Lauren Abernathy, coach and owner of Good Spray Climbing, works hard to help her clients – and herself – become better climbers.

How do we decide where to focus our efforts when it comes to becoming a BETTER climber – rather than just a stronger one?

Taylor Reed talks movement coaching and the role research plays in his evidence-informed coaching methods.

If the more you climb, the better you get, then why do we all know that one guy that’s been climbing forever and still stuck at 5.10?

Maybe “careless and sloppy” isn’t always so bad.

One of our favorites: Kris and Nate discuss ideas about our mental models for learning, and how we might apply these ideas to climbing.

How do you solve a problem? By looking for a solution.

Rob Gray discusses two theories of skill acquisition and how climbing coaches can use them to help climbers better learn to move.

“Climbing is a skill sport,” isn’t enough.

Introducing: Something new. Something different. Something FOCUSED.

Kris sits down with shaper and setter Roy Quanstrom, of Tension Climbing to talk about his latest holds and more.

What does science say about warming up before performance?

Can we effectively measure movement skills in climbing?

Climbers will dedicate years to getting “strong enough” when what they really need is to learn how to apply the strength they already have.

Is flexibility a good determinant for climbing performance?

Does static stretching really reduce strength and power?

Skaters do one important thing much better than climbers: they chase mastery instead of success.

A way to think about improvement based on ideas from Josh Waitzkin, author of The Art of Learning.

Position Over Everything. Part 2 of a cult classic.

Yoga and climbing seem to go together. But does yoga help your climbing?