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Dear Friends!
Though we may have never met, we are connected through our
shared passion for climbing. Over the last 34 years I have
"talked training" with thousands of climbers and
I'm proud to have helped tens-of-thousands of individuals
around the world improve their climbing through my books,
magazine articles, seminars, and this web site.
T4C
is partnered with leading handhold and wall manufacturer
NICROS to produce the
Training Center and monthly TC
Beta e-newsletter. Below are links to a few recent training
articles; click the Articles link above for a completeindex. Follow the Multimedia link for Podcasts and
the Books link to learn more about my books. Enjoy!
--Eric Hörst
| I invite you to listen to an introductory podcast about my new book Maximum Climbing. Click the play button to listen in.
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 New Training Podcasts are coming soon. Check back to listen in!
 Download Free Training Chart - By popular request, here's the Training Macrocyle from my TFC book. Excel file | PDF
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the Gripped magazine
review of Eric's new book Maximum Climbing.
* Read
the Rock & Ice review
of Maximum Climbing.
* Read excerpts from Maximum Climbing. NOW Available!
Indoor Drills to Improve Your Technique
In its essence, climbing is a dance up a rock wall using your four points of contact as the dance steps. Improving at climbing, then, demands that you refine your vertical dance to be smooth, technically sound, and highly efficient. Read on >>
Breaking a Performance Plateau - Part #1 This is the first in a three-part series outlining strategies for breaking through a performance plateau. Read on >> | Read Part #2 | Read Part #3
Top 5 Finger Strength Training Exercises I’m often asked to provide a list of the best exercises for training finger (grip) strength. While there are dozens of different exercises (and variations thereof) that I could describe, in this article I present a generalized list of training techniques. Read on >>
Training for Youth Climbers - Part #2 This is the second in a two-part series on age-appropriate training for youth climbers. The focus here is on injury prevent during the pubescent growth spurt. Read
on >>
Do's and Don'ts for Effective Redpoint Climbing Here are 10 do's and don’ts to working—and succeeding—on your projects! Read
on >>
Fingerboard
Training - Part #4 This is the fourth in a four-part
series on fingerboard training! Learn how to train strength
and endurance on a hangboard. Read
on >>
Rotator
Cuff Rehab & Training Video The shoulders
are the most movable and unstable joints, and next to the
fingers they are the most at-risk body parts for rock climbers.
In this video, climber and licensed physical therapist, Don
Anderson, demonstates the exercises you should do to protected
your shoulders. View >>
Finding Your Path in the Climbing World There are as many different paths to take in climbing as there are climbers, so why proceed down a path already traveled? Master climbers, both famous and anonymous, all establish their own path--and I hope you will, too! Read on >>
Motivation & Performance: How to Elevate Both! There are actually myriad reasons why we do the things we do. Motivation can come from many places, and some sources generate a more powerful emotional vector than others. Read on >>
Challenging Yourself for Long-term Improvement Climbing is an extraordinarily complex activity with motor and cognitive skills that take a decade or more to learn.
The key to sustaining an upward trajectory over the long term is to... Read on >>
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