Listen as The Climbing Doctor interviews Eric Hörst on all topics related to climbing and injuries. They go deep in to tips to reduce injuries, warm-up routines, shoulder stability training, posterior chain exercises, finger health and maintenance, wrist strength, and a few final thoughts on how to climb injury-free. This episode covers:

• General tips that help you lower injury risk
• Describe your own personal climbing warm-up
• Describe the importance of training the shoulders
• Go-to Exercises for the shoulders
• Developing the posterior chain
• Wrist stability for the fingers
• Final words and last thoughts

Erics Hörst's Bio: Eric Hörst (pronounced "Hurst") is an internationally renowned author, researcher, climbing coach, and accomplished climber of 40 years. A self-professed "climber for life." Driven by his passion for adventure and challenge, he has established over 400 first ascents and he's still pushing his personal climbing limits at age 53. Eric is also one of the world's most knowledge climbing coaches and his eight books (and many foreign translations) have sold more than 300,000 copies worldwide. TEric has written hundreds of magazine articles, appeared on numerous TV broadcasts, and his training techniques and photos have appeared in many publications including Rock & Ice, Climbing, Outside, DeadPoint, Men's Health, Fortune, Men's Journal, Muscle Media, Muscle & Fitness, Paddler, Urban Climber, Parents, Wall Street Journal, Experience Life, Outdoor 4X, and National Geographic Adventure, as well as European magazines such as Desnivel, Alpen, Climax, and Climber. Eric is also a published researcher and member of the International Rock Climbing Research Association (IRCRA). Eric produces a monthly Training For Climbing podcast and his training videos are regularly featured on EPIC-TV.

Website:

• https://trainingforclimbing.com/
• Instagram: @training4climbing