Training U

. Q. Can you really add muscle and lose fat at the same time? A. Yes, despite what many people claim, you can. Here is how: ~ Consume less c...

Ever read about or talk to people who have found the "magic" formula, subscribed to some exclusive system or joined some mysteriou...

Here is an exercise form that is especially (but not solely) good for rock climbers. A lot of climbers practice yoga, and the real deal can...

Carbohydrate (technical name "saccharides" - aka "sugars", "starches") is one of the 3 (or 4) "macro...

Below is a bullet point type list of important information pertaining to hydration during exercise. I hope you find it useful. ~ Working out...

Fitness training (like pretty much every thing else in the universe) is made up of cycles, phases, peaks and valleys - it is not a steady st...

You can take a personal performance based fitness assessment at this URL http://www.adultfitnesstest.org/ I took it and frankly thought it r...

First of all, you need to know a couple things. Training ALWAYS involves 2 distinct phases - one is the "catabolic", stimulant or ...

The term fartlek (Swedish for "speed play") is being replaced now by the general term "interval training" (although true...

Ok, here we go with the basic knowledge that anyone who wants to train smart should possess. For building a general all-round base of fitnes...

ENERGY & MUSCLE IN ACTION Lets use the example of the act of someone getting up from a chair and going for a run. In the early stages of...

What I outline here are the 3 most important levels of exercise intensity and how your muscles get energy in different ways for those differ...

Knowing your heart rate (measured in beats per minute or BPM) can help in cardio/aerobic training - especially early on.* Heart rate really ...

I suspect that a lot of climbers I have talked to would not agree with my cardio routine - but it works for me and my goals. For climbing th...

Here is a decent 1.5 hour general workout routine. It touches on upper upper body strength, some cardio and some flexibility aspects of fitn...

For some reason, other climbers, more advance climbers, people who have been doing it for a long time, or people who just plain climb harder...