

The weakest link? Or the sexy, beautiful and strong? What are you focusing your training on?
And that’s the problem. Because it’s the sexy, the beautiful, and the strong that get all the attention (and now you know why no one calls


The secret to awesomeness. Why you need a coach in 2017.
We convince ourselves that the way we do it is the best way or the only way or the most efficient way (I mean, if it wasn’t, we would change


How to rock a rock climber's Christmas, Holiday gift giving for the climber in your life.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: Christmas carolers, hot apple cider, sleigh bells, Santa Claus, a baby in a manger, and of...


H.I.T. me please: Training for strength and endurance (and frat-boys).
A few years ago I was at my most favorite bouldering location of all time: Joe’s Valley in Utah. Naise and I had found this amazing...


I'm sexy and I know it: Getting strong on the campus board
I’m sure it’s probably happened to you if you’ve been climbing for any time at all. I get it a couple of times a month: Some hot person...


Love, hate, and Ben Moon
Remember that PE teacher you had in middle school? The one who made you run wind sprints ‘because it would make you a better person’? ...


Paper or plastic?
Remember paper or plastic? You don’t? Well allow me to share a bit of American shopping history with you (and you thought this was just...


Dancing in the vertical, three points of contact, and breaking 5.8.
Someone once called rock climbing ‘dancing in the vertical’. I like that. Successful climbing requires much the same as dancing. There...


Naise and the antagonist -- Preventing overuse injuries in climbing
So most of you who have stopped by Bliss Bouldering and Climbing Complex have probably met Naise, our head route setter and coach. Naise...


Scared to death!
‘Don, I think you killed him!!’ I still remember the panicked sound of my mom’s voice. I was probably four or five years old and like...