Ever wonder why there are always yoga classes in climbing gyms? It’s because the two go together like cake and ice cream. Yoga can elevate your climbing game to the next level. Here are 5 reasons…
Vinyasa is a breathing and movement system. For each movement, there is one breath. For example, in the Ashtanga version of Surya Namskara A (Sun Salutation), there are nine vinyasas…
Local Ogden artist Erica Lyon has just finished her latest pieces for The Front Climbing Club! Erica has been painting since she could stand, and early on was inspired by childhood books with illustrations…
There are rumors that dinosaurs are lurking near Triassic, or at least it feels like one is always just around the next big boulder. When warming up on the handful of V0-V1s in the Sweet Boulder area…
As the weather starts to warm up, so do our bodies, which means a lovely extra cleansing sweat when we practice yoga! Sweat on a clean body is not stinky but if someone hasn’t…
With the creation of sticky rubber came a new age of climbing shoes. Boreal was perhaps the first company to produce the sticky rubber in 1979…
The Front is hosting a night of coffee, cookies, and Q&A with a candidate for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District, Shireen Ghorbani. We jump at any opportunity, as should you, to meet our potential…
Save the Date Saturday, March 24th is Yoga Movie Night! We will have a free film screening of On Yoga: The Architecture of Peace at 6:00 pm in the yoga room. This visually striking and awe-inspiring…
There are a couple of new must-see yoga documentaries on Netflix right now. These are both fascinating and beautiful and give insight into the world and traditions of yoga in India. The first is On Yoga: The Architecture of Peace. Based on…
Since the development of the ATC (Air Traffic Controller… or at least that’s what I like to call it), climbers have been trying to make belaying safer, especially on multi-pitch routes. The old tried and trusty ATC has a few extra designs built into it…
The hands have an intimate connection with the brain, thus, the way we hold our hands can influence the way we hold our minds. Mudras are gestures or bodily positions used to affect the flow of prana in the body. Mudra can be translated as…
Running Up For Air, a do-good endurance challenge founded by local ultra-athlete Jared Campbell as a personal experiment, has grown over the last several years to become a bonafide fundraising event with hundreds of participants…
Prana (प्राण) is a word most of us have heard. Besides being the name of a pretty dope clothing brand that many of us at The Front are familiar with, prana (like the very similar Chinese concept of chi) has many different meanings, according to context…
What really is trad and where did these cams come from? Well, the original camming device was called a “Friend” developed by Ray Jardine in 1978. Eventually, they became a major production for the United Kingdom climbing brand, Wild Country…
With spring around the corner, The Front is helping prepare climbers who want to take their climbing skills outside. As part of our Confident Climbing Series, we’re offering a Cleaning Sport Anchors class where students learn…
Every year, the top boulderers in the country come together for the USA Climbing Bouldering Open National Championships. Over two days of fierce qualifying rounds, the field of more than 100 competitors is whittled down…
Dr. Shannon O’Grady will be at The Front this Thursday, February 15th at 6PM to teach us about fueling for our beloved sport of climbing, but we couldn’t wait to pick her brain! We asked her a few nutrition-related questions…
As we close in on Valentine’s day, the holiday for the celebration of love, let us look into the yoga of love and devotion; Bhakti Yoga and also a common heart opening family of asanas; backbends…
If you’ve been tuned into our newsletters or have stopped by The Front over the last couple weeks, you’ve probably heard about our Climbing Up For Air event and Breathe Utah, a local non-profit…
Wildlife advocate Eric Chabot is formally inviting you to join him this Thursday for the next edition of our Winter Speaker Series. If Eric looks familiar to you, it’s probably because you’ve seen him recreating…
The more you learn the more you realize how much more there is to learn. A couple us are in Boulder, Colorado this week studying with Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor in a 5-day yoga intensive…
A balanced asana practice includes moving the body in a number of ways including stretching lengthwise, forward folding, back bending, twisting, balancing and inverting. Let’s talk about forward folding…
We at The Front are super lucky to claim Salt Lake City as our home base. The valley gives us warm summer nights, mild winter temps (especially this year!) and unrivaled access to world-class…
Magnesium, fluffy puffy, dry hand, the French blow, do these terms sound familiar? Scientifically, these white powdery substances are known as chalk. People have been drying their hands with chalk…
Sandy Vojik, DPT, CMPT, will be joining us for the third installment of our weekly Winter Speaker Series on Thursday, January 25th at 6PM. Sandy will be discussing 10 things you can do to…
Sanskrit is the language of yoga. Also the language of Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism, this amazing and beautiful tongue shares some very old common roots with English. Sanskrit literally means…
The Front’s first falling clinic concluded last night with participants learning how to assess risk, fall more comfortably, and push themselves to new heights on challenging climbs…
Ashtanga Yoga is a method. It’s an 8 limbed system which, when properly used, ultimately helps the individual attain a state of absorption into Samadhi (enlightenment) in which one’s true self joyfully shines…
The Front is a thriving community of world travelers, do-gooders, and creative entrepreneurs, and this well of knowledge deserves an audience…
Starting fresh is one of the best feelings in the world. We’ve decided to start fresh with a new 2018 yoga schedule at The Front. Come enjoy Mysore Astanga classes with Sarah Jane…
One year ago this month, President Obama set aside over 1.3 million acres of land in southeastern Utah protecting a wealth of Native American archeological and…
Meet David Farkas. He’s not only a lifelong climber, he’s also The Front’s adult programming lead and our busiest instructor. We sat down with him to learn more about his background…
In Yoga Shala News… Enjoy a special Ashtanga Winter Solstice class with Sarah Jane, December 21st from 6:45 – 7:45 pm. We will listen to Hanuman Chalisa, do some extra exploration into our sun salutations…
Give the gift of adventure this holiday season with some fun gift packages for your family, friends and loved ones. In the mood for something Petzl? La Sportiva? Well priced you say? The Front’s gear shop has…
The Ashtanga Yoga method is built around Mysore style practice named after Mysore, India, where the method became popularized by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois…
Food + Cocktails = almost every company holiday party that has ever lived. However, there is always that nagging fear lurking in every event planner—will co-workers actually enjoy…
The Front’s got a whole slew of new climbing shoes! Butora’s unique hemp construction and Black Diamond’s woven fabric break the mold in the climbing shoe world. Drop by…
The Front has been closely intertwined with Derek DeBruin and Bear House Mountain Guiding for the past year. We’ve partnered with them to expand our staff education, climbing…
Did you know yoga and the moon are deeply connected? Being about 70% water, we are affected by the moon phases according to the laws of gravity. In Ashtanga, we take rest…
Oh, the ol’ big blank wall – We see you standing there in our 2nd floor training space. Prominent. Bold. Blank. Unused. Smirking over our climbers doing crunches on the pad at your base. Well, your days of looking…
One of these climbers is a traveling nurse. The other, in school for nursing while she practices massage therapy. However, that common thread isn’t what brought the…
All of our instructors have interesting back stories, full of yoga adventures and true tales of transformation through their personal yoga practices. Our two newest yoga teachers…
Workplace culture has undergone a significant shift in the last decade, and the most progressive and highly profitable companies know they must provide their prospective…
Ayurveda is an ancient sister science to yoga from India. It is the science of balancing the body through foods, herbs, oil massages and daily practices to bring forth glowing health…
Nobody knows this gym better than our head route setter, Mike Bockino. So, we asked him to show us around! Part One of our tour takes us to the 2nd floor training space. This space can seem intimidating, but if…
I watch a lot of belayers, it’s part of working in a gym. One of the things I’ve noticed over the past year is that we climbers are pretty inconsistent in our application…
