Climbing Training Plan Review | LatticePlan Success Story
One climber's honest LatticePlan review after 20+ years climbing and self-coaching from e-books — and why this climbing training plan finally hit the sweet spot.
Story from ST
"Lattice has made an amazingly effective product at an unbelievable price."
Why I Needed a Climbing Training Plan After 20+ Years of Climbing
I've been climbing for 20+ years and I felt like aging was really starting to impact my performance. I couldn't just do whatever was fun and expect to maintain my performance level anymore.
In the past, I've followed training plans from books/e-books and liked them well enough. I wanted a plan that would help me do exercises that I probably should have always been doing but didn't have the intrinsic motivation to do (because I didn't enjoy them as much as just climbing). The training plan also needed to not be so long or prescriptive that I wasn't having fun. Climbing, after all, is my hobby and must remain enjoyable. I had reasonable success with my self-coached training plans for a few seasons.
Trying Lattice's Climbing Training Plan for the First Time
I signed up for a Climbing Training Plan just to try it out/switch up from the book/e-book plans and really liked the reduced volume. It also offered a fair bit more flexibility than the other plans I had found.
I also liked how complete the programming felt. Other plans left me searching for supplemental strength and stretching. That left me wondering whether I was targeting the right muscle groups with the right frequency and intensity.
At the end of the training plan, I found that the increased flexibility – meaning outdoor climbing days and rest days, and decreased training volume – didn't come at the cost of performance. I was climbing as well as ever and had more fun doing it.
It was (deservedly) more expensive than an e-book though.
Why the LatticePlan Is the Best Climbing Training Plan I've Found
That's a pretty long preamble to my feedback on the LatticePlan.
The LatticePlan really hits the sweet spot for me at a really competitive price, offering completeness, flexibility, and effective intensity without overtraining. I really feel like I'm getting the best of both worlds between cheap, prescriptive, static plans and expensive, coached, tailored plans.
Having had a coached plan and performing the assessment was a nice intro to the LatticePlan – from that, I can make some small adjustments to keep picking the low-hanging fruit.
The Verdict: An Unbeatable Climbing Training Plan
All in all, I feel like Lattice has made an amazingly effective product at an unbelievable price. I kinda feel like I'm taking advantage of them!
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