Strength Training Blog Posts
Adam Macke – Advanced Core Concepts Explained
As climbers, we all know the importance of core strength and have probably spent hours doing sit-ups or leg lifts to try and strengthen our cores. However, while these exercises can help initially, they may not be the most efficient [...]
DON’T JUST BOULDER: HOW TO GET STRONGER FOR CLIMBING
Many climbers have the idea that the best way to get stronger and be able to do more powerful moves is to spend some time bouldering. However, while bouldering is a extremely useful tool, Alli Rainey wrote an article arguing that [...]
The Truth About Rest Days – Galina Parfenov
Rest days are definitely not our favorite part of climbing here at Training Beta. However, while they can be extremely boring and make you feel like you are not being productive in your climbing and training, getting enough rest is [...]
Shoulder Warm Up with Ann Raber
How do you warm up? Do you simply walk up to the crag and start climbing on easy routes and boulder problems? While this type of warming up will eventually get the job done, it does neglect parts of your [...]
Shoulder Workout: Bouldering Training Program
Do you have nagging shoulder tweaks or feel week on gastons and shouldery moves? We do too. So to help, here is a free shoulder workout taken from The Bouldering Strength and Power Training Program by Kris Peters. This shoulder [...]
Concentrated Loading with Steve Bechtel
Have you been training hard, eating right, and doing everything possible to up your climbing game only to find you are simply maintaining your current level? This type of plateau can be extremely frustrating and can only be broken by [...]
Injury Free Bouldering – 15 Tips with Neil Gresham
Whether its finger tweaks, shoulder pain, or twisted ankles, anyone who has committed any amount of time to bouldering knows that it is a high impact style of climbing that can easily lead to injuries. To help you stay injury [...]
Neil Gresham Training for Freakshow
To get you psyched for the weekend, here is a video of British strongman Neil Gresham training for and eventually sending his new hard route Freakshow 8c/5.14c at the UK's Kilnsey crag. According to Neil, Freakshow is a long endurance [...]
Maximum Strength Training with Eric Hörst
No matter what type of rock climbing you are interested in, eventually you are going to run into a hold that is too small for you to use. For this reason, training finger strength is the single most important feature [...]
Improve Your Hip Mobility And Core Strength
Do you struggle on with big moves? How about with high steps and keeping your feet on during really steep climbing? Chances are the reason your struggling with these moves is not because of a lack of pull or finger strength. [...]