Circuit Tape: Better Training Tape for Climbers
Skin is your sending currency. Stop overpaying.
Episode 104: Board Meetings | A Product of Your Climbing Environment
Nate and Kris discuss how climbers are a product of their environment.
Progressing Core Workouts Part 5: Climbing Exercises
What good are core exercises if they don’t help your climbing?
Progressing Core Workouts Part 4: Points of Contact
With core exercises, you should be trying to find the most challenging positions that you can execute while maintaining perfect form.
Progressing Core Workouts Part 3: Correct Effort
It doesn’t matter how good an exercise or a program is, if you aren’t putting in the correct effort then you won’t get the results you’re looking for.
Progressing Core Workouts Part 2: Breathing
Learning to breathe under tension can be a game changer for your climbing.
Progressing Core Workouts Part 1: Using Correct Form
Finding useful core exercises for climbing can be tough. Nate’s here to help.
Episode 103: Return of The Mack | The List with Dru Mack and Special Guests
Dru Mack was given a list by JStar that is a surefire way to develop into a better climber. Now he’s made some lists for you.
Episode 102: Q and A with Steve Bechtel, Neely Quinn, Tyler Nelson, Charlie Manganiello, and Kelly Drager
Today's episode is a question and answer session from the Performance Climbing Coach Seminar, recorded live in Columbia, MD.
Why Your Endurance Isn't Enough
Someone once told me that the person who needs to work on their mental game isn’t the same person who needs to be doing physical training. I’m here to argue otherwise.
Training. Fucking. Works. by Marina Inoue
My perception of what I was capable of, what could be possible, how hard I can push myself, the belief, the confidence, was all very much changed through a mere three weeks of training.
Episode 101: Board Meetings | Top 5 Ways Your Gym is Holding You Back
Don't get us wrong... we LOVE gyms. And if your only goal is to be as good as you can in your gym, then you can skip this episode.
Episode 100: How To Weekend Warrior with Kris Hampton Hosted by Nate Drolet
We're flipping the script for our 100th episode. Nate takes over the host mic, and I do my best to let him lead the conversation.
Episode 99: Setting for the Future with Tonde Katiyo
Shaper/setter Tonde Katiyo has put quite a bit of thought and care into his craft. He approaches it with both a pragmatism and creativity that often don't exist together.
A Sports Psychologist Looks at Episode 90: The Coach/Climber Dynamic
"A good coach-athlete relationship means that coaches allow themselves to not always be right..." - Madeleine Eppensteiner | Climbing Psychology
Episode 98: Diversity in Climbing with Brown Girls Climb Leaders Bethany Lebewitz, Monserrat Alvarez, and Sasha McGhee
Brown Girls Climb aims to promote and increase visibility of diversity in climbing by establishing community, encouraging leadership, and creating inclusive opportunities.
Episode 97: Board Meetings | The Art of the 2nd Try Send
Sending a route 2nd try is NOT THE SAME as the 2nd Try Send. The difference isn't even subtle.
Episode 96: Project 9b with Jorg Verhoeven
If you aren't aware of Jorg Verhoeven, it's likely that you don't pay all that much attention to climbing.
Episode 95: Engaging Minority Youth in Climbing with Ryan Gagnon and Valerie McDonough
Ryan Gagnon brings data-driven research and infectious enthusiasm to his programs built to introduce and engage minority youth in climbing.
Poor Sods: How to Train Endurance in a Crowded Climbing Gym
Sod’s Law states: “Anything that can go wrong, will always go wrong, with the worst possible outcome.” Turns out, Sod generally spends his time at the climbing gym.