EP 36: Climb Strong Team
September 21, 2020
This is a mashup episode from the 2020 Climb Strong Training Camp. We talked about hangboard training, strength as a skill, climbing performance, takeaways from the training camp, and lessons learned from coaching athletes. You can learn more about the team at www.climbstrongcoach.com
Featuring: Chrissy Vadovszki, Jonathan Siegrist, Ken Klein, Carly Cain, Alex Bridgewater, Kathryn Perkinson, Charlie Manganiello, and Amanda Sempert.
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Stitcher, Google Podcasts
Check out other episodes with the Climb Strong Team:
Full Interview: Alex Bridgewater (Sept 22, 2020)
Full Interview: Charlie Manganiello (Sept 24, 2020)
Follow-Up: Ken Klein (May 13, 2021)
Patreon:
Follow-Ups:
thenuggetclimbing.com/follow-ups
Recourses:
Training Beta EP 108: Tyler Nelson on Blood Flow Restriction Training
Tim Ferriss EP 236: Art De Vany
Hardstyle Plank video (starts at 1:54)
Hardstyle training article from Strong First
Kettlebell Press video (starts at 3:04)
The Quick and the Dead by Pavel Tsatsouline
Climb Strong Team:
Social Links:
Nuggets:
[Chrissy Vadovszki]
1:37 – Introduction
1:50 – Getting the team together and refreshing principles
3:32 – Strength is safety, “the strongest person isn’t the best climber”, and prioritizing sending
6:17 – Reflecting on the redpoint process, lessons from listening to Jonathan, and the vulnerability of second-tier projects
8:41 – Definition of Second Tier routes
9:21 – Paired exercises, and stoking the fire
10:27 – Chrissy’s take on the value for participants
[Jonathan Siegrist]
12:13 – Introduction
12:35 – Jonathan’s mountain biking crash, shoulder injury, and recovery
19:04 – The goal is to clip chains, losing the plot, and getting to 100% try hard
22:35 – Stacking the odds in his favor, some of Jonathan’s strategies for success, and removing pressure
24:31 – Jonathan’s takeaways from the weekend
[Ken Klein]
26:12 – Introduction
27:06 – Coffee for breakfast
29:09 – “Climbing is magic.”
30:57 – Why Ken thinks the word “impossible” gets used too much in climbing
33:07 – We all experience the same feeling, and the satisfaction of seeing people try hard
34:13 – Ken’s ‘perfect repeat’ drill he uses with newer climbers, and balancing repetition with trying harder moves
38:09 – The One-Touch drill
40:17 – Jonathan’s three-month breakdown
41:52 – Rock sense, and a reminder to do more rock climbing
44:16 – Hangboarding, 7:3, 7:13, and 6:10 repeaters, and max hangs
48:27 – Hold size and crimping on the hangboard
51:40 – Decreasing edge size vs. adding load
52:05 – Strength repeaters vs. max hangs, and the four-burner stove
54:59 – How Ken thinks about different fingerboard protocols depending on the climber and their goals
56:53 – “Three steps forward one step back.”
1:02:59 – Clarification about progressing hangboard sessions
1:04:28 – Owning the weight
[Carly Cain]
1:05:54 – Introduction
1:06:06 – Working with a 16-year-old girl at the training camp
1:08:31 – Getting more comfortable with failing
1:10:44 – Reframing
1:12:08 – Learning to love bouldering
1:13:05 – Life is a work in progress
1:14:38 – Rifle!
[Alex Bridgewater]
1:15:58 – Introduction
1:16:12 – One thing that holds us back, the importance of taking the steps, and pushing ourselves
1:18:47 – Social media, “can’t”, and confidence
1:19:48 – Carlo Traversi’s insight
1:20:47 – Positivity
1:22:14 – “Just go up there and try”, a becoming a better person
1:23:59 – “To the death.”
1:25:20 – Showing emotion, “Leave it up there”, and try hard
[Kathryn Perkinson]
1:27:37 – Introduction
1:27:47 – Coffee for breakfast (again), fresh-baked bread, and breakfast moves
1:28:40 – Moving to Lander, working with Steve as an athlete, and joining the coaching team
1:30:06 – Philosophy
1:30:43 – Participating in the training camp
1:32:02 – Managing a finger injury as a coach
1:33:02 – A helpful reminder
1:34:08 – “We are all far more capable and more powerful than we can imagine.”
1:35:35 – “Climb second-tier routes.”
[Charlie Manganiello]
1:36:43 – Introduction
1:37:03 – “Climbing is really important to people.”
1:38:29 – Keeping climbing in perspective, but not letting go of it completely
1:42:03 – Self-talk, lessons from golf, and putting our negativity away
1:45:08 – “This is where I’m at.”
[Amanda Sempert]
1:48:07 – Introduction
1:48:39 – Kettlebell press, tension techniques, and energy links
1:51:08 – Hardstyle plank
1:53:47 – Kettlebell press cues
1:56:23 – The zipup drill, and practicing tension
1:59:00 – The ‘Quicken The Dead’ program, and trying alactic training
[Outro]
2:01:37 – Gratitude, and how to support the podcast