
TAPED TIPS | Alex Megos Admits He Was Wrong About Conditions. But Was He?
Part of the Alex Megos lore is: "There are no bad conditions, only weakness." We all knew it wasn't true, and even Alex came clean to me about it, but he may have actually been right – at least when i...
6 Okt 20259min

BOARD MEETINGS | Mindset Shifts That Led Us to V10 Bouldering
With the popularity of physical training, it's easy to overlook the fact that without the necessary shifts in mindset, we are rarely in a position to take advantage of what we're physically capable of...
2 Okt 202556min

TAPED TIPS | Surprising Ways To Optimize A Climbing Partnership
Learn more about The Climbing Academy! While things like finger strength, power, and technique are incredibly important for climbing harder, partners have the potential to make or break nearly every...
4 Sep 202529min

TAPED TIPS | Is Working Weaknesses Holding Climbers Back?
Get the FREE TRY HARDER TOOLKIT From the very beginning of trying to improve at climbing, we’re told one thing: Work on your weaknesses. I’ve probably said this a million times myself. But I’ve also ...
25 Aug 202513min

TAPED TIPS | The Reason Climbers Get Stuck: How To Avoid Plateaus
Get the FREE TRY HARDER TOOLKIT Years ago I was working on what would turn out to be my longest-ever project, Swingline, the first 13d I’d ever tried. I had spent parts of several seasons on it, my fi...
18 Aug 20259min

TAPED TIPS | How Good Tactics Can Be Bad For Your Climbing
Get the FREE TRY HARDER TOOLKIT Employing good tactics is something all climbers should do, but there is a point at which continuing a tactical approach can slow your climbing gains. That is, unless y...
21 Juli 20258min

TAPED TIPS | Boulder Harder With This Simple Stability Technique
Get the FREE TRY HARDER TOOLKIT In my coaching and consultations with climbers, it’s become pretty obvious that there are common bouldering grade plateaus at around V4, V6 or 7, and V9 or 10, and that...
14 Juli 202517min

TAPED TIPS | The Technique Error Holding Sport Climbers Back: Embracing Instability
After working with thousands of sport climbers, I’ve noticed a pattern of climbers getting stuck at around 11c, then 12b, and again at 13a. One of the hallmarks of routes at these grade bottlenecks is...
7 Juli 202516min




















