# Interview: Beto Rocasolano, Lattice Athlete

Beto has just just joined the team of Lattice athletes, and we're thrilled to have him on board! Beto is a 27-year-old Spanish climber and route-setter who is known for climbing the first 8C+ boulder in Spain, *El Indomable*, in Tamajón (Guadalajara). Beto is also an incredibly impressive sport-climber, having climbed two 9a routes; the most recent being *Seta Total* at Cuenca.

In this interview, Beto tells us about the first stage of his training with Lattice; training both strength and endurance, what he's learned as a professional climber, and rock goals for the summer and beyond!

#### **Beto, we’re obviously incredibly psyched to have you join the sponsored athlete team! Congrats! Can you tell us a little about what you’ve been doing prior to joining us?**

It’s a pleasure for me too! I find it interesting to try new things. In recent times, I haven’t done any structured training. I've just been doing campus, moonboard and resistance training sessions to maintain my form. I have been able to climb outdoors very often though, especially in Siurana, Margalef and Cuenca -- three crags that I really like because of their climbing style.

![](https://latticetraining.com/app/uploads/2019/06/unnamed-683x1024.jpg)(c) Javi Pec#### **You’ve obviously been a very successful climber for a number of years now; what do you think are the key lessons you’ve learnt about strength training?**

I think it is very important to keep in mind what stage of your climbing you are at; you train differently if you are just getting into climbing, if you are a few years in and trying to improve, or if you are an experienced climber trying to push your limit. However, I think the most important lesson that I have learnt is that keeping yourself injury-free is key, and it’s not worth pushing through a training session if you are going to get yourself injured. So far I have never been injured and it has really helped me increase my strength.

#### **For you personally, why do you think it’s hard to combine strength and endurance training?**

Endurance training is really challenging for me because I find it mentally hard to keep pushing myself when I feel really tired and when my hands are just opening. Strength training has never been much of an issue for me though. Right now, I feel like I have lost a bit of strength, but I am able to hang longer on the wall. I used to not be able to hold on for more than five seconds; but now, after months of training, I feel like I am able to hold for way longer! I also feel like if I rest for a whole day, the strength is still there. I recover really fast!

![](https://latticetraining.com/app/uploads/2019/06/551cc130-4718-4452-a079-6b8a6d06cddb-768x1024.jpeg)#### **What are the main things that you’ve learnt from Lattice so far?**

For me, it’s really interesting to train in a new and different way. I don’t have much experience of training for sport climbing and it’s logical and helpful that someone with a lot more experience, like the Lattice Team, can help me out with it!

#### **What are your plans for this year?**

For the next 3 months of this summer, I will be training hard and climbing outdoors around Cuenca, where I am really motivated by some projects. Next autumn and winter, I will be combining some bouldering projects and some short sport climbs that I have in mind!

#### **Is there anything in particular that you’re looking forward to working on with Lattice?**

We have started working on more resistance training, which I'm looking forward to seeing improve. I feel like I have enough endurance for shorter routes, but for longer routes I have more to work on!

![](https://latticetraining.com/app/uploads/2019/06/6206120a-3bac-4aaa-b0bf-6c687eeff34b.jpeg)#### **If we could give you an ultimate goal for the next 3 years what would it be?**

I would really like to stay injury-free, and if I could do my first 9b that would be amazing!

Keep up with Beto's progress on his [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/betoboulder/) account, and stay up to date with all our athletes on the [Lattice blog](https://latticetraining.com/blog/).