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Board Meetings | Principle vs. Prescription in Climbing Training
How do you know which is right for your situation?
Board Meetings | Should Climbers Train Where They Are or Where They Want To Be?
Starting where you are is an important first step that is often missed.
Board Meetings | Should Climbers Generalize or Specialize?
When should you be growing your skill set and when should you be focused on one aspect of it?
Board Meetings | The Pros and Cons of Grade Pyramids vs. Towers
Which is better – building a grade pyramid or a tower – and how might one or the other impact your future climbing?
Board Meetings | The Quality vs. Quantity Conundrum in Climbing
How can we make sure we are getting the right thing – quality or quantity – in our climbing?
Expert | Joy Black on Training for Pregnant Climbers, Trimester by Trimester
Joy Black is a strength and climbing coach specializing in working with pregnant and postpartum climbers.
CONFLICTED | Indoor Beta Videos
There's a time and place for using beta videos, but in the gym?
Builder | Lucia Li and Noah Steinberg Are Pushing Their Sport Climbing Limits
Lucia Li and Noah Steinberg are an up-and-coming climbing power couple who had breakout seasons after training with our Ebook plans.
Movie Night | Devotion: Jakob Schubert’s Journey to the Top
This week we're watching Devotion, a film about Olympian Jakob Schubert, released by Mammut!
CONFLICTED | Phones in the Climbing Gym
Is bringing your phone into the climbing gym worth it? We're conflicted…
Movie Night | Passion (featuring Jonathan Siegrist)
This week we're watching Passion, a film about Jonathan Siegrist from Arc'teryx!
Taped Tips | The Most Underrated Climbing Movement Skill
Despite being constantly present and often the reason we fail, Rhythm is the most underrated of the Atomic Elements of Climbing Movement.
Movie Night | In Sequence: Katie Lamb and the Craft of Hard Bouldering
This week we're watching In Sequence: Katie Lamb and the Craft of Hard Bouldering from Patagonia Films!
Movie Night | Soudain Seul
Kris and Nate discuss the new climbing film, Soudain Seul, and lessons from it that we can use in our own climbing.
Ravioli Biceps and Nate Drolet | The Parallels Between Climbing and Video Games
Long-time friends Nate and Ravioli Biceps discuss lessons they’ve pulled from video gaming that can help inform our climbing.
Board Meetings | Is Your Climbing Training Corrective or Constructive?
There's a fine line between reactive and proactive training. If you're constantly being corrective or reactive, you may want to rethink things.
A Better Framework for Assessing and Improving Climbing Movement and Technique
Improving movement skills is by far the most abstract part of becoming a better climber. And arguably the most important part.
I’m Likely to Fail
I don’t set goals so that I can achieve them. I set goals so that I can chase them.
Your Greatest Climbing Strength Is Holding You Back
If we’re always compensating for some weakness or skill we don’t yet have, how will we ever improve?
I Had to Commit.
I wrote a book about commitment in climbing. I should have known.
Patron Question: Climbing Improvement and Training vs. Performance in the Same Environment
How should we separate training and performance when they both occur in the same environment?
Every Body Climbs | Fallon Rowe on Learning Mental Gymnastics So Our Bodies Can Climb
Fallon Rowe has been climbing since 2003 and coaching since 2013.
Board Meetings | Our Favorite Finger Strength Protocols
Kris and Nate discuss their favorite protocols, both that they use themselves and in programming for their clients.
Climbing Movement: Practice vs. Performance
But then it hit me… Techniques are just the language we use to name the combination of elements as they show up in usage.
FOCUS | Q & A Part 2: Movement Solutions, Finding Better Beta, and Toe Hooks vs. Heel Hooks
Sent in from YouTube subscribers, clients, and more, Kris answers more questions about climbing movement in this Part 2!
Taped Tips | 5 Simple Ways to Climb Harder
There’s A LOT of great information out there on how to climb harder. But it’s tough to sort through…
FOCUS | Q & A Part 1: Climbing Movement Principles, Skill vs. Strength, and How to Evaluate
Sent in from our Patrons, Kris answers questions about what you want to know most when it comes to climbing movement.