Training ·
Planning a climbing season around one main event
Whether it is a championship, a redpoint project or a climbing trip, here is how to work backwards from one date and arrive ready.
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Blog · Author
Coach Lucian
Climbing coach, 12 years coaching children, youth and senior climbers
20+ years climbing all over Europe. Lead climbing is my main focus, 8a/+. Bouldering is the power engine, 7B/+. FRAE and CNFPA instructor and climbing coach, sport science enthusiast. IRCRA member since 2024. www.climbercoach.com
Health ·
Life stress and training stress share one budget
Exams, deadlines, family and poor sleep all draw on the same recovery capacity as training. How to adjust your climbing when life gets heavy.
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Movement ·
Core for climbing: tension, not crunches
Climbing core is about holding tension between hands and feet, not doing endless crunches. Here is what to train and how.
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Women in climbing: training and the menstrual cycle
What the research actually says about the menstrual cycle and performance, why tracking how you feel beats rigid phase-based plans, and when to see a doctor.
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Science ·
What the acute:chronic ratio can and can't tell you
The acute:chronic workload ratio is popular but debated. Here is a balanced look at the criticisms and why Train Climb treats it as one signal among several.
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Training ·
Deload weeks: why doing less makes you better
A planned lighter week is not lost training. It is when hard work turns into progress. How to plan and run a deload as a climber.
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Health ·
Eating enough to climb: energy availability and RED-S
Climbing rewards strength-to-weight, but under-fuelling harms health and performance. What relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) is, its signs, and why it affects everyone.
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Movement ·
Antagonist training: what it is and what it isn't
Pushing exercises are often sold as injury prevention for climbers. The evidence is thinner than the claims, but there are still good reasons to do them.
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Science · · Members
Monotony and strain: why the same week every week can hurt
Training hard every day at the same level leaves no room to recover. Foster's ideas of monotony and strain explain why variety in your week matters.
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Training ·
Competition climbing: formats, preparation and tapering
Boulder, lead and speed demand different things. A practical guide to understanding competition formats and preparing to perform on the day.
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Training ·
Leisure climbing: training for fun without pressure
You do not need a competition to benefit from a little structure. How recreational climbers can keep improving and stay injury-free while having fun.
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App ·
Welcome to Train Climb: why we built it
Train Climb started with a simple question from coaches and climbers: how do we know whether the training is working? Here is why we built it and what it does.
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