Training plans
Structured climbing training: weekly templates, blocks, and how to adapt a plan to your schedule.
Climbing endurance training: three kinds, and a six-week plan
Climbing endurance training is easy mileage, steady interval laps and a little power endurance. What each one builds, how much you need, and a six-week plan.
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Weight training for climbing: do you actually need to lift?
In your first year or two, climbing is the strength training that matters. Weights earn a place later, plus a short routine to balance all the pulling.
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Beginner climbing training plan: your first structured week
A beginner climbing training plan is two or three sessions a week, each with one job, repeated for four weeks. Here's the template and how to progress it.
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How often should you climb? Sessions per week for new climbers
Most new climbers do best on two or three sessions a week with a rest day between them, building towards three or four once their fingers have had a year.
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Repeaters vs max hangs: which hangboard protocol fits your goal
Max hangs build finger strength; repeaters build the endurance to keep using it. Which suits your climbing, what the research shows, and how to run both.
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Max hangs for climbing: what they are and when they're worth doing
Max hangs are short, near-maximal hangboard hangs with long rests, built to raise finger strength. What they are, who should do them, and how to start.
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When should climbers start hangboarding? A readiness checklist
Most climbers should start hangboarding after a year or more of regular climbing, once progress slows. How to tell you're ready, and how to start safely.
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The retest: how to know your climbing training is actually working
Your training is working if fixed benchmarks move under the same conditions, not if you feel stronger. Here's how to run a climbing retest you can trust.
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No hangboard? A finger-strength plan you can do at the gym
Build climbing finger strength with nothing but a bouldering wall: a structured plan of crimp climbing, min-edge problems and wall hangs.
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Climbing training for beginners: what matters in your first year
Skip the hangboard debates. What genuinely makes new climbers better in year one — and the training myths you can safely ignore.
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How to break a bouldering plateau (a practical 4-week approach)
Why bouldering plateaus happen, and a concrete 4-week template for climbing through one — no hangboard required.
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