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Routesetting in climbing, between art and science

Every time you go climbing, new problems appear on the walls of your gym. These creations are the work of…

A person wearing glasses and casual clothes climbs an indoor bouldering wall, using hand and footholds for support.

The habits your need to learn to improve your climbing

A woman climbs an indoor bouldering wall, reaching for a hold with her left hand and balancing on large orange holds.

Recovery, Nutrition, and Climbing: The Essentials

A person climbs a large rock boulder outdoors while another person spots from below; climbing gear and people are visible in the background among autumn trees.

Climbing and Traveling: A Perfect Combination

A woman in athletic wear climbs an indoor bouldering wall, gripping holds and looking upward with focus.

The Brain: Your biggest climbing project

A person in a red tank top climbs an indoor bouldering wall, looking up toward the next handhold under bright lights.

Instagram & bouldering

A person with long hair climbs a large rock outdoors, wearing a white T-shirt and black shorts. Trees and grass are visible in the background.

Climbing when it’s hot

A person climbs an indoor bouldering wall with large orange holds, suspended upside down under artificial lighting.

Introducing your Kids to Climbing

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Preventing Climbing Injuries: Techniques, Habits, and Common Sense

A person is climbing an indoor bouldering wall, gripping holds with hands and feet. The wall features various colored holds and is marked with a "V4" level tag.

Mobility: How to Climb Harder Without Trying Too Hard

A person wearing a white shirt is climbing an indoor rock wall, gripping holds with both hands and looking upward.

Eco-responsible climbing: the right reflexes to adopt

A person with tattoos and tied-back hair climbs an indoor bouldering wall, gripping holds with both hands and feet.

Climbing: a sport that strengthens the mind too

Dark Room Open: Back to the Roots of Bouldering Competitions

Ondra Comp: The Best Climbing Shoes ?

Rest in climbing: the key ingredient to progress without stagnating

3 Tips for Better Reading of Indoor Bouldering Problems

Nutrition for bouldering

The Power of the Mind in Bouldering

Deconstruct climbing myths

Tips for an Effective and Productive Climbing Session

Bouldering Destinations: The East

Climbing in your ears: the best climbing podcasts

Essential Tips for Summer Climbing

The Complete Guide to Skin Care (for Your Fingers)

The Best Book on Climbing (and Life) You’ve Never Read

To be light or strong in climbing?

Tactics 101: How to send your projects faster

5 Tips to Progress in Bouldering Without (Too Much) Effort

A short guide to the different type of holds in bouldering

Ensure safety and prevent injuries while climbing at the crag with the right choice of climbing shoes.

Limit injuries at the crag

How to prevent overtraining in climbing.

How to prevent overtraining

Recap of climbing at the Olympic Games.

RECAP: CLIMBING AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Text "your fitness app" next to a cellphone with a climbing app on it.

Discover Bloc Shop FIT

Discover the most inspiring climbing books to fuel your passion for climbing this summer.

The best climbing books to inspire you this summer

The essentials for climbing in Quebec

The essentials for climbing in Quebec

How to successfully return to climbing

How to successfully return to climbing?

Developing boulders

Developping Boulders

Short Reflection: The Impact of Social Networks on Training

OPEN CLIMB : Set. Train. Share.

Beyond the face climbing book.

BEYOND THE FACE : History, Memory and Competition Climbing

A group of people in a climbing workshop.

Workshops @ Bloc Shop

Gym to crag 101

Routesetting: History and Philosophy

Ensure safety and prevent injuries while climbing at the crag with the right choice of climbing shoes.

Avoid Injuries

Black and white image of a woman climbing a bouldering wall, with the text "Problems in Modern Bouldering" written prominently beside her.

Problems in modern bouldering: Olympics & Scoring

Manage Your Rest" text appears next to a monochrome image of a rock climber gripping a rock face.

Manage your rest !

back to training

Back to training

How to choose your climbing shoes

Climbing shoes: which one is right for you ?

Climber on a wall with the words "bouldering grade"

Bouldering Grades

BSO 2019: A crazy weekend!

A woman climbing a wall with the words "thematic workshops".

Thematic Workshop: Get to the next level!

Entralpi: a new rising force in training for climbing

A man is climbing on a kilter board in a dark room

THE KILTER BOARD HAS ARRIVED AT BLOC SHOP!

6 tips when buying climbing shoes.

6 tips when buying climbing shoes

Finding solace by resting your body without guilt.

Resting your body without guilt

Best free climbing movies.

The best free bouldering movies

Stay motivated during quarantine

Q & a with Yeos Gravelle, a renowned expert in the field of climbing and training

Q+A with Yves Gravelle

An interview with David Choquet about his experience in the world of climbing, specifically focusing on his expertise in bouldering and training.

Interview with our coach David Choquet

How to improve without climbing

5 reasons running is good for climbers

Gym to crag 101: Ethics & Security

What I would have liked to know when I started climbing

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The benefits of coaching

Plan your bouldering trip in Canada