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
TAPED TIPS | The Two Biggest Barriers to Sending Hard Climbs
Have you ever tried a hard climb or a hard move and immediately said, “I just need to get stronger,” but then a few attempts later you just do the thing? Did you somehow magically get stronger in thos...
30 Juni 20258min
TAPED TIPS | There Are 3 Types of Climber. This One Is ALWAYS Better.
When it comes to putting effort into climbing, there are 3 types of climber. All can be effective, but one type is ALWAYS better. Which are you? Read the rest on the blog! Watch the video on YouTube...
23 Juni 202515min
