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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.

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Why Hangboarding Isn't Making Your Hands Stronger

If everything you do is a finger workout, then when do your hands get a chance to recover?

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Does hanging on edges also increase pinch strength?

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Does this study reveal the best hangboard protocol for climbers?

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Nate provides more depth to the reasoning behind many common finger training methods.

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A spectrum of exercises to train contact strength.

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We gathered the data. Here’s what it says about how finger and pulling strength combine for climbing performance.

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The definitive guide.

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Hangboarding is OVERRATED. But also important. These are the top 5 reasons why.

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Many trainers say you shouldn’t. We disagree.

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Researcher, coach, and climber Eva Lopez discusses the reactions to her research about finger strength.

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The interwebs are going crazy over Andrew Bisharat’s new miracle hangboard program “Five Minute Fingers” and folks have asked for our opinion.

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Steve Maisch discusses different hangboard protocols, when and why to use them, what they can do for you, and where they can go wrong.