Will Anglin is one of the founders of Tension Climbing, a company that not only makes training tools, but also is committed to innovation in a way that leads climbers toward mastery over success. In this episode we discuss movement skills, some ways climbers are going wrong in their pursuit and how they can continue improving, and the tools that might get them there.

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CHAPTERS

(0:00) Intro and Topic Description

(2:48) Climb All The Things

(6:23) Figuring Out How to Change Me

(8:06) Boards Make It Easier to Skip the Discomfort

(9:12) ANNOTATION: Constraints, Compensation, and Choices

(12:16) Climbing as Training

(13:16) Climb What?

(14:00) Not Stealing the Struggle

(15:45) Unlearning Skills

(16:50) ANNOTATION: Coach Over-Instruction and Skills Currency

(18:19) Improvement Is Hard to Measure

(22:50) Grades Only Say What We’ve Climbed, Not How Good We Are

(23:30) Will’s 3 Grade System

(24:05) ANNOTATION: Vegetable Climbs List and Diamond vs. Pyramid

(26:10) Skills Aren’t Separate from Strength and Power

(27:33) Skill Is the Intersection of What, How, and Doing

(28:11) How the Tension Board 1 Is a Movement and Strength Tool

(30:44) Just Climb, But With Intention

(31:33) ANNOTATION: Where Strength and Movement Overlap and the Ultimate Learning Tool

(34:31) Wrap Up

(35:35) Credits and Outro

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