Smearing in climbing has nothing to do with smear campaigns. Nor does it have anything to do with coating a section of a climb with a sticky substance, or any of the other definitions of the word.

Lat pull-downs: This gym exercise mimics the pulling movements in climbing, targeting your lats and improving your ability to pull yourself upward on the wall.Sit at a lat pull-down machine, grip ...

Unlike most climbing techniques, when smearing you'll want to lean away from the wall A softer shoe allows the flexibility to get as much rubber in contact with the rock as possible ...