Category: Nutrition & Recovery

Fueling for Sending with Amity Warme, Climbing Die...

Posted by Lucie Hanes | Mar 31, 2025 | Athlete Spotlights, Nutrition & Recovery

The Truth About Creatine for Climbers

Posted by Eric Hörst | Mar 9, 2025 | Nutrition & Recovery, Training Articles

Training and Nutritional Influence on Connective T...

Posted by Eric Hörst | Jan 22, 2025 | Nutrition & Recovery, The Hurt Locker (Injury), Train Body

How to Develop Stronger Fingers and Tendons for Cl...

Posted by Eric Hörst | Nov 21, 2024 | Nutrition & Recovery, Research, Train Body

Podcast 101: Optimizing Training, Health, and Perf...

Posted by Eric Hörst | Jul 9, 2024 | Nutrition & Recovery, Podcasts, Train Body

Slowing the Pump Clock: 5 Strategies to Improve Yo...

Posted by Eric Hörst | Jul 1, 2024 | Climbing Mastery, Nutrition & Recovery, Train Strategy, Train Technique & Skills

Training & Wellness Podcast for the Aging Athlete Striving for Peak Performance

by Eric Hörst | Apr 9, 2024 | Nutrition & Recovery, Podcasts

Learn about training techniques, nutrition tips, and an empowering mindset to counteract...

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How to Improve Gut Health for Climbing Performance

by Lucie Hanes | Mar 15, 2024 | Nutrition & Recovery

I’ve been living with chronic stomach pain for years—but I didn’t need to be. Steal my...

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Podcast #96: Train for Gains in 2024 (and My Venture into Kilter Boarding!)

by Eric Hörst | Feb 1, 2024 | Nutrition & Recovery, Podcasts, Train Body

Lean in dear listener…and enjoy the most transparent Training For Climbing podcast ever! In...

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Hydration Tips for Hot Crag Days

by Lucie Hanes | Jul 20, 2023 | Nutrition & Recovery

Climbing well on hot days at the crag requires giving your body what it needs to withstand the...

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Podcast #89: How Often Should You “Rest Day” While on a Climbing Roadtrip

by Eric Hörst | Jul 11, 2023 | Nutrition & Recovery, Podcasts

Learn the factors should you consider in deciding when to rest and when to climb while on a climbing roadtrip. For many of us, Summer is the season of climbing roadtrips. Whether you’re venturing across North America,...

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The Skinny on Optimizing Body Composition to Improve Climbing Performance

by Eric Hörst | Jun 19, 2023 | Basic Training, Nutrition & Recovery, Train Body, Training Articles

Strength-to-weight ratios are key performance indicators for climbers. Learn one way to increase...

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Benefits of Supplemental Protein for Climbers

by Eric Hörst | May 11, 2023 | Nutrition & Recovery, The Hurt Locker (Injury)

If you’re serious about your climbing performance, then you must also be serious about...

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Overnight Recovery Tactics for Weekend Warriors

by Lucie Hanes | Apr 27, 2023 | Climbing Mastery, Nutrition & Recovery

The typical weekend warrior schedule doesn’t leave much room for rest between hard outdoor...

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Performance Nutrition Through the Lens of Top Pro Climbers

by Eric Hörst | Apr 18, 2023 | Nutrition & Recovery

Ever wonder how rock climbing’s top athletes fuel their bodies? To perform at a high level...

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The Truth About Caffeine for Climbing Performance

by Eric Hörst | Apr 17, 2023 | Nutrition & Recovery

If you are a coffee aficionado like me, then this article is for you! Your addiction—er, culinary...

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Self-Care for Routesetters: Nutrition Tactics

by Lucie Hanes | Dec 26, 2022 | Nutrition & Recovery

Routesetting is both a physically and mentally taxing job. To keep up with the heavy workload, you...

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Podcast #81 – Boulder & Crag Day Climbing Nutrition for Peak Performance

by Eric Hörst | Oct 25, 2022 | Nutrition & Recovery, Podcasts

Learn what to eat, how much water to drink, and what supplements you might take to enhance your...

