes in climbing (and why most climbers do it wrong)
Learn how to use your toes climbing the right way. Precise toe placement improves balance, reach, and control, and fixes the mistakes most climbers make.
How to Track Your Climbing Progress So You Actually Improve
Learn how to track climbing progress with simple session logs, video, and strength checks so you can see real improvement and break through plateaus faster.
The Best Drills to Improve Your Climbing in Just 10 Minutes a Session
Discover the 5 best climbing drills you can do in just 10 minutes a session to fix footwork, balance, and wasted energy and start climbing smoother.
How to Actually Progress in Climbing (Instead of Just Winging It)
Stuck at the same grade? Learn how to actually progress in climbing instead of just winging it, with goals, drills, weakness work, tracking, and rest.
5 Common Climbing Mistakes You’re Probably Making (And How to Fix Them)
Fix the five most common climbing mistakes that keep you stuck: weak legs, over-gripping, sloppy footwork, rushing, and poor body position. Drills inside.
How a Pro Climber Manages Fear While Climbing: Tash of the Wasatch
Pro climber Tash on managing fear while climbing: get comfortable with the unknown, rehearse the crux moves, and talk to your belayer so you climb calmer.
Book Review: The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life
Our The Impossible Climb book review digs into Alex Honnold’s free solo of El Capitan, the fear, the mindset, and whether Mark Synnott’s book is worth it.
Are dedication and focus the only keys to reaching your climbing goals?
Are dedication and focus the only keys needed to reach your climbing goals? Here is what a skydiving trip taught me about showing up and sending harder.
How I’m Making Space for Climbing When Life Seems Chaotic
How I make space for climbing when life seems chaotic: balancing a day job, marriage, and coaching while chasing a real one-year climbing transformation.