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Make Training Simple with Summit’s Training Plans & Personal Trainers

If you're like me, you've had the experience of deciding you want to get stronger, improve your climbing, train for an event, or just get into a better fitness routine...only to realize you have NO idea where to start your training. You might know what you want to accomplish, but figuring out how to actually…

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Recovery Techniques: How to Help Your Body Recover From Training

As much as I would like to count binging true crime on the couch as recovery after a hard training session, unfortunately, your body may be asking for more. As I get older, I realize the importance of using various recovery techniques to help my body feel and perform its best. Recovery isn't just about…

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Capability vs Capacity: Understanding the Difference and Setting Better Goals

Capability vs capacity. Similar words with very different meanings. A concept I hadn’t thought about until this past July when I saw a video of a woman explaining the difference. It has been something I can’t “unhear” and it has been on my mind ever since. First, let me rewind my story to give the…

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Behind the Scenes at Summit: Our Marketing Director’s Perspective

Get a behind the scenes look at life at Summit, from social media and fitness challenges to staff workouts and the community that makes Summit special.

Why a Strong Fitness Community Makes All the Difference

When people first join a gym, they often come looking for something specific. Maybe they want to get stronger, improve their climbing, train for an event, or simply build healthier habits. But while fitness goals might bring people through the door originally, the reason people stay is community. Over the past few weeks, Summit's Member…

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How New Goals Can Reshape Your Routine (and You)

How new goals can reshape your routine, build confidence, and change how you see yourself in ways you might not expect.

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Learning New Skills: Climbing Past Limits

You might be familiar with growth mindset, self-improvement, self-help, neuroplasticity, and habits. Have you heard that your brain isn’t fully developed until 25-28? Or the phrase “can’t teach an old dog new tricks?" Learning new skills as an adult is hard. But the reality is we change throughout our entire lives and the ability to…

Why Handstands are a Powerful Tool for Climbing Training

Build strength, balance, and body awareness with handstands. Learn how they improve climbing and join our upcoming handstand workshop at Summit.

How to Build a Training Plan to Crush Your Goals

One of the most common questions we hear at Summit is simple: How should I structure my training? To help answer that, several of our coaches sat down to talk through how they personally approach training plans, what their goals look like right now, and what advice they’d give to anyone trying to build a…

Resistance Bands: Build Strength, and Stability in the Gym or On The Go

Resistance bands don’t get the credit they deserve. Unfortunately, many people use them only for warm-ups or active recovery, implying they don’t deserve a place in the main workout. A study from 2019 proves this untrue. This study compared resistance bands with traditional strength equipment, including weight machines and dumbbells. Results show that when directly…

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What are you training for? Feeling powerful, motivated, and more.

How to find your why in fitness, from races and climbing trips to everyday health, and why training for what you can do beats training for how you look.

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How Group Workouts Benefit YOU: Energy, Motivation, and Power

Why do group workouts work so well? Explore the science, psychology, and community behind training together at Summit.

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