Projecting Boulders: From Beginner to Expert
We’re back with another popular climbing session, this time its Boulder Projecting. Similar to our previous episode, many people will be familiar with this session but may not consider it training. So we run through the basic structure and the…
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Master Your Climbing Flexibility with These Fun Exercises
Climbing flexibility is a key factor in athlete performance on resin and on rock. We’ve seen first hand that task based stretching and goal setting is often more effective at increasing climbing flexibility. That’s why we’ve developed the Flex Mat:…
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Too Busy For The Climbing Gym? Try This Session!
We are quite well practised in making the most of a tricky situation. And the one that crops up time and time again is ‘how do I train if I can’t get to the gym?’ The truth is climbing is…
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Incredible Sloper Strength with the Heavy Roller | Lattice Training
Sloper and wrist strength is essential for climbing and injury prevention. However it can be hard to really target this form of training and get the intensity high enough to build high levels of recruitment. This problem is solved with…
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Improved your Climbing with This Exercise? Campus Training Explained
New Series! So it’s time to subscribe if you are not already. This time we are coving the most popular training exercises for climbing. We kick off with Campus Training and the Campus Board. We will run you though the…
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Invisible Climbing Techniques | They Matter!
What do drop knees, dynos, heel hooks, foot swaps and twisting techniques all have in common? You can see when a climber performs them. However knowing how to do the technique is only part of the equation to good movement.…
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3 Lesser-known Footwork Techniques!
Most of the footwork techniques we see on YouTube and read on blogs are about slow and precise movements, like ‘silent feet’, foot traversing, weight transfer etc. These are really helpful of course and we’ve released a bunch of videos…
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Climbing Warm Up (Super Quick)
Warm-ups are essential for good performance but they can be a bit…. boring. The solution to this is NOT to skip the warm-up and jump straight on the wall (we know some of you do!) but to make it quick…
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3 Need to Know Exercises
Climbing places a huge demand on the shoulders, so it is not surprising that climbers often complain of pain or pick up injuries. One of the best ways to prevent this is by strengthening the shoulder so it can cope…
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The Best Exercises For Climbing
In part 3 of the plan writing series we are zooming in from the big picture and talking about how to pick the right sessions and exercises that will go into your training plan. In the fourth and final part…
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