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 [...]
Climbing has made it to the Olympics in 2020. While this fact isn't exactly breaking news, what is new and exciting is that Kyra Condie and Nathaniel Coleman have punched their tickets to Toyko after impressive performances at the qualifying [...]
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 [...]
Maybe you've heard of James Lucas through his writing for Climbing Magazine. However, if you'd heard of James Lucas before that, chances are you know of him as a dirtbag climber. That's because James did spend a better part of a [...]
ANNOUNCEMENT Coach Matt Pincus is now offering 1-hour coaching sessions. Normally, Matt only works with people on a monthly or quarterly basis, but for the holidays he's offering hourly Zoom sessions so climbers can get their questions answered and [...]
Most top climbers agree that their mindset is one of the most important factors influencing their performance. Whether they are sport climbers, boulders, or comp climbers, these athletes agree that they can't put forth their best efforts unless they have [...]