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39. Which Rep Range To Use For Strength Training
Let's talk about strength training! What does that mean in terms of reps? What about intensity? Join us in today's episode to learn the science behind it, and what it means to train for endurance vs strength endurance...
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38. Deadlifting: Why It's The Most Efficient Exercise
Deadlifting can be overwhelming and complicated to learn, but once you have the technique dialed in, this exercise can greatly improve the strength and health of a climber's body.
Join us for this podcast as we cover...
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37. How To Train Power Endurance | Steve Bechtel
Continuing on this training series with Steve Bechtel, we cover power endurance.
This energy system is the sexy one, the one that everyone wants to train. But the system can also lag behind, be misused, and lead to...
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36. Climbing Nutrition Misconceptions | Amanda Fitt
In this episode, Amanda Fit joins us to chat nutrition for climbers.
Nutrition is always a difficult topic because it's so heavily based on individual needs.
But in this episode, Amanda covers some general ideas for...
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35. Aging And The Joys Of Climbing Coaching | It's Mercedes' Birthday!
It's Mercedes' birthday! In this episode, coach Katja asks Mercedes about more personal questions and what it's like being a coach. This is a great one if you wanna get to know Coach Mercedes a little better...
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34. Is Outdoor Climbing Harder Than Indoors?
When you switch from indoor to outdoor climbing, your approach will likely change. Most people "feel" that outdoor climbing is harder. Climbers sometimes feel frustrated with their efforts outdoors, scared, and...
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33. How To Train Climbing Power | Steve Bechtel Training Series
Do you feel slow or static on most climbing moves or steer clear of dynamic moves? It might be a telltale sign of insufficient power if you're avoiding dynamic movement like the plague. In this podcast, we're joined...
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32. Why we choose NOT to climb hard
You don't have to project or climb your limit to climb hard in your sessions. In this podcast, we redefine what trying hard means, and it looks different depending on the session.
Mercedes shares a bit about her...
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31. The Everyday Climbing Hero - Special Guest Alissa DeBernardo
Our special guest today shares her experience as a mom, training with little time, while in her fifties! She is seeing progress and finds joy in her training. Join us today as she shares her tips for training and how...
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30. Two Climbing Drills For maximum Impovement
At Modus, we love drills, and we do many of them! But we thought we would share two drills that are our favorite and our go-tos if you have minimal time or have a tough time deciding what you need to focus on.
If you...
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29. Specific Climbing Training | Steve Bechtel Training Series
Join Coach Merc & Katja from Modus Athletica and climbing coach Steve Bechtel from Climb Strong in an in-depth conversation on Specific Training for Climbing.
We cover more nuanced climbing training topics,...
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28. Identifying Your Ego In Climbing | How It Holds You Back
There are subtle ways our ego can creep into our climbing sessions, especially when we are in "training" mode. This podcast discusses signs of ego, how we sabotage ourselves without knowing it, and how we avoid...
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