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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.
In this...
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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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15. Effective Warm-Ups For Specific Climbing Sessions
Warming up is more than just increasing blood flow to your muscles. We cover some lesser-known topics and reasons for warming up. We even go into how to change the warm-up based on the session type, for example,...
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14. Strength Training For Every BODY | How To Tailor Strength Training To Your Needs
In this podcast, we talk about the importance of strength training for climbers, and cover in-depth the 5 fundamental movement patterns that you should focus on as a climber and human. We talk about where to start...
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13. Benefits Of Strength Training
At Modus, we LOVE strength training, and we program it for all of our clients and members. To explain further why we do this, we decided to do a series on the importance of strength training.
In thisĀ podcast, we...
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12. Resting Tactics On The Wall For Sport Climbing
Learn how to optimize your resting tactics and skills to stay on the wall longer. Resting on the wall is a skill; we cover the best way to start practicing this. For example, relaxing certain body parts, doing...
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