Eric Hörst

If you are a coffee (or Yerba Mate) aficionado, then this article is for you! Your addiction—er, culinary ritual—may actually give you an extra edge both in training and climbing.

Developing unbreakable concentration takes a long-term commitment. Here are five techniques for enhancing and maintaining concentration before and during a climb—although you can also apply these strategies in the quest to improve your focus in everyday activities.

Indoor walls have made climbing a year-round activity, allowing enthusiasts to improve–not regress–in strength and ability during the winter season. However, effective indoor training requires you do more than just climb with friends. Here are some strategies you can leverage while climbing indoors that will translate to greater economy of movement and climbing ability when you return outdoors in the spring.

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For a foaming-at-the-mouth sport climber, nothing beats the feeling of going to work on a sick rig and piecing together a redpoint ascent before the sun sets on another great day at the crags. Here's a basic strategy for effectively working—and sending—the rig!