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Tips for Climbing 7A | Training Tips for Climbers
Climbing your first 7A is a universal benchmark in the climbing world. Many climbers see themselves in a plateau before breaking into the 7’s. So,…
March 24th, 2022
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Staying Motivated | Training Tips for Climbers
During these long, dark winter months it can sometimes staying motivated for training week-in-week-out can be hard. Especially if you live in places like the…
February 24th, 2022
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Pushing Your Climbing Grade | Training Tips for Climbers
Breaking into a new grade is hard, and the more you do it the harder it gets! Coach Jonny talks us through a few things…
February 10th, 2022
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Training Tips for Climbers | Keeping a Training Log
Keeping a training log – why, when and how? Has keeping a training log gone out of fashion? We don’t often take a diary or…
January 25th, 2022
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Female Climber Series: Managing Water Retention, During Your Cycle
Personally, I (coach Madeleine Cope) don’t suffer too greatly from PMS, but something I do suffer from is water retention. This is really common and…
December 15th, 2021
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Training Tips for Climbers | When should you strength train, to maximise performance?
When I (coach Oli Grounsell) was 18 I was doing a reasonable amount of strength training as I was training with Tom Randall. But, in…
December 14th, 2021
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Training Tips for Climbers: Measuring Climbing Performance for Effectiveness of Training
In this weeks Training Tips Tuesday, Coach Maddy talks about how to measure the effectiveness of your training. Measuring key elements of performance over time…
November 30th, 2021
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Training Tips for Climbers: Slow and steady doesn’t always win the race
In this weeks Training Tips Tuesday, Coach Maddy talks about what advice she would give her younger self… If I could go back and tell…
November 16th, 2021
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Training Tips for Climbers: Don’t Skip Leg Day!
Although climbing is a generally upper body dominated sport, especially when the climbing gets steeper, it is still important to have a well trained lower…
November 9th, 2021
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Training Tips for Climbers: Not Just Playing To Your Strengths
If I could go back and tell my younger self about strength training, I would definitely talk to 18yr old Ella about the importance of…
November 2nd, 2021
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