Training

One competition athlete travels to Moscow—and unlocks a training secret she didn’t expect.

Most athletes build a base of general strength before concentrating on specific disciplines. For most climbers it's the other way around.

Maintaining performance for prolonged periods can be tricky.

Hangboards are a useful tool for improving finger strength, but when used incorrectly they can cause injuries. Here's what you need to know before you start up a hangboarding practice.

Pro climber and coach Justen Sjong teaches the basics of this powerful training tool.

Train on a train, at a desk, in the car, in a chair, on the plane. Seriously. You'll actually see benefits.

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You want to redpoint your project, but the crag is a day's travel away, you have a job and family commitments. How do you get the ultimate send that you want while maintaining everything else?

Our editors' choice training articles from expert coaches and climbers.

A 5.9 climber recruits the best climbing coaches in America to see if he can jump two number grades in two months. Here’s what he learned.

The evidence that going low-carb benefits any athlete’s performance is weak, mostly anecdotal, and often driven by dogma.

How Heather Weidner learned to embrace routes that challenged her weaknesses to become a stronger, more well-rounded climber.

An easily customizable training path to redpointing your hardest routes or boulders

Can we play to the strengths of our ages? Should we work more on power when we are young and endurance when old? How does our susceptibility to injury change over time and to what extent should we allow it to affect our climbing and training?

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Is it true that the most effective way to improve your climbing is to simply climb? Yes. At least up to a certain point.

Trying mini-projects, routes that will take you a few days instead of a few weeks, replicate the long-term project cycle in a compressed time period, simulating the mental and emotional components of limit redpointing.

Tired of failing on single moves because you lack the power to do them? Then this power program is for you.

Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou's 4-week plan will prepare you for those wicked overhangs.

Angie Payne, three-time national bouldering champion and first woman to climb V13, teaches us how we can level up our bouldering game.

If you match your nutrition to your training, you’re all but guaranteed to benefit.

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Top climbing coach Dave Wahl's 90 day training program will turn you into a lock-off monster.

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If you've ever failed on a climb because you were afraid you'd fail you aren't alone.

How you use your feet is actually more important than being strong. Don't believe it? Try climbing without your feet. Propel yourself upwards with more ease by dialing in your footwork with these expert tips.

Lockoffs, deadhangs, static stretching .... it's all wrong and you aren't helping yourself by continuing to do the same things and expecting different and better results. Stop it!

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You may think that as you age you get weaker, climb at a lower level. But older means wiser. You can leverage that.

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Business trips, long vacations and bad weather limit your training. Here are some tips for training on the road.

Turn your scruffy garage wall into a deluxe sending palace.

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Tom Randall and Lattice Training are here to help you fix your training problems just in time to send your next project!

Tom Randall of Lattice Training shares his expertise on how to train more effectively

In this video, Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker tie a hand crack to a car to find out.

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We both know you’re not going to use that hangboard. Try these 8 ideas instead.

Understand, manage, and channel your anger to climb your hardest

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Shout, shout, let it all out. Harness your bestial power scream for ultimate sending

Our top seven picks for the best gym and training gear of 2020.

Our picks for the best gear of 2020.

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Just a few bits of wood and expert know-how are all you need to master the art of hand jamming.

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One of America's top climber's gives her advice for climbing harder with less effort by using your feet and your head. Plus, the importance of shoe sizing, and how to get your fit just right.

Presented by Mystery Ranch

The new facility is purpose-built to help American climbers compete on the international stage and prepare for the Olympics

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Our top climbing gear picks for 2019

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Improve performance and reduce the risk of injury by training the muscles that oppose typical climbing muscle.

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As Olympic ambitions take root, it's worth examining the merits of having kids compete at a young age

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