I’ve never enjoyed walking into a gym. Growing up as a fat kid, I have enough traumatic memories around exercise to fill several therapy sessions. On top of the shame I had around my body, I also have ...

“I’m scared,” says Jacob Shaffstall, clinging to the climbing wall 15 feet above the ground. He’s a skinny 10-year-old with yellow headphones on the wall at Movement Gym in Grapevine. “Jacob, I’ve got ...

Kelty Godby says people will often tell him they're afraid of heights and could never go rock climbing. His go-to response? "All climbers are afraid of heights; that's why we're alive." Godby is the ...

A 23-foot wall can look and feel intimidating to a small child. But at ABC Climbing Academy Naperville — coming to Chicagoland in late February of 2025 — kids learn in gradual steps. “It’s about ...