Recent Reviews

1. Rated 5 out of 5

   R. Artiles Uriarte – June 6, 2022

   My recently finished training plan in numbers:
   -Max weight pull-ups: 10% improvement
   -Open grip max hangs: 23% improvement*
   -Small edges: 6%*
   -Hip flexibility: 149 cm to 153.5 cm.

   Outdoor grades:
   -From projecting anti-style 7As to projecting anti-style 7Cs (and feeling within reach)
   -Anti-style 7As now go in a few tries.
   -7B/7B+ go in a pair of sessions.

   Notable improvements:

   -Fingerstrenght.
   -Technique.
   -Flexibility.

   ** The abnormal 23% improvement is most likely due to a very laid back first testing session, I think something between 15-20% might be more realistic. Similarly, both days doing testing on small edges were rather hot and humid (24C, 64% humidity), this perhaps had some effect on the results.

   To me, this sounds like a win!

2. Rated 5 out of 5

   Freddie – April 27, 2022

   To make it clear how great lattice plans have been for me this is the 3rd one I’ve had!

   I’m often recommending these guys to other climbers who may be struggling with eg finger strength or flexibility, or injuries, plateaus or whatever. If you’ve never had a training plan before, Lattice will identify the low hanging fruit and you’ll see rapid improvement. In my first plan my finger strength was identified as being well below average for climbers at my grade. I went from being able to hang a 20mm edge with bodyweight+12kg at the start of the plan, to +32kg at the end. After completing a fingerboarding plan, that figure went up again to +42kg. Finger strength is no longer a limiting factor in my climbing, and I’ve got popeye forearms to boot which is a nice little bonus!

   Workouts are loaded in to the app and I really like how you can plan your own week. Plenty of guidance is given as to what structure is sensible in training terms, such as completing antagonist conditioning before a climbing session. This lets you suit the workouts to your own needs while doing things in an optimal way.

   Like many others I am in the position of being obsessed with climbing, but I have a desk job as well and not as much free time as I’d like. When I’m not at work I want to be climbing or training. I don’t have much time to read the literature or compile a database of climbing performance metrics. These plans represent brilliant value for money! The lattice guys really know their stuff from years of research, and the coaches themselves are super strong climbers. All 3 times I’ve had a plan, I’ve seen an improvement in my grade and, more importantly, enjoyment in climbing as I feel light as a bird and injury free.

   Keep up the great work Lattice!

3. Rated 5 out of 5

   Abdulrahman Abughazala – February 14, 2022

   I started the plan in December with hopes of getting to a performance phase by February. I was not dissapointed one bit. 6 weeks in i went from not hanging on 7mm to doing pullups x3 on it. I was able to hang on monos. My endurnace and power never felt better. I went on my trip and felt really great on an 8a as well as finished a 7b and 7b+. The plan works if you stick to it mo matter how little.

4. Rated 1 out of 5

   Rouven – January 31, 2022

   I recently completed the 12 month bouldering plan. At first I was quite euphoric. The communication with the coach was very nice.

   But basically, I also found something sobering when I met other people who train according to the Latticeplan. The actual personalized plan was very similar to the others and also extremely similar to the plans available on Crimpd+. For me, it unfortunately felt like the plan was less tailored to me or the others, and much more customized to the app.

   However, it is a good thing to get a structure in the individual bouldering sessions, instead of always going to the hall and climbing random bouldering. In total, the results after the 12 weeks were rather moderate. Of course, the plan is not a miracle cure. But compared to the input for a training plan that you get for 10% of the money from Crimpd+ or for a bit more from a climbing training book, honestly I would not invest the money for a plan “tailored” to me again.

   However, after the 12 weeks I am disappointed. I strictly followed the plan but didn’t always use the app to do the exercises or track every little exercise. The results after 12 weeks were not so great. It’s hard to say what the reason is. Not quite understandable for me was why you train 6 weeks Power Endurance and then 6 weeks no more, no tapering etc. and for example the unit Press and Row is trained only 3 times in 12 weeks.

   • Tom Randall – April 4, 2022

     Hi Rouven, thanks for your feedback – I know that we’ve communicated via email separately – but I think it’s value for others who may read our reviews to also see what I write in public reply to your review… apologies for the slightly doubling up of work here!

     Personalisation: I want to put your mind at rest here that every single plan is built from scratch (literally it’s a blank sheet with zero sessions, zero periodisation) by our coaches and that if you found similarities with others, it’s often down to things like us using 3:1 mesocycles as standard work blocks (our gold standard) or with new clients we’ll often introduce them to fingerboard sessions via similar ramp-up methods. Again, this is simply because we’ve found the things that produce the best results with the lowest risk to injury so we’re loathed to ‘play around’ too much with a new client on the very first training block.

     12 week training results: it sounds like you didn’t hit the expectations you had within that time period, which I’ll always try and explain to athletes is something to keep an open mind on, because ultimately everyone responds a little differently! Even here at Lattice, we’re totally blown away by the results of some clients, and it’s not always ‘making sense’ but we do know that in the long run things tend to even out…. Mainly because training and athletic development is a long game. It’s definitely a hard balance for us to find at Lattice with our motivation and marketing because we want to find a mid-point for providing inspiration to others that such great things are possible, but also that sometimes it’s a good old hard slog to get where you want to go.

     I wish you the very best with your climbing and training and hopefully we’ll catch up at a crag sometime in the future 🙂

     Tom R