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For beginner climbers, it can be really tempting to rush into more advanced training techniques. Adding things like a campus board session to the end of your workout can seem like the path to climbings upper levels. We cannot stress [...]
In this interview, I talk with professional climber Paige Claassen about how she trained for the trip we're currently on together in Flatanger, Norway.
For bouldering, strength and power are king and one of the best tools for training climbing specific power is the campus board. However, while the campus board is definitely a powerful tool it is often misused. Not only will this [...]
Date: March 8th, 2017 About Madaleine Sorkin Madaleine Sorkin is a 35-year-old climber originally from D.C., who's known for her alpine and big wall ascents. She makes a living as a sponsored climber [...]
Date: January 26th, 2017 About Danny Robertson Danny Robertson is a 41-year-old climber out of Carbondale, Colorado who's been climbing for about 15 years. He's a full-time 7th-grade teacher, so he has summers off [...]
Wouldn't it be nice to be able to quickly recover at even the most marginal of rests? No matter what grade you climb, no one can sustain a maximal level of exertion for an entire long route. As a result, [...]
No matter how dedicated you are to climbing, sometimes "real life" time commitments can cut into the amount of time you can devote to training. The good news, however, is that as we learn more and more about training for [...]
Date: January 6th, 2017 About Esther Smith Esther Smith is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, and the owner of Grassroots Physical Therapy in Salt Lake City. She [...]
For anyone who is a diehard boulderer, the thought of tying in and being able to pull hard on moves after anything more than several feet of climbing can be extremely daunting. No matter how easy the moves feel in [...]
Date: December 22nd, 2016 About Josh Dreher Josh Dreher is, among many other things, the husband of Teal Dreher, who was my first "normal person" interview on the podcast. I wanted to do [...]