Training

Efficient exercise on the way to handstand

This is how the handstand works: With the L handstand you can build up strength and practice the handstand position in a controlled manner.

Go higher when climbing: Here's how to do it

Go higher when climbing: The frog yoga exercise stretches your inner thighs with a noticeable effect.

Four movement concepts that comprehensively improve your climbing technique

Sustainably better climbing: Movement concepts can take you much further when climbing than individual techniques.

So you overcome your fear of falling while climbing

In inclined or vertical climbing terrain, many are afraid of falling. Climbing is inhibited accordingly and the existing strength and ability is...

Training Tip: Leg Pulls Rotated on sling trainer

With the sling trainer exercise Leg Pulls Rotated you train your trunk muscles, primarily the oblique and straight abdominal muscles.A guest contribution by Christoph Völker from target10a.comThis is how the...

We have never seen such a box jump

You'd think Canadian Sean McColl's box jump video was a fake. But it is not. It's much more...

This is how you train your shoulders and prevent injuries

Anyone who has ever had a shoulder injury knows how long the healing process is. With these three exercises you prevent injuries. Shoulder exercises by Jan Storath (Boulderhalle Blockhelden)

This is how you train explosive power for dynamic moves

If you have a rather static climbing style despite good strength, then you should integrate the Flying Knees exercise into your training. A guest contribution by Christoph Völker...

Tips for your stamina by Adam Ondra

Foot technique is important, body tension is important and maximum strength is important. However, a longer boulder or a climbing route also requires stamina. like you...

Why the finger board was important for Alex Honnold's solo visit

Black Diamond athlete Alex Honnold shares his training routine and why hangboarding was so important to his solo ascent of El Cap. An article by Chris...

In this climbing hall there is a crack climbing machine

A what? We asked ourselves this question when we first heard about the Crack Generator 3000. It is about...

That's how Adam Ondra trains his strength endurance on the campus board

In the following article, Adam Ondra shows how he trains the necessary endurance for his projects on the campus board. There are some nasty...

These exercises will strengthen your shoulder area

You often hear about one-sided stresses when climbing. And yes, there are. Balancing exercises are all the more important, for example for the shoulder area. The...

Build your own campus board - that's how it works

All too often, a visit to a climbing or bouldering hall no longer fits into the after-work program. A short session on a finger board or campus board is here...

10 months of the LöBloc bouldering hall - review and insight

Since September 2016 there has been a breath of fresh air in the Basel bouldering hall scene. Ennet des Rheins, in Grenzach-Wyhlen, the LöBloc bouldering hall opened its doors. We have with...

Athletes disappointed by the Swiss Alpine Club SAC

The waves at the Swiss Alpine Club are still not calmed down. After the surprising dismissal of the successful national coach Urs Stöcker, the affected athletes...

This is how you train your stamina for climbing

Everyone knows the situation all too well: Arrived in the last quarter of the route, the hand slowly opens - the stamina is lacking. Hereinafter...

Awesome Woody - Awesome fingerboard to warm up or when travelling

Are you on the road for a long time or would you like to warm up efficiently before climbing your project? There is now an ingenious solution for such moments:...

Adam Ondra on bouldering as a training tool

In the second episode of the EpicTV series, Adam Ondra talks about bouldering as an important part of a balanced workout. You don't always have time in the...

This is Adam Ondra's favorite bouldering hall in the Czech Republic

Adam Ondra has been climbing since he could stand on his feet. Or even earlier. The Czech completed his first training sessions in the Kotelna bouldering hall...

With the Muscle Up you train your explosive power

Do you know the muscle up? With the Muscle Up you train your explosive power in an effective way. But not only pure power is required, but...

Sean McColl's pegboard moves - as precise as Swiss clockwork

Canadian climber and five-time World Cup winner Sean McColl gives us a vivid demonstration of what the words precision and deadpoint mean in the following video. A post shared by...

The latest Shit: Retrofit climbing routes with 3D technology

Anyone who has undertaken a really difficult project often has to prepare themselves precisely for the stresses and strains of the route. So far this has been done at home...

With these exercises you conclude your climbing training properly

Everyone knows how important it is to warm up before climbing and bouldering. The British top boulderer Shauna Coxsey (LACRUX...

So you warm up properly before bouldering

Before you claw nasty bars and do dynamic bouldering moves, you should warm up properly. It is worth it .. How you do it, that shows us...

So you attach your fingerboard with reef cords

Typically, a fingerboard, such as the Beastmaker model, is drilled above a door frame. But what if the sun is shining on the balcony...

Forgotten Climbing Finches? These exercises help further

Who does not know the situation. Completely stressed, you run home after work, stuff (everything) you need for your planned visit to the climbing gym in your backpack...

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James Pearson: “That was my craziest highball”

Hard at the limit: James Pearson repeats the infamous highball 29 dots and comes shockingly close to the limit.

Alex Megos opens climbing hall | Frankenjura Academy

Partial opening of the Frankenjura Academy: From today on you can climb in Alex Megos' climbing hall in Forchheim.
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Is Rhapsody (E11) the most dangerous route in the world?

Magnus Midtbo returns with Dave MacLeod to one of his most impressive first ascents: Rhapsody (E11, 7a).

Yannick Flohé climbs his hardest route to date with Lazarus (9a+).

9a+ in transit: Yannick Flohé manages to climb Lazarus at the Schiefen Tod in the Franconian Jura in just 4 Go's.

Efficient exercise on the way to handstand

This is how the handstand works: With the L handstand you can build up strength and practice the handstand position in a controlled manner.