Category: Train Technique & Skills

Podcast #113: A Powerful (and Overlooked) Route Cl...

Posted by Eric Hörst | Mar 5, 2025 | Podcasts, Train Mind, Train Strategy, Train Technique & Skills

Podcast #97: Getting a Grip! All About Chalk Use a...

Posted by Eric Hörst | Aug 25, 2024 | Climbing 101, Podcasts, Train Technique & Skills

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

5 Tips for Improving Your Climbing Efficiency (and...

Posted by Eric Hörst | Oct 16, 2023 | Climbing Mastery, Train Technique & Skills, Training Articles

Climb More Creatively with Alex Megos’ Stretching ...

Posted by Lucie Hanes | Oct 3, 2023 | Athlete Spotlights, Train Technique & Skills

Develop Fantastic Footwork with Heel-Hook and Toe-...

Posted by Lucie Hanes | Sep 18, 2023 | Train Technique & Skills

Tall Beta: Hacks for Tall Climbers to Make the Most of Their Height

by Lucie Hanes | Aug 30, 2023 | Train Body, Train Technique & Skills

Short climbers don’t get to have all the excuses. Tall climbers have it rough too. Try these...

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“Belaytionship” Tips for Safe, Confident Climbing With Your Belayer

by Lucie Hanes | Aug 15, 2023 | Motivation, Train Technique & Skills

Climbing your best begins with trust—in yourself and in your belay partner. There’s nothing...

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Level-Up Your Warm-Up Climbs

by Lucie Hanes | Jul 31, 2023 | Climbing 101, Train Technique & Skills

Your warm-up doesn’t end the second you pull onto the wall. Learn how to make the most of...

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Improve Climbing Footwork with “Target Practice”

by Eric Hörst | Jul 13, 2023 | Train Technique & Skills, Training Articles

When your upper body feels maxed out, look to your feet. Great footwork makes climbing hard routes...

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Mastering Climbing Movement with Proprioception and “Process Feedback”

by Eric Hörst | Jun 6, 2023 | Climbing Mastery, Train Mind, Train Technique & Skills, Training Articles

Climbing your best is all about efficiency of movement. Mastering that skill requires tuning into...

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T4C Podcast #86: The Road to 5.13a – A Personalized Training Strategy with Ryan Devlin

by Eric Hörst | Apr 30, 2023 | Podcasts, Train Body, Train Technique & Skills, Training Articles

What’s it take to climb your first 5.13a? In this episode, you’ll hear my prescription...

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4 Steps to Improve Your Quality of Movement and Climb Harder!

by Lucie Hanes | Mar 17, 2023 | Train Technique & Skills

Clean up your act! Improve your quality of movement for better efficiency, fluidity, precision,...

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How to Train Optimally…and Become a Maximum Climber

by Eric Hörst | Mar 13, 2023 | Climbing Mastery, Train Mind, Train Technique & Skills

Maximum climbing isn’t the same as training yourself into the ground. It’s more about...

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Get Lit: An Introduction to Interactive Climbing Boards

by Lucie Hanes | Feb 24, 2023 | Train Body, Train Technique & Skills

Get the lowdown on every type of interactive climbing board you’ll find in gyms and garages...

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Effective Gym Training Strategies for Route Climbing

by Eric Hörst | Nov 4, 2022 | Train Technique & Skills, Training Articles

Gym access means that climbers no longer have to hibernate all winter long until the sun comes out...

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Onsight Practice Payoffs for Faster Improvement

by Lucie Hanes | Oct 7, 2022 | Climbing Mastery, Train Technique & Skills, Training Articles

Beta might help accelerate the send, but it stunts technical growth as a climber. Learn why...

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Pursue Climbing Mastery By Diversifying Your Climbing Skill Set

by Lucie Hanes | Sep 30, 2022 | Train Technique & Skills

A master climber is a well-rounded climber. Pursuing climbing mastery, then, demands that you...

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training4climbing

Climbing & training tips from climbing coach and best-selling author Eric Hörst. #TrainSmarter #ClimbStronger #BoulderBetter
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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

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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!

