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Usually, we focus on the new skills that you will want to master to increase your performance and reduce wasted energy. These are the “do’s” of good technique. But let’s

Bad Habits Lead to Falls Climbing is all about staying on the wall. In this article, we will discuss a few habits that climbers tend to bring into the sport

It is the Best Mental Skill. From our previous article ‘Why Do You Need Cross-Body Tension in Climbing,’ we now have a clearer understanding of how cross-body tension helps prevent

What Does Cross-Body Tension Prevent? Why do you need cross-body tension in climbing? To prevent barn-dooring, of course. Need a refresher on what barn dooring is? Read it here: ‘How

It’s Really Annoying. What’s the Solution? How do you prevent the annoying ‘barn door’ in climbing? In simple terms, cross-body tension.  Here’s an example. In a perfect world, we would

Basic Isn’t so Bad. Our previous article gave us a clearer idea of what straight-arming is and how it works. Let’s move on to explaining what climbers do best: holding

Let’s Talk About Straight-Arming On Vertical Walls. What is straight-arming and why should every climber do it? We covered straight-arming on slab in the previous article, How to Climb on