Training
Kill One Exercise, Learn One Exercise, and Pick One To Maximize
Tags: Motivation, Steve Bechtel, Strength, Training
By Steve Bechtel Routine can be comforting, but it can kill our motivation. Things get boring. We don’t push. Routine can also kill our progress physically, because the stimulus being delivered to the body isn’t novel enough (in movement type, load, speed, etc.) to make the muscles adapt any further. With this in mind,…
Velocity-Based Training is Really a Thing
Tags: Motivation, Steve Bechtel, Strength, Training
By Steve Bechtel There are a lot of ways to make yourself stronger, and part of the path of an athlete is to explore these. Most of us start out weight training in a class or with a trainer, and we spend most of our time doing basic movements to the point where the…
Timed Strength
Tags: Motivation, Planning, Steve Bechtel, Training
By Steve Bechtel Stuck? Try This Small Change To Your Strength Program This almost sounds like clickbait, and if that’s how you got here, thanks for reading. I’m not trying to deceive you or sell you anything…I just want to share a tactic that most of us have never tried and that works well…
Ready, Set, Train
Tags: Motivation, Planning, Steve Bechtel, Training
Ready, Set, Train…Getting Ready for Winter Training By Steve Bechtel Most of us ramp up to training with some amount of reluctance. If we had it our way, October would be ten weeks long and crisp and cool the whole time. But at some point the pockets start dripping or the approach gets snowed…
3-Deep
Tags: Motivation, Planning, Steve Bechtel, Training
By Steve Bechtel There are really only a couple of things that are totally essential to progress in sport. They are effort and consistency. Sure, you need some basic skills, and feedback, and whatnot, but these things come more naturally if we are continuing to show up for training. When it comes to method,…
One Piece At A Time
Tags: Motivation, Planning, Steve Bechtel, Training
By Steve Bechtel When we think about strength training in the weight room, most of us go to the “big” lifts: squats, bench press, pull-ups, and deadlifts. This isn’t wrong. A program built around these exercises can help you build tremendous strength and durability, but it’s easy to see that these aren’t exactly climbing-like movements….
No Days Off
Tags: Motivation, Planning, Steve Bechtel, Training
By Steve Bechtel It seems like we all have defaults when it comes to exercise and training. Some of us just can’t get enough, and sneak in a hard workout at every opportunity. Others want to do just enough to still do the sport, but want to invest their time elsewhere. There are issues at…
Why and How We Train the Core
Tags: core, Motivation, Planning, Steve Bechtel, tension
By Steve Bechtel It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of “abs” in a workout, but I’m not a fan of not having a strong midsection, either. Confused? Me too. The core musculature can, and should, include about anything that is attached to the hips. We include: The rectus abdominis The transversus abdominis…
Execution Volume 3: The Path to Being The Best Climber You Can Be
Tags: climbing training, execution, Goal Setting, Jacob Carr, Planning, Scheduling, Strength
by Jacob Carr Action. This Is The Way. Now that you have a framework on how to attack a project-level route and a way to practice execution in the gym you can now put them into practice and allow yourself to perform on the rock. You can act on what you want. You…
Once More Unto The Breach
Tags: Aging, Motivation, Planning, Steve Bechtel
By Steve Bechtel The last thing I want to think about again today is getting older. I don’t really like to talk about it and I certainly don’t like doing it. But for me, and probably for you, the worse alternative is getting old quickly. As I look at the people I grew up with,…
Fundamentals Of Drill Sessions
Tags: Alex Bridgewater, Performance, Planning, Visualization
By Alex Bridgewater I work with an athlete that has had some recurring issues with his fingers. He is a strong boulderer and despite his efforts to keep his fingers up to snuff, he often would develop some sort of joint inflammation that would set him back. For a while we would drop back on…
Hard To Kill
Tags: climbing training, execution, Strength, Ty Vineyard
by Ty Vineyard Your fitness may be the difference between failure and success, or even life and death. Many do not think about this, even athletes who consistently train. SOF Operators, mountain guides, firefighters, and many other professionals highlight the importance of being “hard to kill.” Consistently operating in high consequence environments demands an approach…