Recovery

Whether you're prepping for or recovering from a climb, this practice will bring much-needed focus and release

“I was like, My life has been completely meaningless up to this point. What do I need to do to change that? What do I need to do to prevent myself from feeling this way ever again?”

All told, it only took about a month of using the R8 Plus (and, taking it easy on the pull-ups!) for my elbow pain to completely dissipate. 

Some love a nice cold beer after a long day's crimping. Others worry it will limit their strength gains. Who's right?

The climber having the most fun is the one still cranking at sunset. Here's how to keep your energy levels high.

Heidi Wirtz describes how to use stretches to warm up for and recover from a climbing session.

It’s easy to train but it’s also easy to over-train. No matter how much you climb, you just can’t seem to get better. Or you have a nagging injury. Or you can’t concentrate and flub beta. Or you’re just plain scared. If this is you, then you need to change what you’re doing.

Are you training too much, too little, or missing the mark with your program? Coach has the beta for maximizing your approach to climbing fitness.

Some nights I couldn’t fall asleep until 4 or 5 a.m. Supplementing my diet with magnesium helped.

After countless surgeries and skin grafts, the author was left with seven and three-quarter fingers. The road back to climbing wasn't easy.

Field Tested: Roll Recovery’s R1 is cheap, portable, and powerful, an excellent product that has insinuated itself into my daily routine.

The why, when, and how to shaking off the pump.

How long, how much, how often — everyone has an opinion. Here's how to get the most out of your training.

Sleep hard, climb harder with these handy camping snoozing tips.

Molly Mitchell learns to how to get back on the sharp end.

We all seem to have some notion, likely passed on by a mentor or seen in a climbing video, of how long to rest between boulder problems or pitches, especially at max effort. But do these “tried and true” rules really hold up? And could we be resting smarter?

This quick guide explains when to ice, when to heat, when not to and why.

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A TBI, a climb, and an altered state

Ryan Montoya endured two solo, unplanned nights in the Colorado backcountry in winter after a fall near the top of a Colorado 14er

Fixes for climber aches and pains

Five top climbers who came back stronger than ever

Five top climbers who came back stronger than ever

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(Hand)Stand in solidarity with Quinn Brett. Join the climbing community in Estes Park, CO, on January 13, 2018, for an incredible evening of fun and entertainment. This fundraiser will also be a belated birthday present to Quinn; every single penny raised will go to her recovery fund.

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Part one of a weekly five part series about outside elbow pain (lateral epicondylosis).

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Alex Puccio, Salt Lake City, Utah

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