Does using the nutritional supplement beta-alanine improve climbing performance?

Does this study FINALLY reveal the best hang protocol for climbers?

The biggest jugs you’ll ever fall off of can be found in the sandstone hollers of the Red River Gorge.

Even the best get pumped. Why do you think you shouldn’t?

Everybody’s favorite Red River climber Dru Mack is back in the building, and this time we're talking about something he knows all too well: endurance climbing.

It's no secret that skills deteriorate with fatigue, particularly a complicated, high skill sport like climbing.

Someone once told me that the person who needs to work on their mental game isn’t the same person who needs to be doing physical training. I’m here to argue otherwise.

Sod’s Law states: “Anything that can go wrong, will always go wrong, with the worst possible outcome.” Turns out, Sod generally spends his time at the climbing gym.

Steve Bechtel talks about the question everyone always seems to be asking, "Will running help my climbing?"

There is actually a difference between the muscle burn that you feel during intense exercise and true muscle fatigue.

Our first training program is live and available for purchase for just $24 on TrainingBeta.com!

How do you climb once you've already taken on a massive pump? That's where the CAP comes in.  Climbing After Pumped. 

ARC (Aerobic Restoration and Capillarity) is the new buzz word around my gym.

Tom writes: I'm primarily interested in raising my trad onsite level...

How do we train for the inevitable sprint?

A reader brings up a great debate about sprinting vs. resting.

I'd say I never "train" recovery anymore... I now only do short "tuneups" immediately before and during "the season".

...at some point you WILL be pumped, and you will NEED to recover. So, how?