Female Athletes and Urinary Incontinence By Maddy Cope Performing high level sport has been shown to be strongly associated with urinay incontinence (UI) in female athletes. UI is the involuntary loss of urine by either stress (think sneezing, laughing or impact) or urge (think suddenly and desperately needing to wee). Our ability to control this […]
Structuring your Training during a Peak Phase by Jon Procter So you’re well into your peak season and you’re getting out on rock as often as possible. But how should you structure your training during this time and is it still possible to make gains…? 1 – Don’t overdo it. If you’re climbing outdoors every […]
By Maddy Cope Menstrual pain or cramps are a common symptom just before or during menstruation. For obvious reasons, this can have a negative effect on climbing and training. Menstrual cramps can be distracting, can make wearing a harness or weight belt uncomfortable, or can be so bad that we literally don’t want to get […]
Setting Training Goals | Part 2 – By Maddy Cope Catch up on Part 1 HERE Setting Training Goals Click Here For those reading from the northern hemisphere, the summer is finally here (yay)! As we look to get out climbing more, our training goals might seem like a thing of the past. Instead, we […]
In this latest episode of ‘Ask Lattice’ Ollie Torr is joined by Jon Procter, one of our newer members of the coaching team at Lattice. Jon has almost an entirely different lifestyle to Ollie, in that he balances family life, a second job, early morning training and twice daily training. In this episode, they dive […]
Late Lutael Phase, PMS & Tracking By Maddy Cope The late luteal phase is the phase we often associate with PMS symptoms, and can be framed as the “lesser” phase when it comes to performance. Tracking is a great way to understand how we feel during this phase BUT, this doesn’t mean we should let […]
The Dreaded ‘F’ Word in Climbing – FEAR by Tom Hill The dreaded “F” word in climbing: Fear. We know that fear can impact our performances, but it’s grip is so powerful that it can even affect the decisions we make far away from the wall, stifling progress before we’ve even touched a hold on […]
Slow climbers, dodgy beta, extending quick draws, rope dabbing… are you safe from this weeks contriversial topics? In this latest Ask Lattice video and podcast Tom Randall and Ollie Torr sat down on the Ask Lattice sofa and had another rant, this week covering more topical “issues” from modern day sport and route climbing. Tune […]
By Mina Leslie-Wujastyk Breast motion was first documented in the 1970s by Dr Christine Haycock. Her research was in response to an increase in female participation in sports, where exercise-induced breast pain was identified as problematic. Unsurprisingly, increased “breast bounce” (displacement) was found to be associated with increased breast pain. It sounds obvious to say […]
Eliminates, Execution Practise & Projecting By Jen Wood A lot of us get to the stage where we’ve done all the climbs we feel we can at the wall and psyche is running low for a siege on the really hard stuff. But there are a few ways we can squeeze a bit more out […]