Blog Posts by Coach Matt and Coach Alex
Reexamining Major Jumps in Climbing Performance: Success Leaves Tracks
My winter hasn’t exactly gone according to plan. I went down to Hueco in early January to escape the depths of Wyoming winter and get a strength and power dose on some of my favorite boulders on the planet. Initially, [...]
What to Invest in for Climbing Training: Matt Pincus
Recently, I wrote to the TrainingBeta email subscribers about how I was changing up my training for the winter and how switching back to bouldering for a bit during the late fall had reinvigorated my psyche after a disappointing fall [...]
What Matt is Changing in His Climbing & Training after a Disappointing Season
Every month or so we do a life and climbing update on Matt, Alex or me, and this month is Matt's turn! Read on to see what he's been up to and what he's learned about his climbing. Enter Coach [...]
How Alex Stiger Sent Her First 5.14a
I overheard a woman in Rifle a couple weeks ago say, “if it takes longer than 3 years it doesn’t count anyway.” I immediately thought that was a weird thing to say and now that I have SENT my 4+ [...]
How to Train the Skill of Sending by Matt Pincus
This morning I woke up and there was a slight chill in the air. At least here in Wyoming, the fall season is right around the corner. As I wrap up my summer training block, I couldn’t be more psyched [...]
How to Approach Routes Systematically: Ground-Up or Top-Down?
As a coach, I have taught clinics, recorded podcasts, written articles, and had countless conversations about helping climbers improve their tactics with the aim of making their process for working, and eventually sending, routes and boulders more efficient. While I [...]
How to Use Circuits in Climbing Training
Announcement! Quick little thing. Coach Alex Stiger and Neely Quinn are hosting an integrated climbing training and nutrition program starting on August 8th, 2022 for 4 weeks! If you want to up your game in nutrition and in climbing training [...]
Tips for the Short Climber
By Alex Stiger As a 5’0" person on a tall day, I definitely get asked for short climber tips. It is also one of my favorite questions to geek out about, so I wanted to share a few tips [...]
Alex Stiger: 3 Ways to Develop Your Strongest Core
Announcement! Alex Stiger is teaching a live TRX Workshop for Climbers on Tuesday, December 7th at 6-7:30pm Mountain Time for just $25. In it, you'll learn all about how to use the TRX properly and how to use it to [...]
4 Ways to Make Your Bouldering Sessions More Deliberate
ANNOUNCEMENT: Matt Pincus is now offering online classes about how to make the most of your bouldering sessions. Whether you are training on a home wall or patiently waiting for the gyms to reopen, this class will teach you [...]