TAPED TIPS | Surprising Ways To Optimize A Climbing Partnership
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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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TAPED TIPS | Is Working Weaknesses Holding Climbers Back?
From the very beginning of trying to improve at climbing, we’re told one thing: Work on your weaknesses.
I’ve probably said this a million times myself. But I’ve also paid attention to what happens as a result of that type of instruction. And what happens is: we end up in this constant cycle of trying to determine what our weaknesses are and fix them.
But there's a big problem with this line of thinking...
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TAPED TIPS | The Reason Climbers Get Stuck: How To Avoid Plateaus
Years ago I was working on what would turn out to be my longest-ever project, Swingline, the first 13d I’d ever tried. I had spent parts of several seasons on it, my fitness was at an all-time high, and I had done all of the obvious links.
But I couldn’t break through. The only thing left to do was send, but it just wasn’t happening.
I wasn’t being honest. I was telling myself a story – like we all do – and that story is often false.
So I finally asked myself the question...
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REMIX: FAILURE
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TAPED TIPS | How Good Tactics Can Be Bad For Your Climbing
Employing good tactics is something all climbers should do, but there is a point at which continuing a tactical approach can slow your climbing gains.
That is, unless you make sure you don't skip this step...
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TAPED TIPS | Boulder Harder With This Simple Stability Technique
In my coaching and consultations with climbers, it’s become pretty obvious that there are common bouldering grade plateaus at around V4, V6 or 7, and V9 or 10, and that the vast majority of stuck boulderers fall into these three ranges.
There is a single, relatively small skillset that can help climbers break through these common bouldering grade plateaus – or even avoid them altogether.
And it's a skill you're often rewarded for AVOIDING in the gym...
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ANALYZE AND IMPROVE YOUR MOVEMENT ➡️ https://link.powercompanyclimbing.com/podmove
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