When Should You Start Hangboarding For Boulders
Wondering when to start hangboarding for bouldering? Most boulderers wait about a year. Here’s how to know you’re ready and train your fingers safely.
Climbing Training
Is Bouldering When Sore Bad?
Bouldering when sore is usually fine if it’s muscle soreness, but stop if the soreness is in your tendons like fingers, elbow, or shoulder to avoid injury.
What Should You Record In A Climbing Journal?
Not sure what to record in a climbing journal? Here are the goals, session stats, and notes worth tracking, plus the best journals, printables, and apps to use.
Is Climbing and Bouldering Good For Cardio?
Is climbing cardio? Yes, climbing and bouldering raise your heart rate and build real cardio fitness. Here’s how to turn a session into a solid workout.
Climbing Endurance: Muscle, Skin and Mental Training
Build climbing endurance across the three pillars that matter: muscle, skin and mental training. Simple, climber-tested ways to climb harder and longer.
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.
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.
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.
Can Foam Rolling Improve Your Rock Climbing? What the Science Says
Does foam rolling for climbing really work? Here’s what three studies say about range of motion, soreness, and the forearm pump, plus how to roll right.
7 Things Climbers Should Do On Rest Days For Better Performance
The 7 things climbers should do on rest days to improve climbing performance: foam roll, sleep, yoga, protein, cardio and more so off days pay off.