Jacob Carr
Hang Fire
Tags: beginner training, Hang Fire, home training, Jacob Carr, Level 1, Route Climbing
by Jacob Carr Training programs, like a lot of things, are important to keep you on track to stay in line with your goals. They work a lot better than going to the gym and doing 20 minutes of abs, a few hangs, and then chatting with your friends in the bouldering gym. Not that…
Velocity Loss Training
Tags: climbing training, Jacob Carr, Planning, Strength, Velocity, Velocity loss training
by Jacob Carr Strength training takes time and effort. And when training pure strength, it can be taxing on the nervous system. What if there was a way to decrease your feelings of fatigue and increase your training efficiency? New research has come out that describes a way to do just that. By paying attention…
Get Strong Using Reps In Reserve
Tags: Jacob Carr, Planning, Reps in Reserve, Strength
by Jacob Carr When thinking about our strength workouts, we often aim for a specific rep range or rate of perceived exertion (RPE) at a specific load. This is a tried and true method of strength training, and when put into practice can produce great strength results. I recently had an athlete struggling to make…
Catch 22
Tags: Catch 22, Jacob Carr, Planning, planning and progression
by Jacob Carr At the age of 49, 6 days before his 50th birthday, Kelly Slater won the Pipeline Pro with a performance well above his competitors. His performance wasn’t necessarily amazing because of the way he surfed, but how he surfed. His tactics, his positioning, his poise was still head and shoulders above his…