🚨NEW PODCAST DROPPED🚨 Training For Climbing

🚨NEW PODCAST DROPPED🚨
Training For Climbing Podcast with Eric Horst and Thomas Cunningham

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- Tips for Optimizing Climbing Training, Podcast #116 -

Lean into this fast-paced podcast with veteran climber and function medicine specialist, Dr. Thomas Cunningham. Learn how to train more effectively, reduce injury risk, pursue your genetic potential in climbing, and much more in this content-rich episode of the Training For Climbing podcast.

This past December, I recorded an interesting conversation with my friend, Dr. Thomas Cunningham. Thomas is a veteran climber (with sends up to 5.14c), husband and father of three, and a medical doctor and researcher.

In recent years, Thomas and I have had a number of lively discussions on topics such as functional medicine, health optimization, effective training for middle-aged climbers, and more. It dawned on me one day: Why not record our conversations and release them as a podcast or video! Today, I share with you the first in, I hope, a series of performance-focused conversations between the two of us.

>>You can listen in and/or watch this interview on the T4C podcast (Apple podcasts and Spotify) or the T4C YouTube video.

👉Link in Our Bio!

💪Hard-training climbers, like Cameron Hörst, k

💪Hard-training climbers, like Cameron Hörst, know the importance of consuming enough dietary protein.

Cameron consumes Supercharged Collagen daily and pre-workout to support tendon and joint health. Post-workout and before going to sleep, Cam drinks Weapons Grade Whey Complex for support strength gains and resilience.

Learn more protocols to push your own limits at training for climbing.com

‼️Winter Training Season and Your QUESTIONS an

‼️Winter Training Season and Your QUESTIONS answered with Coach @eric_horst!

In episode 80 of Training Café, Coach Hörst details the keys for engaging in an effective and personalized winter training program.

Plus, he answers view questions beginning around 26:00 mark.

➡️➡️ Listen to the full episode on YouTube or in @physivantage bio!

• @cam_horst admits that the first few sessions

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@cam_horst admits that the first few sessions of his projects can be a bit uninspired—hanging on nearly every bolt—despite being a pro climber.

But after 15-plus years of climbing and actively studying the “art” of projecting, he has learned that the most important part of projecting is repeated failure. By embracing failure and fine-tuning his sequences, he often sees rapid progress.

Tap the link by @climbingmagazine in our bio to get his tips for sending your project.

✍️ @cam_horst
📸 @dantbaum @eric_horst

If you haven’t already check out the new podcast

If you haven’t already check out the new podcast with Coach Hörst and Alex Megos covering Diet, Nutrition, performance and more! Find it on Megosclimbing on YouTube and Spotify and check out the Trainingforclimbing podcast for similar content!
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Climbers diet and nutrition!

Our latest Podcast with @eric_horst is online on YouTube and Spotify now!!!
Listen to a conversation packed with information about training, nutrition and stories of the good old days.

@tenayaclimbing @patagonia_climb @yetieurope @petzl_official @karpos @scarpa_de @physivantage @frictionlabs @training4climbing

Training while on climbing trips? If you’re in a

Training while on climbing trips? If you’re in a prolonged climbing trip, how do you balance maintaining high end strength/power while also staying fresh and maximizing outdoor days? There are a few circumstances where you can add in some training to stay in top strength. First, If you get a period of poor weather, rather than resting for multiple days, throw in a training session where you can focus on some areas not touched outside (perhaps bouldering, max fingers, isometrics, or power). Another option is at the end of a day where you did not get a full outdoor workout in, and are leading into a rest day. This gives the opportunity to finish your day with a challenging workout before a coming rest day. In this video Alex takes advantage of a rainy day at the Red River Gorge training max finger strength to stay primed for pulling hard on an outdoor project!
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Winter is rolling in and thus the winter training

Winter is rolling in and thus the winter training season is coming in hit. Everyone wants to maximize their outdoor sessions but the winter is a great opportunity to build up for what is to come in the spring. Check out the new T4C article and learn how to build a winter routine and what are important focuses Ik following an outdoor stint. Click the link in bio for Transitioning from Cragging to Training!
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