One Move, Three Failures
Why was this 5.10 move so challenging for three different 5.12 climbers?
How Good Tactics Can Be Bad for Your Climbing
There is a point at which continuing a tactical approach can slow your climbing gains.
Board Meetings | How To Use Outdoor Sport Climbing As Training
If a lot of your climbing is done outdoors, it might make sense to use some of that time for training rather than performance.
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.
Board Meetings | Better Working Goes: How To Send Faster
How can we make better use of our working goes in order to send hard things faster?
Hand Holds: Climbing after Parenthood
Watch Kris talk fatherhood, climbing, and more in this free-to-watch documentary series.
Triple Your Sends With If-Then Intentions
Implementing this one simple thing can result in big performance gains in your climbing, no matter what level you’re at.
3 Simple Bouldering Tips for Beginner to Intermediate Climbers
Become a better boulderer by learning to avoid these three common mistakes that many beginners are making.
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?
Your Goals Are Decisions
Should you explore a new style of climbing, to become more adaptable, or exploit the style you are already well-versed in?
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.
What Climbers Get Wrong About Grades and Plateaus
Countless climbers believe they are stuck on some grade plateau… but are they really?
How Sport Climbers Can Break Through Plateaus
It can mean the difference between being plateaued forever and breaking through quickly into harder grades.
The Question Climbers Should Ask Themselves to Avoid Plateaus
Using one simple question, we can continue to progress and move past the common bottlenecks in grading.
Board Meetings | Principle vs. Prescription in Climbing Training
How do you know which is right for your situation?
The Two Biggest Barriers to Sending Hard Climbs
Your own answers might actually be to blame.
Climbing Common Sense Isn’t Always Common Practice
Returning to the common sense of how and why we do this thing should be common practice – but it rarely is.