Every discipline is exciting and challenging for its own reasons. Not only on a physical level, also on a mental level: every discipline requires different mental strengths and capabilities.

How can we foster the development of a healthy body image? What’s rather unhelpful? Here are your ideas and suggestions.

How does coaches’ communication influence female body image?

The last lead World Cups have been pretty interesting to watch. Not least since really young, teenage female athletes are fighting their way up to the world elite. Is there a trend in climbing where teens will peak in their teens such as in other leanness-focused like gymnastics? What risks and benefits does this involve?

As a climber, we are constantly torn between told how to look like by society and how to look in order to be strong and achieving our goals. This constant dissonance between our ideal social body image and ideal athletic body image can cause insecurity, disorientation and in turn, can have effects on our mental health.

Being able to control our mood can be very helpful – especially in passion and emotion rich sports like climbing. Music can be one useful strategy to handle negative emotions like distress, nervousness, or anxiety.