EP 282: Kerwin Loukusa
September 1, 2025
Kerwin Loukusa lives in Leavenworth, WA, and sent his first V12 and V13 last year while juggling a full-time job, wife, and two young kids. We talked about how he improved his flexibility to send the Freerider in Yosemite, bouldering after having kids, home wall training, the key to building persistent strength, bodyweight manipulation, energy availability, beginner's mind, feeling vs. analysing, weather forecasting hacks, how dew point affects climbing conditions, and much more. A lot of nuggets in this one.
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Nuggets:
00:00:00 – Intro
00:01:05 – Flexibility journey
00:08:08 – Identifying limiting factors
00:10:38 – Stemming flexibility continued
00:16:39 – Freerider & Father TIme
00:24:15 – Bouldering after kids
00:26:56 – Mountain running & cardio
00:40:00 – Leveling up to V12 and V13
00:48:07 – Home wall training
01:09:54 – Off-the-wall training
01:11:28 – Building persistent strength
01:16:45 – Pillars 1-3: Proximetry, Rest, & Nutrition
01:32:23 – Know yourself
01:35:06 – Bodyweight & energy availability
01:48:13 – Pillar 4: Mindset
02:01:35 – Slingblade V13
02:10:03 – An obsessive brain
02:14:25 – Obstacles & growth
02:20:43 – Don’t get injured
02:23:42 – Slow & steady gains
02:32:46 – Ease into it
02:37:32 – Intuition & beta iteration
02:45:09 – Beginner's mind
02:50:39 – Feeling vs. analyzing
02:54:26 – Power spots
03:00:30 – Weather forecasting
03:18:03 – Dew point
03:22:43 – Cold rock
03:26:36 – Morning climbing
03:38:36 – Upcoming goals
03:40:50 – Mentorship & stewardship
03:46:18 – Public vs. private land