Endurance Training

Endurance isn't merely a function of fitness. The best climbers have tricks for fighting off the pump.

There’s a fatal flaw to many climbers’ training regimen: monotony. Get strong by having fun.

If your forearms inflate like balloons and your fingers always seem to uncurl just before the anchors, then this two-part series on endurance training is just what you’re looking for

If your forearms inflate like balloons and your fingers always seem to uncurl just before the anchors, then this two-part series on endurance training is just what you’re looking for.

5.12 climbers generally share certain strengths and skills that aspirants to the grade often need to consciously train.

Sport climbing trip coming up? Dreams of long trad routes? Here are 9 tips to help you achieve your rope-stretching, enduro-climbing goals.

Endurance can’t be built quickly, yet at some point most of us find ourselves in a jam, with a trip booked and only a few weeks to prepare. What are the best, quick strategies for making the grade?

Gyms are great and all. But you can get just as strong by consciously training during your outdoor sessions.

Getting pumped on a grade that within your limits? Then you lack Local Endurance. The good news is this simple training plan will address that weakness and have you hanging on virtually forever.

Climbing takes power, endurance and technique. Here's a simple step-by-step program that's concise, easy to follow and will have you climbing your best practically today.

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Looking to bring a new angle to your hand- and finger-strength training? Then try these fast, simple, effective putty exercises, which will hone the smaller, hard-to-train muscles in your hands and fingers and help with injury recovery.

Basic exercises to increase endurance and lockoff strength

An excerpt from our new book Climb to Fitness: The Ultimate Guide to Customizing a Powerful Workout on the Wall.

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Fight the pump by building up your power endurance.

Train for better endurance and power-endurance on the “gerbil wheel”

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