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🚨New Podcast Alert 🚨 . Episode 115 of the Tr

🚨New Podcast Alert 🚨
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Episode 115 of the Training for Climbing podcast is available today. This podcast features @thestruggleclimbingshow host Ryan Devlin and discusses his breakthrough of 13a, and the process of progressing beyond, including grad pyramids, planning and projecting! Find a link in the bio, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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#climb #trainingforclimbing #training

#Repost @yannick_flohe . All climbers see crazy st

#Repost @yannick_flohe . All climbers see crazy strength displays like this and wonder how to take a step towards getting there themselves. Surely it will take time (or a lifetime) to do this, but you’ll have to start on the hangboard. Everyone wants stronger fingers but few understands just how to do it right. Learn four essential fingerboard training protocols to improve your climbing strength and endurance from the article found in the link in bio!

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My fat ass learning how to hang the @beastmakers 6mm edges 🫨 New Year’s resolution: strong fingers 🤞
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#training#lifting#fitness#beastmaker#fingerboard#motivation#climbing#bouldering#trainingforclimbing

As many aspire to maximize their potential, squeez

As many aspire to maximize their potential, squeeze out every juice of performance, you may wonder what makes the pros so capable at doing this same thing. As you may expect, there are a handful of characteristics and tactics that make the pros, the pros… and you can adopt some yourself. Click the link in bio to hear about tapping into your potential and being like the best in a past but still pertinent episode of the training for climbing podcast!
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#climbing #training #trainingforclimbing

#Repost @thestruggleclimbingshow . Everyone has h

#Repost @thestruggleclimbingshow
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Everyone has heard about building their pyramid, but what does that actually look like on an person to person basis, and how do you balance this with projecting?
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In the recent Road to the Pyramid chat with Coach @eric_horst, I was reminded of the importance of aerobic training even in the “off season”... the lack of which I’ve definitely been feeling as I try longer routes this spring. For more of Eric’s sound wisdom and specific training protocols for route-climbing season, check out the full episode on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, or wherever your pod. Bonus stuff over on Patreon!

Have you checked in with yourself lately about you

Have you checked in with yourself lately about your goals in training and climbing? What about in your life beyond climbing? What’s your destination? How will you get there?
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These questions get answered by Coach Hörst in a quick article and video. Learn about the process of success and how you can fit this formula into your goal! Click the link in Bio to read about it.
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#climbing #training #trainingforclimbing

This is a problem everyone encounters. These tacti

This is a problem everyone encounters. These tactics can only be learned through trial and may be extremely impactful towards your performance. Although the weather is getting warmer out, it is never too late to stay on top of your high end performance strategies. Check it out more in depth in the link in bio.
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#trainingforclimbing #climbing #training

Training Inspo with @alexandermegos 💪🏼 30

Training Inspo with @alexandermegos 💪🏼

30 one arm pull ups:
• 1 rep with +15kg
• 2 reps with +9kg
• 3 reps with +6kg
• 4 reps with +3kg
• 5 reps with +0kg
(+100 two arm pull ups in 10min later on).

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Warming up is easy when you know how! Here’s 3 s

Warming up is easy when you know how! Here’s 3 steps to a quick and easy finger warm up at the crag! 🤌⁣
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1️⃣ Repeater pulls⁣
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Grab a sling and a lifting edge, like the MXEdge Lift or Mini Bar.⁣
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Hook the sling around your foot and complete several reps and sets on each arm, gradually building up the force on each set. ⁣
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The max effort on a single pull should be around 6/10 on the last set. ⁣
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2️⃣ Max hang pulls⁣
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This isn’t actually max effort, but a build-up from a 6/10 effort to an 8/10 effort on each pull. ⁣
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Pull on the same edge in your chosen grip for around 10 seconds and complete a few sets on each arm with more rest between each set. ⁣
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3️⃣ Get Specific ⁣
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Before pulling on, check out the type of holds you will be using on your climb. You can use the same protocol as in step 2 but with different grip types. ⁣
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If there are lots of small crimps on your chosen climb, complete some pulls in a crimp position using a smaller edge.⁣
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If there are lots of pockets on your climb complete the same pulls using 1 or 2 fingers on the hold. ⁣
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➡️ Need a warm-up tool for the season check out the Mx edge on our website for our audience in the USA! @physivantage is the USA based distributor. Link in our bio

📷 Photo by tcpc5525
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Almost every climber has some interaction with int

Almost every climber has some interaction with interior or exterior forearm pain. A key to mitigating, or preventing this can be deliberate training if the forearm antagonist muscles to counterbalance the usual muscles overused in climbing training. So if you are curious how to train the climbing antagonist muscles in your forearms? Here’s a brief biomechanical overview of the muscle interaction in the forearm. Click the link in bio to watch the entire video for antagonist training on the TFC YouTube channel!

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