I was just talking on my main blog about my own training over the past few weeks, building a base of strength and addressing various fitness...

As another year draws to a close think of all the training/climbing wall/ crag sessions you’ve done in the past year. Now think of the grade...

A Rehab Story from Jacob Fuerst on Vimeo . Nice story of Josh Wharton coming back from a serious injury. For me this is a nice reminde...

Ross asked me recently about making the transition to routes from an apprenticeship in bouldering. With ‘bouldering only’ climbing walls bec...

Donald King ready for a big pitch of weirdness on Unicorn VII,8 Glencoe At this time of year, especially with the deluge of snow, ever...

Racing Weight by Matt Fitzgerald is the first dedicated book for athletes on maintaining an optimal body composition. I first heard about it...

On my main blog I just added the video above about a new 8b I did in Glen Nevis. It was climbed in temperatures of Minus 2 or 3 with a li...

In the comments of my last post , John asked about how to avoid crimping all the time and hence reduce the build up of stress and microscopi...

About a month ago, on the crux sidepull of Muy Caliente E10 6c, I tore a ligament in my DIP joint of my left index finger. I spent the rest ...

In observing climbers I’m always looking for running themes that tend to characterise successful climbers versus the unsuccessful ones. My d...