Beginner

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 Read More

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 Read More

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 Read More

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 Read More

What is the Technique? It’s called straight-arming.   In a previous article, we covered what your lower body should be doing on slab climbing. Now you’ll learn about the upper-body Read More

What’s the No-No? Avoid the ‘M’ Position. Following up on our article on how to properly weight-shift in ‘What Every Climber Needs to Know About Balance,’ this article explains how Read More

Balance, Weight-Shifting, and Hips. What every climber needs to know about balance is to focus their weight on body position, particularly their hips.   Weight-shifting on vertical terrain is essentially Read More

It’s All About Balance and Weight-Shifting. Let’s get right into it. Here are the 3 steps to make you a better climber. And it all has to do with balance Read More

Getting Down to the Basics. If you’ve read our previous articles, “How to Climb Efficiently” and “All About Climbing Walls,” you are now armed with the fundamental principles of good Read More