Toes to Knows Climbing Academy

Strength Assessment

Academy: Strength Assessment

Climbing is a skill sport, but strength also plays a huge role in climbing success. As you progress up the grades in climbing, strength grows in importance. In this video,...

Academy: Strength Assessment

Climbing is a skill sport, but strength also plays a huge role in climbing success. As you progress up the grades in climbing, strength grows in importance. In this video,...

Academy: Breaking X-Motion

Academy: Breaking X-Motion

X-Motion is an excellent tool for staying in balance during 90% of your climbing movement. But there is the 10% case where the available holds don’t support X-Motion climbing and...

Academy: Breaking X-Motion

X-Motion is an excellent tool for staying in balance during 90% of your climbing movement. But there is the 10% case where the available holds don’t support X-Motion climbing and...

Academy: Foot Switch Drill

Academy: Foot Switch Drill

It’s often necessary to switch feet on small holds. By itself, switching feet is hard enough, but when you’re on an overhanging route and the foot is far off to...

Academy: Foot Switch Drill

It’s often necessary to switch feet on small holds. By itself, switching feet is hard enough, but when you’re on an overhanging route and the foot is far off to...

Academy: Dynamic Accuracy Drill

Academy: Dynamic Accuracy Drill

Accuracy during dynamic movements can be critically important. A good example is a dyno to a pocket. It’s really hard to hit the pocket in exactly the right spot to...

Academy: Dynamic Accuracy Drill

Accuracy during dynamic movements can be critically important. A good example is a dyno to a pocket. It’s really hard to hit the pocket in exactly the right spot to...

Academy: Power Pulls

Academy: Power Pulls

Power is force applied quickly and it’s an important skill for hard rock climbing. The campus board is the classic way that climbers train power, but it’s not the right...

Academy: Power Pulls

Power is force applied quickly and it’s an important skill for hard rock climbing. The campus board is the classic way that climbers train power, but it’s not the right...

Academy: 3 Favorite Bar-Based Core Exercises

Academy: 3 Favorite Bar-Based Core Exercises

Shoulder strength integrated with core strength is helpful for climbers, especially if you like to climb steep routes. My three favorite bar-based core exercises to help build that integrated shoulder...

Academy: 3 Favorite Bar-Based Core Exercises

Shoulder strength integrated with core strength is helpful for climbers, especially if you like to climb steep routes. My three favorite bar-based core exercises to help build that integrated shoulder...