When I’m not out actually climbing, I spend a lot of time training for climbing, and talking to others about training for climbing. I love helping others excel in this amazing sport. One thing that I often run into is that sometimes people don’t understand that training needs to be specific to the climbing discipline that you wish to excel at. For example, if you are a boulderer, you don’t need to train in stamina, but rather focus on maximum strength and power. Sport climbers need to focus on maximum strength and power, and also some anaerobic endurance, to help them avoid that flash-pump common to short powerful routes. Trad climbers need to focus on all 3 areas, stamina being the most important. Without a solid foundation of stamina, long multi pitch routes will result in fatigue and possibly failure. So take a moment to consider how you train for climbing performance? Are you being specific to your goals?