During over thirty years, Doctor Maria Augusta Peduti Dal' Molin Kiss has contributed effectively to the sports sciences development in Brazil. After this long period dedicated to the consolidation of knowledge and human resources in this area, another life cycle is fully completed in her career. Thus, the objective of this review is to honor Doctor Kiss in the occasion of her retirement, while showing the main anthropometric and physiological determinants of indoor climbing performance. Several findings indicate that body mass, body fat percentage, handgrip force, aerobic and alactic anaerobic metabolism, and movement economy are crucial to success in this sport. We feel privileged to have been involved in her brilliant carrier and to honor Doctor Kiss with this review.
oxygen uptake; blood lactate; handgrip; body composition
