BONUS: Charlie Manganiello
September 24, 2020
Charlie Manganiello has been coaching with Climb Strong for seven years and now heads the Elemental Strength program in Lander, WY. We talked about focusing all of your energy on one thing, misconceptions about deadlifting, maintenance strength training, Charlie’s go-to hangboard protocol, why climbing is important, and keeping things in perspective. You can learn more about Charlie at www.climbstrongcoach.com
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Follow-Ups:
thenuggetclimbing.com/follow-ups
Resources:
Logical Progression - Second Edition
The Climb Strong Deadlift Manual
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
Matthew Walker on Joe Rogan’s podcast (available on all the podcast apps)
Charlie’s Bottoms-up Turkish Getup video (with glass of water)
Hip mobility exercises - Climb Strong
About Charlie:
Nuggets:
1:28 – Breakfast
2:32 – Early strength training, transitioning from multisport athlete to focused climber, and taking things “all the way”
10:07 – Outliers, and asking ourselves “how good could I be if I focused all my energy on one thing”
11:24 – stated goals vs. action, and the coaches role
12:24 – Cushy sport climbing
14:02 – How Charlie’s early strength training translated to climbing
15:49 – Cross pollinated athletes, the 75/25 rule, and being “strong enough”
18:24 – The benefits of going deep into strength training, “it’s not bodybuilding”, and the myth of gaining mass
20:37 – Connective tissue adaptation, motor recruitment, and becoming a more functional human
21:26 – Balancing the pull with the push
23:07 – Deadlifting, running, and learning through experience
27:05 – Treating your recovery like a workout, and watching climbing videos
29:00 – Deadlifting 400 lbs
32:40 – Charlie’s strength maintenance routine
34:08 – Misconceptions about the deadlift, magic bullets, and the posterior chain
38:17 – Deadlift numbers to shoot for, and the line between strength training for climbing vs. becoming a strength athlete
42:13 – Using the weight room to stay in the game
44:40 – Low hanging fruit: a few simple ways to climb harder (and why strength isn’t everything)
47:45 – “Train general to improve specific.”
49:15 – Increasing the push for healthy shoulders and a stronger pull
50:50 – Mobility
51:34 – Lower body explosiveness, and foot-on campus doubles
54:43 – Unilateral lower-body training
55:35 – The Bottoms-up Turkish Getup (with a glass of water balanced on top)
58:52 – The ideal vs. working with what you have
1:00:40 – Carryover from crushing grip strength to climbing?
1:03:01 – Charlie’s go-to hangboard protocol
1:06:20 – Charlie’s thoughts on 7:13 repeaters and when to do them
1:07:21 – “You’re either training or you’re performing. You can’t do both.”
1:08:47 – Strength maintenance at the end of a performance day
1:09:33 – “Climbing is really important to people.”
1:10:59 – Keeping climbing in perspective, but not letting go of it completely
1:15:33 – Self-talk, lessons from golf, and putting our negativity away
1:17:38 – “This is where I’m at.”