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Friday, August 21st, 2009

Boulder Comps

At Urban Climb recently we held another successful boulder night (video), which as you may have guessed, we are developing a bit of a taste for.
So with this in mind we are starting to pencil in ideas for the next one in a couple of months time. The second boulder comp saw some developments on [...]

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Rockology – Thought monitoring

After teaching adult squad for near on 2 years, I have to admit that it still amazes me that many climbers don’t believe that psychology is playing an important role in their climbing

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Rockology – Hang tough

Can you do 10 chin-ups, but get on the wall and find you are unable to hold on to certain holds? Get stuck making the move past a certain hold?

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Rockology – He said She said

He said (Alister Murray – EP) and She said (Trina Lat – physio), so what did they say?

Friday, March 20th, 2009

Rockology – goal setting is sexy

Goal setting is sexy and i swear its SMART too! by Matt O’Connor

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Rockology – Injury prevention

To stretch or not to stretch – thats is the question… by Trina Lat

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Rockology – Centre of Gravity

Learn how to vertically walk…literally!

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

Rockology – Warming to the climb by Alister Murray

No matter what your level of climbing ability, a well thought out warm up routine can help your climbing enormously.

Monday, December 8th, 2008

Rockology – What is technique and why should we use it? by Peta Barrett

Ever watched someone effortlessly glide up a climb and then tried it yourself and found yourself awkward and fumbling? More than likely they were using techniques compiled over years of practice.
Climbing is not all about strength. In the beginning, the stronger you are the less technique you are likely to learn. If you [...]

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Rockology – Introduction

Rockology is designed to bring together sports-based evidence to the world of climbing.