If Nothing Else...
Maybe the most understated way of getting better is to build fallback successes into your plan.
Board Meetings | Top 4 Ways to Transition to Outdoor Climbing with Taylor Fragomeni
Kris and fellow Power Company coach, Taylor Fragomeni, discuss how you can make the transition from indoor to outdoor climbing easier on yourself.
Should Climbers Be Well-Rounded?
How much time should climbers spend becoming more well rounded vs. improving their strengths?
Roy Quanstrom | Translating Movement Through Shaping and Setting
Kris sits down with shaper and setter Roy Quanstrom, of Tension Climbing to talk about his latest holds and more.
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.
Eric Hörst | Growing Older, Stronger, Better
Eric Hörst chats about how some big life shifts – retirement, the success of his brand PhysiVantage, and becoming an empty nester – have impacted his climbing and training.
10 Steps to Better Pattern Recognition
Being able to quickly recognize familiar sequences is a crucial ingredient to harder climbing.
How to Climb Harder: What the Data From Over 600 Climbers Tells Us
Climber performance metrics only tell a small part of a much more complex human story.
Taped Tips | Difficulties Should Be Desirable
The difficulties of a task should be such that they help the learner translate the skill to performance.
What One-Star Book Reviews Teach Us About Training
It’s far more comfortable for us to blame ignorance for our lack of progress than it is to blame our own efforts.
Board Meetings | Top Ways Climbers are Holding Themselves Back with The Average Climber Podcast
Kris and Nate are joined by Lauren and Caitlin of The Average Climber Podcast, to discuss some of the biggest ways climbers get in their own way.
Taped Tips | When Beta Isn't Better
You’re watching your client, student, partner, or bestie struggle. And you want to help. But how? It entirely depends on the goal.
Taped Tips | I Said What I S.A.I.D.
We think we know exactly what climbing looks like. We’ve zeroed in on the details. And in this case, it really isn’t those details that matter.
Ten Minutes to Trying Harder
Once you learn the power of good tactics it can be hard to step away from them.
The Biggest Red Flag of 2019/2022
Of all the people that I spoke with this year who were stuck in plateaus, many of them had the same thing in common: they climbed and trained alone.
Dale Wilson | Climbing Performance Metrics
How to use data to inform training decisions had been a topic of debate amongst the Power Company coaches for years, until Data Analyst, Dale Wilson, stepped in to settle the score once and for all.
Board Meetings | Systematic Tactics vs. Battle Mode
Both are important. Which is your default? Do you value the other?
Build In Wins
The belief that you are getting better at climbing is one of the most important ingredients in actually getting better at climbing.
The "First Draft" Approach to Sport Climbing
How many times have you gone up a route and felt overwhelmed, only to look back and realize that it’s not as intimidating as it initially seemed?