Rock climbing has gained popularity over the past few years, and whether you watched “Free Solo” or the Paris Olympics, you might be wondering how to start rock climbing. Getting into the sport is ...

I’ve never enjoyed walking into a gym. Growing up as a fat kid, I have enough traumatic memories around exercise to fill several therapy sessions. On top of the shame I had around my body, I also have ...

To the untrained eye, climbing shoes — tight, tapered footwear that my former partner called “goofy-looking elf shoes” when I ...

Overhead arm mobility is hugely important to a climber’s wingspan, their comfort while climbing, and avoiding injury. Often, when thinking about upper-body mobility, our shoulders are first to come to ...

I hate myself when I uncoil new climbing ropes. I always mess it up and it ends up an impossibly tangled heap that takes at least 30 minutes to undo. I finally watched a YouTube video the other day ...