training hard and strange things are happening to your motivation and mood. What can you do to get the ship back on course? Before I look at...

In the comments to my previous post on reasons for lack of improvement , Ian asked: “I understand how to lose weight, but is there any speci...

So, you eat well, sleep well, climb three+ times a week and mix up the training venue/activity/angle/rock type etc, but you STILL don’t impr...

Something that people ask constantly is how much training should I do? How often can I climb? Of course the main worry in the back of folk’s...

Something that people occasionally ask about in climbing is breathing during difficult climbing – how important is it and how can it help yo...

Coaching is really great fun. I don’t have experience coaching other sports but I’m guessing climbing must be pretty interesting as sports g...

Brendan asks… “I've just read your reply to an OCC question about how drinking coffee affects endurance training. Something I've w...

Following on from my last post about setting up the conditions to get to work on your climbing, and enjoyment of it, here is a practical one...

Freedom > success (not the other way round) Planning your training starts with organising your time to allow time and space to improve at...

Nik asks… is there any way of decreasing the production of lactic acid? I’ve heard that drinking a lot of water while doing a long climbing ...