Toes to Knows Climbing Academy

Academy: Tips for Giving a Great Lead Belay
A belayer during the lead climb needs to pay full attention to what’s happening with the climber to minimize the risk of injury. You need to be aware of what...
Academy: Tips for Giving a Great Lead Belay
A belayer during the lead climb needs to pay full attention to what’s happening with the climber to minimize the risk of injury. You need to be aware of what...

Academy: How to Perform an Advanced Top Rope Belay
An advanced top rope belay sounds like an oxymoron, but top roping is a low-risk way to work moves on a hard route. If your climber is at their limit,...
Academy: How to Perform an Advanced Top Rope Belay
An advanced top rope belay sounds like an oxymoron, but top roping is a low-risk way to work moves on a hard route. If your climber is at their limit,...

Academy: Hangboarding Cycles
See how to combine climbing max hang and strength-endurance repeaters into a larger training macrocycle. We give an example for optimal route sending potential in the spring and fall.
Academy: Hangboarding Cycles
See how to combine climbing max hang and strength-endurance repeaters into a larger training macrocycle. We give an example for optimal route sending potential in the spring and fall.

Academy: Two-Arm Max Hangs
This week, I’m going to go over max hangs again, but this time with two arms. Two-arm vs. one-arm max hangs are pretty similar, with other than the obvious difference...
Academy: Two-Arm Max Hangs
This week, I’m going to go over max hangs again, but this time with two arms. Two-arm vs. one-arm max hangs are pretty similar, with other than the obvious difference...

Academy: Single-Arm Max Hangs
Max Hangs are a great way to gain climbing strength quickly. If you're stuck at home without the equipment for two-handed max hangs, then one-hand versions are a great alternative....
Academy: Single-Arm Max Hangs
Max Hangs are a great way to gain climbing strength quickly. If you're stuck at home without the equipment for two-handed max hangs, then one-hand versions are a great alternative....

Academy: Build Your Own Hangboard
If hangboards feel a bit too expensive to you, or if, because of a global pandemic, you can’t find one in stock, you can easily build your own hangboard at...
Academy: Build Your Own Hangboard
If hangboards feel a bit too expensive to you, or if, because of a global pandemic, you can’t find one in stock, you can easily build your own hangboard at...