Hello Steph! My name is Oleg; I’m 21, live in Novosibirsk city (Russia) and have some questions which might be interesting for other people as well. Not long ago I started to do skydiving and made 28 jumps till now (I know you don’t like to count the jumps, but it’s the only apparent way [...]

Hi Steph, I was just planning my fingerboard workout for tonight and found your page while looking for some more ideas online. It’s incredible that a world famous climber like you takes the time to share her workout experiences with everyone who wants to read about it. While your name is known to me only [...]

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Groove Armada “Superstylin’” I think there are lots of effective ways to train, and it’s good to use some/all of them at various times. Basically, anything extra you do to train is going to help you, no matter what. I think climbing on plastic helps a lot, and [...]

I admit, I am not a very religious trainer. Recently I have developed a bit of a base jumping problem. Which though it does seem to make you extra brave (and, you can fly which is obviously awesome!) not very surprisingly, does ZERO for the finger strength. Hmmm.