Dear Readers, It’s officially been a year since I started Climbing Nutrition, and in this time it’s grown a lot. I’ve written sixty posts and over 100,000 words, and covered a myriad of climbing- and sports nutrition-related topics. I hope that through my articles, I’ve helped you become a better, healthier, stronger climber. Now, I’m asking for your help. […]
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Holidays vs. Habits
It’s around the time of year where dietary indulgence becomes more of a rule and less of an exception. Beyond just the typical holiday smorgasbord, we often have friends or family in town, and they often bring their own dietary habits and influences that can bleed over into your own life. As a result, it may […]
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4 Things That Won’t Help Your Tendons and 4 Things That Might
After I finished writing my glucosamine and chondroitin supplement guide and follow-up executive overview, I realized that what I had written could be disheartening. I don’t want to be solely the bearer of bad news, and I’ve also experienced firsthand how presenting only the negatives can fail to inspire change. Since one of the foremost goals […]
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How Risky Is Eating Bacon?
In the future, I’m going to try to address news items like this on the Climbing Nutrition Facebook page as they happen in real time! But I obviously didn’t manage to do that last week so I’m going to write a post about it today instead because it’s still worth addressing. The bit of nutrition news […]
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A Glimpse at My Diet
I’m busy compiling and reviewing sources for a new supplement guide on glucosamine and chondroitin right now, so this week’s post will be less intense than normal. Instead of addressing a specific topic in the world of climbing nutrition, I’m going to discuss the food I brought along with me for a few of my recent […]
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Climbing & Crickets: A Look at the BugWall Project
This week, Meghan Curry is setting out to climb El Capitan. At the heart of her climb is one, simple idea: the viability of insects as a food source. To make her point, she is adhering to an insect-rich diet that many would call unusual, but which she has full confidence in. Indeed, as she […]
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Don’t Spray Diet Beta
You’ve heard that you shouldn’t spray beta, right? The basic idea is that you shouldn’t presume to know whether someone wants your advice, so don’t just shout it out even if you see an obvious problem. Instead, you should do the polite thing and ask them if they’d like some beta first—that way you don’t just insert yourself […]
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FDA Bans Trans Fat
The FDA has ruled that trans fats are not GRAS, or “generally recognized as safe”. Within three years, food manufacturers will need to remove all partially hydrogenated oils from their products. In many ways, this is not a surprising move. We’ve known for a long time that artificial trans fats are terrible for the body, and for almost a […]
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A Good Rule of Thumb for Sports Nutrition
There is a ton of sports nutrition advice out there, and it can be difficult to parse. In time, I hope to cover all the major aspects of sports nutrition right here on this blog (as it pertains to climbing, anyway)—but I haven’t yet, and until I do you’re going to be reading or hearing about […]
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My Promise to You
The state of science changes all the time. Usually, it advances in small steps. Occasionally, by greater bounds. Regardless of the pace of change, it goes without saying that some of the things we know now will have been dismissed completely or evolved in depth 50 years from now. Dave Sackett (one of the early […]
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