Blog Posts by Coach Matt and Coach Alex
3 Reasons Bouldering is Essential
I started climbing by bouldering. I find the simplicity of it fun, the difficulty of the moves engaging, and the process rewarding. These statements apply for outdoor projects and indoor training. As a coach, however, I find that many climbers [...]
3 Lifestyle Changes to Support Your Climbing Success
ANNOUNCEMENT: Matt Pincus is now offering online classes about how to make the most out of your bouldering sessions. Whether you are training on a home wall or patiently waiting for the gyms to reopen, this class will teach [...]
Tips for Learning New Exercises
Note: We recently created a training program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, all about how to train at home with minimal equipment. We hope it helps you stay motivated and strong! Learn more about the program. The Covid-19 [...]
You’re Going to Lose Endurance and Why You Shouldn’t Worry About It
Note: We recently created a training program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, all about how to train at home with minimal equipment. We hope it helps you stay motivated and strong! Learn more about the program. Covid-19 has [...]
4 Ways to Stay Motivated While Training at Home
Note: We recently created a training program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, all about how to train at home with minimal equipment. We hope it helps you stay motivated and strong! Learn more about the program. The Covid-19 [...]
Home Training Equipment Recommendations
The closure of climbing gyms around the world due to COVID-19 has left motivated climbers everywhere wondering how they can keep training while also remaining socially responsible by staying at home. One of the biggest issues here is [...]
Climbing Training During Covid-19
Note: We recently created a training program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, all about how to train at home with minimal equipment. We hope it helps you stay motivated and strong! Learn more about the program. The Covid-19 [...]
Matt Pincus: 2019 Training Lessons Part 2
A couple of weeks ago I shared what I felt were the three main lessons I learned as a coach in 2019. I outlined these lessons both as part of my commitment to keep learning and growing as a coach [...]
Matt Pincus: Top 3 Training Lessons I Learned in 2019
One of my favorite parts of being a climbing coach is the tremendous amount of continual learning that's part of the job. Reading and researching climbing training are definitely huge sources of knowledge, but there's no substitute for insights I [...]
Matt Pincus: 6 Reasons Your Training Isn’t Working
When I first started coaching climbers, I thought it would be all about the nuts and bolts of training program design. I really thought that most of what I was going to be doing was guiding climbers through the details [...]