Front Lever Goals – Letter from Tom Randall Hey it’s Tom here. I wanted to drop you a bit of a personal story this week as I think it’s something that all of you may relate to in some way or another and also it’s got a happy ending! As you probably know, I’m a […]
Bone Health by Mina Leslie-Wujastyk We spend a lot of time thinking about developing and protecting our muscles, tendons and ligaments but what about our bones? Our skeleton is the foundation for the movements we make, and bone health is something to be mindful of in an athletic population, and especially for women where the […]
Working Weaknesses by Jen Wood It may not be the most glamorous part of training, but the easiest way for us to make quick progress and become a more well-rounded climber is to work our weaknesses. These relative weaknesses may be obvious to us, we may find overhangs much more difficult that more vertical, technical […]
Hormone Cycles and Power by Maddy Cope Is it possible to experience power fluctuations through the month? We have recently shared some research showing that upper body power has a large impact on climbing performance, which is useful information, but what happens if we’re seeing many climbers report that their upper body power fluctuates during […]
Committing to Moves by Oli Grounsell No matter how much physical training you do, if you stall out on moves (be it during an onsight or redpoint) and fail to commit, then application of this physical training fails at the first hurdle. Some ways we can try to combat this: 1- Working moves on a difficult section of a […]
In case you missed it, you can catch up on part one here! Once you have tracked your cycle, you will have information that will help you make informed decisions about how to adapt your training. Adaptations to your training can come in many forms; from syncing your deload weeks, to adapting specific training sessions, […]
Monitoring Mental Fatigue by Cameron Hartley Fatigue is an important aspect in training that we should all monitor. We are all usually quite good at monitoring physical fatigue but, something else we should consider is mental fatigue. Mental fatigue is defined as a psychobiological state caused by prolonged periods of cognitive activity. It is a cumulative process which manifests both subjectively and […]
Addressing the severity of your injury, taking time out to recover, mobilising the injury to increase blood flow, but most importantly allowing healing and recovery. A hot topic in climbing will always be around finger injuries – unfortunately it’s something that will have a high chance of occurring somewhere in every climber’s life. Importantly, we’ve […]
So it’s here… it’s winter and although Christmas is around the corner for most of us “tis the season to be training”. Maintaining motivation during a season of training is one of the most important factors in progressing. So what can we do to stay psyched? Setting training goals is a great way to stay focused, […]
Interview by Tom Randall “This interview was carried out as the result of a Facebook Messenger conversation – it was one of those days where I realised how psyched the person I was chatting to was and I couldn’t let the opportunity pass to get that down on paper! I’ve known Iggi through our […]
