Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing

Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing

Hosted by: Mercedes Pollmeier & Katja Dove

Welcome to Modus Cafe. Join us for fun, light-hearted, and educational conversations around training, athletic longevity, and the human side of climbing. Hosted by Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach, Mercedes...

Episodes

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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11. One Key Element To Climbing Training: Consistency

You don't need a fancy training program to get better at climbing. But what you do need is consistency. In this podcast, we cover tips on being more consistent as a busy human, and common pitfalls that you can...
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10. More About Our Training Membership

In this episode, we talk about everything you can expect from our climbing training membership. Training can be overwhelming, if you're new or even if you're a seasoned climber. And we know it can be hard to get...
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9. Successful Goal Setting For Next Year's Climbing

Goals setting doesn't have to be an overwhelming or complex thing to do. New Year's resolutions also get a bad wrap. So in this episode, we are going to approach goal setting together to help us get motivated, align...
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8. Four Breathing Techniques For Better Climbing

In today's podcast, Katja covers 4 breathing techniques you can add to your training or projecting days to see a change in energy and performance. The four breathing patterns we talk about: Pranayama, physiological...
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7. Bad Habits To Avoid When Starting Training

There are many misconceptions about climbing training, especially if you are new to training. Some misconceptions are that you will automatically develop a routine if you start a program, or you start to believe in a...
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6. How to prepare yourself for your first session of training

Starting a training program can feel very overwhelming for a new trainee. You might feel very excited and overwhelmed at the same time. New trainees and climbers might not know how to use the equipment at the gym, or...
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5. Beginner Hangboarding; Here's How To Start

Generally, there needs to be more education around hangboarding, if beginners should hangboard, and how to approach hangboarding if you're new to training. In this podcast, we will discuss how to start hangboarding as...
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4. When Should You Start Training?

This podcast revolves around reframing "When should I start training?" to "When is an optimal time to start training?" It also delves into the concept of climbing training, emphasizing that it doesn't have to be an...
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1. Five Simple Ways To Improve Your Training Session

We share 5 simple tactics to improve your next climbing session. If you feel tired, sore, have low motivation, or maybe you're just looking for a good boost, check out this episode to feel great in your next...
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3. Fear In Relation To Confidence

In this episode we redefine what fear is, how fear helps us, how it can hold us back, and the top two tips of how to manage fear in climbing. Join our family of 3500 subscribers for weekly articles and updates...
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