Holiday Training Bundle – 35% Off Workshops

This season we’re bringing you more holiday bundles that you can purchase as gifts or just for yourself. We’ve bundled Alex’s TRX, Hangboarding, and Skills & Drills Workshops into one tidy package for $97, which is 35% off the original price.

You can find more info about all of the workshops and purchase them at the link below.

Tactics for Sending Long Pumpy Routes

In this episode, I talk with Coach Alex Stiger about the tactics she used to send Silky Smooth, 5.13c (8a+) in the Red River Gorge last week without training endurance beforehand. She went into the trip feeling like she had low endurance, in fact, but she used specific tactics to send the route in 7 sessions.

There are a lot of little tips and tricks in this episode, and so many observations that Alex has made over the years about endurance climbing, including:

• Maintaining Composure
• Breathing
• Pump Management
• Nailing Sequences instead of Winging It
• Eliminating Fear
• Managing Discomforts
• Increasing Confidence
• Having Patience with the Process
• Dealing with Cold Weather Climbing
• Eating for Cold Weather Pumpy Climbing

We actually spent quite a bit of time talking about making climbing in the cold more tolerable, so if you’re a cold-a-phobe like I used to be, this is a good one to listen to!

I learned some things from this episode, and Alex is really good at calling out issues and then making very relatable, useful suggestions that you can put into practice right away.

Show Links

• Get Alex’s Holiday Workshop Bundle
• Get the Route Climbing Program Holiday Discount
• Get the Bouldering Program Holiday Discount
• Work with Alex as your coach
• Work on your nutrition with Neely
• Have questions? Email alex@trainingbeta.com or neely@trainingbeta.com

Photo Credit

Photo of Matthias Schiestl climbing on Pure Imagination 5.14c (8c+) in the Red River Gorge by Edwin Teran @edwinteran

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