Taping Fingers For Climbing: Why and How

If you’ve been to a climbing gym or seen a rock climber up at a cliffside, you may have noticed them taping their fingers. Climbers typically tape their fingers either because their skin is torn or ready to tear or they are trying to provide tendon support. Depending on the purpose of the taping, there … Read more

17 Footwork Drills for Climbing

If you feel like you’re too tired to finish a route or a climb is too hard, it’s probably that you’re using your arms significantly more than your feet or your footwork sucks.  I asked hundreds of climbers on Reddit, Facebook, and at the gym, “what footwork drills do you do?” and these are the … Read more

What to bring on your next climbing day-trip

I live 20 minutes from American Fork Canyon and an hour from Big and Little Cottonwood Canyon, which means I can do climbing day trips easily throughout the summer and fall season. Because of this, I have a bit of experience with what to bring on a day trip climbing. In addition to climbing gear, … Read more

Proper Nutrition for Tendons for Climbers

What you eat actually changes how your tendons recover and can help them get stronger.  This is actually part three of a three part series so if you haven’t read part one where we talk about the science of tendons and part two about exercises for recovering from sore tendons and what you can do … Read more

Exercises to prevent tendon injuries for climbers

Sore tendons are inevitable when it comes to climbing, because, let’s face it, we love climbing, and when you don’t have the pain sensors that tell you to stop climbing, it can be difficult to stop climbing.  For me, it was waking up in the morning and noticing that it was difficult to hold of … Read more