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Six Proven Exercises to Chisel Your Core

Nearly every move a climber makes is based around the center of the body, the core. The stronger the core, the easier climbing becomes.

Climbing Staff

Skills

Getting Older? Here’s What Coach Says To Do To Keep Cranking

Neil Gresham

Skills

Are You Choosing the Right Big Wall Strategy?

James Lucas

Skills

Don’t Lead on a Boat Rope Because Your Pappy Did

Kevin Corrigan

For Safety's Sake

Accidents

Crack Climbing: The Definitive Guide

Toprope

How to Dyno

Footwork

Skills

Three Tips To Take You From 5.10 to 5.11

A Climbing Coach's Advice on Simple Ways to Go Up a Grade.

Tom Randall

The Essential Push-Up, Why It Helps And How To Do It (And 12 Variations) Correctly

Hayden Carpenter

The 10 Principles of Neuroplasticity Will Help You Hike Your Project

Evan Schneider

So You Dropped Your Belay Device Halfway Up a 900-Foot Route… Now What?

Jeff Achey

How To Know When To Keep Training And When To Quit

Neil Gresham

This Weird Handheld Climbing Game is Actually Pretty Sick

Owen Clarke

Stop Being a Jerk to Your Partner!

Lucie Hanes

Build Your Training Around Your Life (And Not The Reverse)

Juliet Hammer

PSA: Car Doors Aren’t Bomber Anchors

Kevin Corrigan

The Bonehead Chronicles

Kevin Corrigan

In Defense of the European Death Knot

Esq., Ryan Siacci

Is Training Worth Your Time?

Neil Gresham

Is Collagen Protein Worth the Hype?

Hayden James

Test Your Problem-Solving Skills With These Rebus Puzzles

Daniel Kaye

Better Tape Gloves

Jean-Pierre Ouellet

Improve Two Grades Instantly With Coach’s Magic-Bullet Advice. Six Tips That Actually Work.

Neil Gresham

Why Hard Sends (and Private Islands) Won’t Make You Happy

Francis Sanzaro

Training on a Board? Better Read This.

Steve Bechtel

Essential Shoulder Strengthening Exercises for Climbers

Madaleine Sorkin

Jonathan Siegrist: Easy Sends Don’t Improve Your Climbing

Jonathan Siegrist

How to Climb Wide-hand Cracks

Tony Jewell

Short on Time? Try This 45-minute Circuit Workout

Rob Pizem

The Cure for Redpoint Jitters? Just Stop Giving a S**t

Matt Samet

This Belayer Made Nearly Every Mistake In The Book

Kevin Corrigan

How to Be Injured

Kevin Corrigan

Use Your Pelvic Floor to Optimize Your Climbing Performance

Sam Lemminger

Deep-Water Soloing This Summer? Read This First.

R. Bryan Simon and Seth C. Hawkins

Everything You Need to Know About Placing, Evaluating, and Trusting Pitons

Jim Erickson

Looking to Lead Climb? Here’s How to Take and Catch Falls

Brent Smith

Getting Pumped? Making Mistakes? You Should Train Your Muscle Memory.

Paige Claassen

Climbing at Your Limit Isn’t as Useful as You Think

James Lucas

Belaying Outside is Different From Belaying in a Gym. You’d Better Know the Difference.

Rob Coppolillo and Marc Chauvin

The Key to Power Training? Take it Off the Wall

Dr. Tyler Nelson

For Safety’s Sake, Don’t Do this: Wing It Your First Up a Big Wall

Kevin Corrigan

Comeback Fitness for Climbers Over 40

Randall Gann

The 12 Best Warm-Weather Climbing Areas

Steven Potter

How to Train Your Brain Like You Train Your Body

Don McGrath

The Most Important Climbing Move You’ll Ever Do

Matt Samet

Ask a Nudist: Your Top Naked-Hiking Questions, Answered

Bear Naked

Stop Overgripping! Here’s How.

Neil Gresham

The Secret to Boosting Your Sport Grade? Limit Bouldering.

Nina Williams

Don’t Do This: American Death Triangle Entire-Rope Anchor

Kevin Corrigan

10 Climbing-Specific TRX Exercises For Stronger Shoulders and Core

JP Whitehead

Is Running a Good Training Strategy for Rock Climbers?

David Gladish

This Belayer Used Just Hands, No Device—And 2 Other Unbelievable Stories

Kevin Corrigan

How to Climb Slopers? Hint: It’s All About Body Position

JP Whitehead

The Checklist That Could Save Your Life

Kevin Corrigan

Climb Harder By Mastering This Breathing Technique

Dave Sheldon

Don’t Get Struck By Lightning

The Editors

Five Easy Exercises to Heal Tight Wrists and Fingers

Jess Malloy

Stop Hurting Yourself. 15 Tips for Injury-Free Bouldering

Neil Gresham

When to Ice? When to Heat? When to do Contrast Baths?

Marisa Michael

For Safety’s Sake: Speak Up When You See An Unsafe Situation

Kevin Corrigan

Six Tips for Becoming THE WORST Trad Climber

Esq., Ryan Siacci

Three Strategies for Slowing the Pump Clock

Eric Hörst

The Perils of Plastic: Gym Climbing’s Most Common Accidents

Francis Sanzaro

Summer Slump? These 13 On-the-wall Workouts Will Prepare You for Sending Season

Julie Ellison

Struggle on Pinches? Here’s How To Build Pinch Strength.

Neil Gresham

And the Science Says… Keto Won’t Help You Climb Harder.

Rami Najjar

Haul Your Pack to Climb Faster and Harder

Jeff Achey

Five Yoga-Inspired Exercises For Climbers

Abbie Mood

A Dermatologist’s Guide to Healing Splits and Gobies

James Lucas and Steve Hong

Want to Climb for the Rest of Your Life? Make Sure you Prevent Muscle Imbalances

Zoe Gates

Alpine Season is Here! Here’s How to Prep for High Elevation Bouldering.

Chris Schulte

14 Tips For Not Sucking On Slabs

Julie Ellison

Get Stronger by Doing Nothing for 5 Minutes a Day

Jeff Jackson

This Happened: Leader Unties, Throws Down Rope To Untangle It

Kevin Corrigan

How to Actually Train on LED Boards

Lucie Hanes

The Buddy Rappel: Rap Safely With an Injured Partner

Alexa Flower

What Does the Data Say About Age and Climbing Performance?

Chris Ring

Stay Redpoint Fit with Just One Two-Hour Gym Session Per Week

Matt Samet

Climbing Multipitch Routes? Better Master the Art of Self-Rescue

Julie Ellison

5 Reasons Climbing and Yoga Go Together

Ula Chrobak

Gear Loop Belay, and other Egregious Mistakes

Kevin Corrigan

How Did Two Longtime Pro Climbers Forget to Tie Their Knots?

John Long

Summer’s Nearly Here. Here’s How to Train for Big Alpine Days.

Rob Shaul

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