Redpointing is an ultimate success built on the backs of many failures.

Skaters do one important thing much better than climbers: they chase mastery instead of success.

It's the journey that matters most. Or is it?

It's exactly the same amount of challenging for you no matter what number anyone attaches to it.

How often do you give 100%? REALLY give 100%? I make my living coaching climbers, and I seldom see a climber try their hardest.  Myself included.

Even the sprayers with good intentions might be harming you.

Don't compare your beginning to someone else's middle.

It's the new buzzword that's been around forever: sandbagged.

Fact is, I train hard.  I train smart.

Goals aren't made to be met.

While in the gym, for the most part, boulderers are closer than sport climbers to training the correct way.

You aren’t training. You’re working out. There’s a difference.

It's easy to get discouraged by how quickly the pros seem to put down the hardest projects.

I get it.  Talking is easier than doing. What it isn't, however, is nearly as satisfying.

Nate snapped the banana in half.  Clean break, right through the middle.  Like a ninja.

You can almost always find a reason to continue training the short-sighted way.

There is NO single workout that any group of people can follow to get the optimum results for each of them.

Newbs, rejoice!  You get a whole post.  A short one, but your very own set of training wheels.

So how do you get better faster?  There's a simple answer.  You don't.

After much deliberation over a list of about 25, I've decided on the 5 ways I see experienced climbers derail their progression.