How To Toe Hook: The Most Misunderstood Climbing Technique
Toe-hooking can seem more like sorcery than other techniques, but you’re probably just going about it the wrong way.
It All Comes Back to Effort
All roads (or rabbit holes) lead back to effort. On and off the wall, in preparation, practice, and performance – all the time.
The 80/20 Rule for Working on Climbing Weaknesses
How do you know what a weakness is? Is it just what we think we’re bad at? Based on what?
Body Tension Techniques for Boulderers
Big moves on boards won’t help you build this skillset that can help boulderers break through common grade plateaus.
How Sport Climbers Can Break Through Plateaus
It can mean the difference between being plateaued forever and breaking through quickly into harder grades.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Your Climbing Technique DEPENDS On It
No matter what technique, its success depends on getting the basic elements right: Position, Tension, Rhythm, Commitment, and Effort.
Taped Tips | Climb Taller AND Smaller
Short climbers are good at getting scrunchy, and tall climbers are good at climbing extended, right? Wrong.
REWIND | Breaking Beta: Can We Accurately Assess the Movement Skills of Sport Climbers?
Kris and Paul dig into a paper that presents and then tests a method for measuring movement skills in sport climbing.
Nate Drolet | A Consultation with The Struggle Climbing Show
Nate talks movement analysis and technique in a consultation with host Ryan Devlin on The Struggle Climbing Show.
Board Meetings | A Better Way to Look at Climbing Movement
Kris presents his idea of the Atomic Elements of Climbing Movement to Nate and asks for his thoughts.
Expert | Udo Neumann on Movement, Learning, and How to Coach Climbing
The former German National Team coach talks motor learning, coaching movement, and what makes Janja and Tomoa special.
Taped Tips | The Setup Mistake Climbers Make on Hard Moves
One of the most common places things start to fall apart is at the very beginning of the move.