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DPM has a thread right now about what it means to be a pro climber. In it they talk about pros that give tips on how to improve your climbing.

Any thoughts on blogs that offer words of wisdom in the way of training?

is climbing a sport or hobby? if it is a sport, you have to keep score, make a pecking order of best to worst climbers, rank/compare yourself to other climbers and to your previous performances.

if it is a hobby, then quit pretending like it is a sport, and that you don't care.

"There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games."

Now the question becomes, how does rock sports climbing compare to mountaineering?

PS, Dave McLeod and Steve Bechtel both have excellent advice on their blogs.

mike_anderson wrote:"There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games."

Now the question becomes, how does rock sports climbing compare to mountaineering?

Winston knew what the steep was about....

“There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.â€

that's hilarious

one post? piggie, you derail my thread in one post? Dont most threads make it at least to five?

Here are some blogs/sites that mention some key training advice.

Mike Doyle's has a big PDF training article. http://www.mikedoyle.ca/

Paul Robinson's has a nice hangboard workout he used when he was out for an ankle injury. p-d-robinson.blogspot.com/

Ethat Pringle's has some good hangboard workouts as well. www.ethanpringle.com/

Moonclimbing had a training blog for its crew, it stopped being updated long ago but may have some good stuff for you. http://www.moonclimbing.co.uk/school-room-c-334.html

Eric Horst has a shit ton of training articles by way of nicros' website. Pretty sure I first saw that from a link posted on this site, so thanks to whoever put that up.

http://www.nicros.com/training.cfm

Alli's blog is really interesting most of the time. She definitely has a very holistic approach to climbing... incorporates a lot of different ideas and thoughts into her blog.
www.allirainey.com