Bouldering makes climbing more accessible to the masses but it also ups the intensity. Get on your way to a ripped back and core with this no-ropes-required climbing workout. Rock climbing used to be ...

Master the ascent as we explore two of the most popular forms of climbing and explain the various differences between bouldering and sport climbing. I want to try it. What do I need? To those who are ...

More and more research is showing that a form of rock climbing called bouldering isn’t just fun — it might also be good therapy for folks dealing with depression. Bouldering — a form of rock climbing ...

Bouldering is a climbing activity that requires a lot of leg strength and precision. As climbers scale vertical walls, they ...

Most of us have seen enough basketball courts, lap pools, and race tracks to know how athletes are supposed to move on each surface. But what about a gravity-defying boulder? Having made its debut at ...

John Gill (February 16, 1937) is an American climber, gymnast, and mathematician. He played a pivotal role in rock climbing's development, focusing on bouldering, a discipline that wasn’t widely ...

The muscles in your hips and torso strain to hold your lower half against the wall. You arch backward and extend one hand up to clasp the next hold—your thighs and calves burning with the effort of ...

Standing on a thick pad at Brooklyn Boulders climbing gym, Juan Guardiola (pictured above) stares at the wall in front of him, which is dotted with big, knobby holds for hands and feet. He tries to ...

"Our study is the first to demonstrate." Researchers sound the alarm after noticing unexpected impact of popular outdoor ...

A research team at the University of Bayreuth has experimentally investigated how the popular climbing discipline of bouldering affects vegetation and the surface structure of natural rock formations.

People are flocking back to indoor rock climbing gyms for the intense workouts and amiable social scene. It’s not as hard as it looks. By Erik Vance The first time John Sherman went rock climbing, he ...