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Proper rest: rest days, active recovery and overreaching
You get stronger between sessions, not during them. Here is how rest days, active recovery and the difference between overreaching and overtraining fit together.
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Health and recovery for climbers
Recovery is where training turns into progress. These articles cover rest and deloads, sleep, hydration and eating enough, finger and shoulder health, stress, and training through the menstrual cycle. They are general information, not medical advice.
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Sleep: the cheapest performance enhancer
Better sleep improves recovery, mood, focus and skill learning, and it costs nothing. Practical sleep habits for climbers of every age.
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Hydration for climbers, at the gym and on the crag
Climbing is not a marathon, but long sessions, warm gyms and hot crags still take their toll. Simple hydration habits that help you climb well all day.
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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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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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