The Power Company Climbing Podcast

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Saying "take" or letting go isn't always a bad thing, but when used at the wrong time, can dramatically increase the time you need to send hard climbing projects, whether bouldering or sport climbing.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 | Why Saying Take is a Performance Bottleneck
11:50 | Symptoms: Are You Getting it Right?
22:05 | When to Say Take
35:25 | When NOT to Say Take
52:47 | Solutions

#climbingtraining #climbbetter #climbstronger DISCLAIMER: Climbing and training for climbing is inherently dangerous. Anything you do is at your own risk and Power Company Climbing and our coaches takes no responsibility.

The future of climbing difficulty isn't only about the size of holds or the distance between them. In fact, that's rarely what changes things. It's more about the climbers and their skills.

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DISCLAIMER: Climbing and training for climbing is inherently dangerous. Anything you do is at your own risk and Power Company Climbing and our coaches takes no responsibility.

In Part 1 of this series exploring the most common performance bottlenecks in climbing, Kris and Nate sit down to discuss how not spending enough time outside can have a massive impact on hard you climb.

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In an ideal world, we'd value climbing training methods based on how well they actually work, but that's not reality. Instead, climbing training goes in trends. What that means is that we both overrate and underrate various methods. In this episode, Nate and Kris discuss their top most overrated training methods.

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Drills aren't the only way to improve your climbing movement skill and technique. In fact, there's a much simpler way. This is Part 4 of 4 videos detailing the simplest effective way to train for climbing. In this video, we cover the Explore session.

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In an ideal world, we'd value climbing training methods based on how well they actually work, but like it or not, climbing training goes in trends. What that means is that we both overrate and underrate various methods. In this episode, Nate and Kris discuss their top most underrated training methods.

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Effective doesn't need to be complicated. This is Part 3 of 4 videos detailing the simplest effective way to train for climbing. In this video, we cover the Do More session.

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Effective doesn't need to be complicated. This is Part 2 of 4 videos detailing the simplest effective way to train for climbing. In this video, we cover the Go Hard session.

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"Mining By Moonlight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Like it or not, grades are a part of climbing, and I've recently been exploring how to have a good relationship with them. In that exploration, I've decided on a range that I believe any given grade represents.

But to stress test that range, I wanted to talk to someone who is an above average climber with an above average resume, spends a considerable amount of time thinking about this subject, AND who ISN’T the height of an average male like I am.

One person really stood above the others – pun intended. Juliet Hammer. She’s a coach, crusher, has been doing experiments concerning indoor grades and working on a resource for how to engage with grades.

And she’s just shy of 5 feet tall. Perfect.

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Most "simple" training plans are actually fairly complicated when compared to the basics of how to improve at climbing. But they don't need to be. This might be the simplest - and still effective - training plan for climbers of pretty much all levels.

When climbers work a project, the process often goes straight from beta discovery to dialing in microbeta. This isn't wrong, but might be missing some important pieces.

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"Bass Vibes"
"Bass Walker"
"Rollin at 5"
"String Impromptu Number 1"
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This is by far the most common movement error I see made by advanced climbers, and is one of the biggest differences between advanced and elite climbers.

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We're regularly told that chasing grades in climbing is bad, but what does it even mean? Is it actually all that negative? Or is there a more nuanced take that makes more sense in reality?

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When your partner claims a hold is a jug and you KNOW that it isn't, is it possible that you're both wrong? And both right? Science says that is common, and it has big implications for how we consider climbing grades and how we think about progress.

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"Sneaky Adventure" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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DISCLAIMER: Climbing and training for climbing is inherently dangerous. Anything you do is at your own risk and Power Company Climbing and our coaches takes no responsibility.

There's no shortage of debate about the climbing grade scales, but one simple perspective shift can solve many of the issues you might have.

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Investigations by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The climbing grade pyramid is old, outdated, and maybe actually right on the money. In this episode we reexamine it and find a new way to see climbing grades that might just be a boost to your progression.

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Switching back and forth between sport climbing and bouldering can be difficult, and it's not simply because of strength and power or endurance.

It's not about ropes versus pads.

The reason is a little more hidden, but simple to address...

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Going from bouldering to sport climbing? Watch THIS next!

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Part of the Alex Megos lore is:

"There are no bad conditions, only weakness."

We all knew it wasn't true, and even Alex came clean to me about it, but he may have actually been right – at least when it comes to progression.

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With the popularity of physical training, it's easy to overlook the fact that without the necessary shifts in mindset, we are rarely in a position to take advantage of what we're physically capable of.

In this episode, Kris and Nate discuss the shifts they had to make in order to climb their first V10 boulders.

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While things like finger strength, power, and technique are incredibly important for climbing harder, partners have the potential to make or break nearly every performance.

What's more, there are a few surprising aspects about being a good partner that we might not be considering – aspects that have the power to supercharge a partnership.

In this episode, Kris talks with coach Kyle O'Meara and alumni Sylvie Cressman about their time at The Climbing Academy, and what they learned about the importance of being both selfish and selfless.

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