Adidas Rockstars sponsored by Five Ten ® This upcoming weekend the second edition of the adidas Rockstar event will take place at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany! Right away from qualification on Friday to semifinals and final on Saturday the strongest Boulder athletes are pushing their limits accompanied by rock rhythms and the best Beatboxers who dare to take over the mic. The Beat, the rhythm and the music will drive the athletes to outstanding performance and will bring the best out of them. And of course, the live music brings us a the show and...

Well it definitely has been a long time sine I last updated! I can credit that to living at Miguel's for most of June. I spent about a month down in Kentucky climbing outside in the Red River Gorge trying to get stronger. I have spent a great deal of time down there this year, I think that is the reason I am climbing as well as I am. I feel stronger than ever! Living in a tent for almost a month is nothing glorious, but I can proudly say that I grew to love it....

The fourth victory of Polish athlete on the dam in Daone. Supported by Five Ten Edyta Ropek is the first in the world who made this. During her 9 years starts in the valley, she won 4 gold, and 2 bronze medals! No one else has achieved so much. Speed World Cup in Daone is one of the hardest from the IFSC speed competition calendar.

So much has been going on this summer it’s been hard to keep track of everything: Lots of comps, busy at work, and plenty of training and outdoor climbing.Most recently, I’ve been competing at the Summer Sweat Fests. This competition series is not sanctioned for CEC points, but competitors from across Ontario come out and have their shot at the title and big prize money. Aside from cash and bragging rights, this series serves as an excellent tool to practice my competition mentality. When the beach weather hits and the real rock becomes climbable it can be harder to...

Recently I've been training and training for the SCS 2012 Youth National Championships in Atlanta, Georgia at Stone Summit. I've learned a lot about myself, and gained much more confidence (which is key to competitions, and routes at the limit of my capabilities). I did my normal routines: Laps on 13's, circuits, bouldering intervals, endurance, endurance, and more endurance. I felt great, the best I ever had been, and right before the competition too. The competition itself didn't go as well I would have liked, but I'm not complaining; I've been getting both exponentially mentally and physically better this...

Today I had very unusually training, I was climbing with the measuring instruments. This is a part of my preparation to the world championships. We had to know how my body consumes oxygen while speed climbing. We also used the accelerator which measures the position of my body in different planes during the day. The pulse was mastered as well. The entire study will last seven days. Good, that climbing with the mask was only today. But the rest instruments accompany me 24 hours a day! After completion of studies, I have to wait to analyze the...