This high-intensity sport is redefining how Americans build power, core stability, and total-body resilience—without stepping into a traditional gym.

This scoping review examined the prevalence and characteristics of musculoskeletal injuries in rock climbing and identified ...

Climbing is an Olympic sport featuring three disciplines: lead climbing, speed climbing and bouldering. The injury burden associated with climbing has been well documented. However, the content of ...

Rock climbing may seem like a niche sport, possibly one fraught with danger. After all, it involves scaling the side of a cliff or simulated rock wall. But experts say it offers participants a wide ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. L. Renee Blount, who started rock climbing in college, is pictured bouldering on the Sonoma Coast in Northern California in Sept. 2022. L. Renee Blount, ...

Attached to a rope 50 feet in the air, you hook your heel onto a tiny ledge above your waist and leverage your body up, your arm muscles quaking as you reach for the ultimate hold. “One more push, and ...