Phil just emailed to ask: “Dave, I have been reading about DOMS and eccentric loading being a cause, which lead me to look up eccent...

Climbers who are trying to lower their weight to climb better are rightly always on the lookout or strategies that actually work to make the...

I was reading an interesting blog post by Seth about ‘coachability’. Now, most of you out there will never take that step and take formal ad...

[UPDATE] The video I made about healing finger pulley injuries is a bit out of date now and the knowledge has moved on a bit. I have al...

Today I was lecturing at an interesting conference on physical activity and health in Glasgow – it was quite a day! The conference was aimed...

trying a project in October 2006 7 months later, 7 pounds lighter, project sent… Over the summer I’ll be writing some essays on weight and ...

A new study published in the journal ‘Sleep’ has demonstrated that we tend to take riskier options in decision making in conditions of sleep...

It's funny how despite just about everything can be found on the internet these days but it still seems to take bloody ages any time you...

[Update 2/11/2009] Since this book really is still the best book on improving at climbing on the market right now, and so many of you read ...

Some books demand extra special attention. You hardly have to read a few pages of Arno Ilgner’s book on mental factors in climbing to realis...