Training

Efficient exercise on the way to handstand

This is how the handstand works: With the L handstand you can build up strength and practice the handstand position in a controlled manner.

Go higher when climbing: Here's how to do it

Go higher when climbing: The frog yoga exercise stretches your inner thighs with a noticeable effect.

Four movement concepts that comprehensively improve your climbing technique

Sustainably better climbing: Movement concepts can take you much further when climbing than individual techniques.

Pull-up training with athlete Hannah Meul

In this video, the young German climber Hannah Meul shows you different pull-up exercises that you can do on the pull-up bar.

Hangboard / fingerboard - more than just boards

If you want to optimize your finger strength for climbing, you can hardly avoid a hangboard in the long term. These training devices are available in all possible forms and materials - now also fully digitized. We'll show you what to look out for when buying.

Double dynamo for climbing: tips from the professionals

In this video, Japanese professional climber Tomoa Narasaki gives valuable tips on how to properly perform double dynamos.

The ultimate hands-on upper body workout

In this training video, 9a climber Marco Müller shows you how he efficiently trains the upper body at home.

Pete Whittaker: One Arm Hang World Record

The Norwegian Magnus Midtbo and the Briton Pete Whittaker try to break various world records. In the one arm hang, Pete breaks the previous world record.

This is Jakob Schubert's training wall in the garden

Together with the Tyrolean company ArtRock, Jakob Schubert has developed an outdoor version of the Freewall. And this is now in the garden of his shared apartment, in which Alfons Dornauer, Lukas Köb and Michael Piccolruaz also live.

Core training with athlete Hannah Meul

In this video, the young German climber Hannah Meul shows you how you can do core training with simple means.

More finger strength thanks to home workout - video to participate

In this training video, 9a climber Marco Müller shows you how he efficiently trains finger strength at home.

Climbing training on rings: exercises and tips

For almost a year we have been forced more or less constantly to train at home within our four walls or outside on the rock. In this post we introduce you to a simple and valuable training device that is part of the basic equipment: rings.

Yoga series for climbers: Exercise for more shoulder stability

In today's issue, Petra shows you how to prevent pain in the shoulder joint with the yoga exercise side support push-ups.

Thanks to 10 minutes of climbing training for 9a?

In a three-part training series on ActiontalkTV, 9a climber Marco Müller shows you how to train efficiently at home with simple means and little time investment. In today's and first edition, core training is the focus.

Give it to you: The ultimate lockdown challenge

Once again Magnus Midtbo presents an episode to join in in his video series. He faces Pete Whittaker's lockdown challenge.

This is how you train pincer strength for climbing and bouldering

Christoph Völker shows you why pincer force is essential for climbing and how you can build up the necessary strength.

Yoga series for climbers: this is how you stretch the neck fascia chain

Today we present you a yoga exercise with which you can stretch the neck fascia chain and mobilize the spine.

Tips for climbing-specific training

With specific climbing training you can push your level and ideally complement your indoor training. You should be aware of that.

How fit are you This test for will show you

In the latest episode of his video series, Magnus Midtbo presents a standardized test with which you can record your current condition.

3 technical mistakes made by beginners: how to avoid them

Thanks to these tips, you will avoid three technical mistakes and make significant progress in climbing and bouldering.

Better rope climbing thanks to these fingerboard exercises

Finger strength is a key factor in climbing success. When climbing on a rope, there is a combination of maximum and endurance exertion. You can improve your performance on the rock with the following exercises on the fingerboard.

New treatment method for tendon complaints: EPTE

In today's post, Simon Deussen shows us an innovative method for the treatment of acute and chronic tendon complaints: Epte therapy

Visualization: With this method you increase your climbing level significantly

Studying movement sequences and mentally preparing for a route are key success factors in climbing. In this context one speaks of visualization, a...

Yoga series for climbers: this is how you massage your forearms

As part of our yoga series, we regularly present you yoga exercises. Today Petra shows you how to massage the forearms.

Ring ligament injury while climbing - symptoms, reasons and prevention

The ring bands (Ligamenti anularia) are heavily loaded, passive structures when climbing. These are the symptoms and this is how you prevent injuries.

These 9 exercises for climbers help with elbow problems

In today's article, physiotherapist and manual therapist and Simon Deussen shows exercises for mobilization, stretching and strengthening the elbow.

More body tension thanks to the pull-up bar on the pull-up bar

With the reel on the pull-up bar you get the necessary portion of body tension, which is necessary for steeper routes and bouldering

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Alex Megos opens climbing hall | Frankenjura Academy

Partial opening of the Frankenjura Academy: From today on you can climb in Alex Megos' climbing hall in Forchheim.
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Is Rhapsody (E11) the most dangerous route in the world?

Magnus Midtbo returns with Dave MacLeod to one of his most impressive first ascents: Rhapsody (E11, 7a).

Yannick Flohé climbs his hardest route to date with Lazarus (9a+).

9a+ in transit: Yannick Flohé manages to climb Lazarus at the Schiefen Tod in the Franconian Jura in just 4 Go's.

Efficient exercise on the way to handstand

This is how the handstand works: With the L handstand you can build up strength and practice the handstand position in a controlled manner.
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New bouldering sector opened in Chironico: Full Ring

The Chironico bouldering area in Ticino already has several thousand bouldering lines, making it one of the most popular destinations in the climbing scene. Now Nils Favre from western Switzerland has opened a new sector near Schattental. This video introduces most of the boulders.