Ep. 7 - Developing Strength for Bouldering

Has your motivation hit an all time low? Well, you're not alone. In this episode I try to inspire you to action, even if it's just the bare minimum.

How to train technique? What does it entail and how do you train it? I’ll be dividing this episode in 3 chapters: -  Mental Approach -  Specific bouldering Skills -  Technique Intuition

I thought I’d record an episode on one of my favourite bouldering and specifically dynamic moves, the double dyno. I’ll be getting into some general guidelines and additional tips to perfect your double dyno.  This episode will be divided in  4 chapters 1.  Upper Body (Objectives and methods) 2.  Lower Body  (Objectives and methods) 3.  Timing 4.  The Mental Game (Before, during and after an attempt)

In this episode I'll be discussing finger strength for beginners. This episode will be most useful to people climbing for less than a year and a half. If you're more experienced than that you might get some new insights in the different grip types, antagonist training or upper body strength parts of the episode. Feel free to contact me at @boldbouldering on instagram.

In today’s episode I’ll be providing an approach to developing raw strength. I’ll try to answer the following question, How do you develop muscles that are capable of pulling your body weight up the wall? This episode will be a bit shorter, aiming to provide a shot of knowledge and motivation to get you started on a quarantine streght training program. That way we’ll all return stronger and more powerful once the gyms open up again. 

More and more climbers across the globe are being affected by quarantines. Gyms and outdoor areas are closing down right left and center. And no one really knows how long the covid-19 pandemic is going to last. What we can predict at this moment is that things are going to get worse in the coming weeks, and we should all do our best to limit the damage. So, how do we deal with this as climbers? A lot of us have training plans and goals we want to reach, some might have even planned a bouldering trip.

Todays episode will be different from previous ones, instead of covering a subject regarding training for bouldering, I will be covering the life of a legend. John Gill, the master of rock. The man who personally introduced bouldering in the United States.

The fear of failure, an omnipresent phenomenon that seems to haunt not only climbers but humans in general. And maybe even the odd cat or dog. It’s a subject that I personally have some experience with. as a climber I felt it recently when getting back on the wall after resting for a whole month due to an injury. And today I’m feeling it when trying to write the script for this episode. Where does this fear come from and how can we deal with it?

It’s valentine’s day today and even though it’s mostly a capitalistic ploy to get you to buy gifts for your loved ones. I do hope that you feel loved today,  but we won’t be talking about that. Today’s topic is Optimizing rest, which you could call a form of self love. This is part one in a series of episodes on resting and recovery.  In this shorter episode, I’ll tackle the magical 2 hour period after your workout.  And how by doing and eating the right things in these 2 hours you can speed up your recovery by around 50 percent. Does that tickle your interest?

In todays episode we’ll be tackling an often forgotten and sometimes suddenly needed topic, skincare. You might think its hard to fill 20 minutes with interesting information on skincare, but this seemingly small subject can influence your bouldering more than you might imagine.