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27. Belonging In Climbing Spaces
Do you ever feel like you don't belong in climbing spaces? Or maybe you don't quite feel like a "climber" yet? This episode explores cultural reasons why this happens and what you can do if you want to "belong."
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26. Climbing Training Burnout | Strategies For Success
If you ever feel heavy, like you're walking through mud with your training, or even having a hard time showing up at the gym, it could mean you are suffering from burnout.
This happens to most folks to devote time...
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25. Building a Stronger Climber | Steve Bechtel Training Series
Here is the second episode in our training series with Steve Bechtel. We discuss the importance of general strength training for climbers as well as across our human lifespan. We discuss exercise selection, bodyweight...
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24. How To Get Your First Pull Up
In this episode of Modus Cafe, Mercedes discusses the benefits of developing pull-up strength for climbers and non-climbers. She also covers the essential exercises to nail your pull-up and provides a pull-up program...
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23. Reframing Climbing Failure
In this episode, we discuss the impact of failure in the context of climbing. Failure is part of our beautiful sport, and as climbing coaches, we often see that failure can lead to feelings of inadequacy and...
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22. The Long Haul: Transforming Climbing Training Into A Lifestyle
This episode embraces long-term, consistent training as a transformative lifestyle choice. Discover why dedicating a minimum of three months to training is just the beginning of experiencing significant enhancements...
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21. How To Train Climbing Endurance | Steve Bechtel Training Series
In this limited series, we welcome Steve Bechtel from Climb Strong to discuss the main facets of climbing training. We'll cover Endurance, Strength, Power, Power Endurance, Recovery, and Program design.
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20. Are Climbing Grades Really That Useful?
In this podcast episode, we talked about the subjective nature of climbing grades. We question the reliability of the grading system, highlighting the variability among climbers and potential bias. As we know,...
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19. Athletic Longevity - Invest in yourself Now
Healthy humans make healthy climbers. At Modus, this is our focus when we train our athletes. Our goal is to help athletes feel good, and perform well. Listen to today's episode to see which areas we focus on, and we...
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18. Are You Stuck In A Plateau? Here's How To Overcome It
A plateau might not be what you think it is, but no matter what the definition is, if you feel stuck where you are at right now in your climbing, this podcast will help you understand where you can make changes, and...
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17. My Climbing Transformation | Katja's Story
Modus Coach Katja shares how she went from wanting to break into V6 to sending many V6's and climbing V7's in about 12 weeks working with Mercedes in her program, Modus Performance Training. She'll share some of how...
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16. Two Opportunities To Recover For Climbing
In this podcast, we got a little personal and talked briefly about what it was like living in Germany, and recent travels Mercedes did.
Then, we dove into the two best opportunities for recovery, so that you can climb...
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