NEW 7.5 year assessment is out! This one is oudated now. Sorry for the delay guys. I’ve been working on the book for Overcoming Tendonitis (here’s the site article on it), which has delayed me significantly in working on various articles! I’m happy to continue where I left off. Here’s
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My 5 year self assessment of climbing, strength training, and hangboard
Last year’s 4 year self assessment of climbing, strength training, and hangboard. I will indicate where my opinion has changed from last year “old opinion” and some quotes and “new opinion.” I am also simplifying much of what I wrote, so this article is not so long. Update: the 6
Read moreSplit routines tend to be sub-optimal for beginners
There’s been numerous questions about slow progress with various split routines. There’s also a reason that the Recommended Routine and most Beginner routines are a 3x a week Full Body routine. Here’s why. The importance of frequency Consider a full body routine that is 3x a week versus a split
Read moreMy 4 year self assessment of climbing, strength training, and hangboard
I wanted to write down some of my thoughts on climbing from my perspective. This post will be mainly about bouldering, strength training, and hangboard and how it relates to bouldering performance. Last update: Oct 2017 Update: My 5 year self assessment of climbing, strength training, and hangboard has been
Read moreThe Fundamentals of Bodyweight Strength Training
The Second Edition of Overcoming Gravity has been released on Amazon (Digital Edition on my site)! The popularity of this article inspired me to write Overcoming Gravity in conjunction with there being very little resources out there about programming bodyweight strength training routines effectively. I’ve worked on overhauling this article
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