Strength Training Blog Posts
Dan Mirsky – Thoughts on BD Bootcamp
For us here at Training Beta, one of the most inspiring things we see is climbers who commit to making serious changes to their approach in an effort to improve their climbing. And we're not talking about simply changing up what [...]
Suspension Training for Rock Climbing
If you try out one of our Training Programs, one feature pretty much all have in common is that they feature some sort of suspension training designed to help increase rock climbing specific total body strength. While suspension training (whether [...]
BD Project Bootcamp Video
If you spend sometime watching any of the many climbing videos floating around the internet, you'll notice a common trend. There are lots of videos that show professional climbers succeeding on amazing looking hard routes and boulders. However, while some [...]
Dave MacLeod Climbing Coaching Observations
Scottish all-arounder and climbing coach Dave MacLeod just published an article on his website Online Climbing Coach in which he describes his observations from the recent coaching sessions he has been hosting at his home wall. In this article, Dave [...]
Hypergravity Pull-Up Training
Do you struggle on powerful routes and boulders simply because you find it difficult to pull between the holds? According to climbing trainer Eric Hörst of Training for Climbing, hypergravity pull-up training may just be the answer to increasing your [...]
How to Climb Slopers
For beginner climbers especially, slopers often seem impossible to use and are avoided like the plague. However, the reason slopers are so difficult to use is also precisely what makes them so interesting to climb on. Unlike crimps and pinches, [...]
Express Bouldering Warm Up
One of the quickest ways to sabotage a climbing or training session is to neglect warming up properly. By rushing through your warm up, you deprive your body and mind the time they need to fully prepare to try hard [...]
Campus Training 201 with Will Anglin
In his Campus Training 101 Article, climbing trainer and coach Will Anglin outlines the basic principles behind how campus training works, lays out a check list for campus board readiness, and describes some basic workouts to get you started. If [...]
Teal Dreher on Training with Kris Peters
If you are not happy with the way your climbing performance is going, then the best thing you can do is change the way you prepare and train. Here's an article by Teal Dreher about how she used the custom [...]
Jonathan Siegrist – Start with the Mind
As climbers we talk a lot about what sort of exercises will make us stronger and able to send our dream projects. However, while we obsess over what sort of hangboard protocol will produce the biggest gains, we are neglecting [...]