Ravioli Biceps and Nate Drolet | The Parallels Between Climbing and Video Games
Long-time friends Nate and Ravioli Biceps discuss lessons they’ve pulled from video gaming that can help inform our climbing.
When It’s Better to Think Inside the Box
I never thought I’d be recommending this, but some of y’all should be putting less effort into becoming technically better climbers.
When Effort Isn’t the Issue
Do you really have terrible willpower? Or are you surrounded by distractions and obstacles?
Is Board Climbing Fixing a Problem You Don't Have?
Giving artificially low grades to climbs increases their perceived value for our training and development. The more something is mis-graded the more we naturally want to prioritize it.
The Invisible Influence of Grades
Discussion around grades can be so polarizing that many of us avoid the topic.
Consistency’s Caveat
Climbing starts off as this self-feeding cycle that has you wishing you could climb seven days a week. What happens when this cycle stops bringing improvement though?
The Worst Interview Question
Look, it’s important to not let things get overcomplicated. Hunting for elegant answers keeps us from getting bogged down with minutia. But when we take it too far, we lose sight of the bigger picture.
Lessons from the Library
There are an infinite number of lessons to learn within climbing.
Why Strength Training Isn't Making You Climb Harder | Part 2
Use strength to leverage every other aspect of your climbing, not replace them.
Why Hangboarding Isn't Making Your Hands Stronger
If everything you do is a finger workout, then when do your hands get a chance to recover?
Garlic Salt and Good Advice
There is a common theme between a grilled cheese sandwich and good training advice.
What's Your Problem?
The more accurately we define our problems, the more approachable it will feel to find solutions.
If Nothing Else...
Maybe the most understated way of getting better is to build fallback successes into your plan.
Should Climbers Be Well-Rounded?
How much time should climbers spend becoming more well rounded vs. improving their strengths?
You Aren't Strong Without Strengths
As cool as assessments and standards are, they can easily leave people settling for “good enough” when they have the potential to do much more.
10 Steps to Better Pattern Recognition
Being able to quickly recognize familiar sequences is a crucial ingredient to harder climbing.