Train Wreck: 5 Ways to Derail Your Training
Training isn't all about success. In fact, much of it is about failure. Hell, climbing is all about failure. It’s what success is built on. However, failure to make progress within your training is exactly that... a failure. Maybe that's a bit harsh; we'll call it a setback, since you have every opportunity to reevaluate and move it forward.
We all, at some time or another, will have to face the reality that we just aren't getting better as quickly as we like. It's that realization that should force you to take a step back and try and determine where you've taken a wrong turn. These little detours aren't always so easy to spot, as up to now, it's obviously worked for you. Not any longer.
There are thousands of ways that your training can be rendered ineffective or inefficient. I'm assuming that if you've gotten to the point of reading this, you've successfully run the gauntlet through at least several hundred of those ways. Discovering the sticking point is now much more difficult. After much deliberation over a list of about 25, I've decided on the 5 ways I see experienced climbers derail their progression…