Skills and Drills Workshop October 25th

On October 25th, Coach Alex will be hosting a live, updated workshop all about using on-the-wall skill drills to improve your climbing. She’ll go over 23+ drills via zoom where she’ll use videos to describe how to do them, and why and when you’d do them during your sessions.

She’ll then do another presentation on November 1st where she’ll analyze climbing technique using videos of her clients climbing.

Then you’ll have 3 months of access to everything from the workshop in a Teachable portal so you can implement these skill drills into your routine.

If you sign up by Friday, October 21st, you’ll be automatically entered to win an hour consultation with Alex, which is normally $125. The workshop is $75, and if you can’t make it to the live event, it’s ok because you’ll get recordings of the zoom calls along with everything else in the Teachable portal.

How to Assess and Improve Your Skill Set in Climbing

In the episode, I talk with Coach Alex Stiger about how she assesses her clients’ and her own skill level and then how she helps her clients (and herself) improve upon it with drills and objective learning.

This is a big one, and I walked away from this conversation sort of blown away by how much I’ve been missing in my climbing training all these years. There’s SO MUCH more I could’ve been doing this whole time to make improvements where hangboarding or other strength training just can’t help.

We go over in depth how Alex first analyzes her clients’ technique, skills, overall usage of their bodies, and tactics. She describes how she quantifies everything to make it less nebulous and more objective, and then creates drills to see objective improvements going forward.

We then talk about 7 experiences Alex has had while climbing outside that have led her to change her tactics, improve her skills, and be able to practice all of it further in the gym and outdoors.

I really hope you listen to this because whether you’re a 5.8 or a 5.14 climber, you will likely learn something and maybe even be inspired like I am to start incorporating this stuff into your own routines.

Episode Details

• How training actually held her back from climbing well in the beginning
• Her repeating climbs until they feel “good” has helped her
• How Alex assesses skills and technique in clients
• Key things to focus on with your feet, hips, arms, and hands
• Why practicing basics is so important
• How much of your climbing should be spent trying hard vs. gaining mastery
• How climbing in Font drastically improved her footwork and overall climbing ability
• How resting less can help you send hard routes
• How she gets herself to climb faster while still having good technique
• How being injured has actually expanded her skill set
• How to cultivate using momentum instead of raw strength/power

Show Links

• Do Alex’s Workshop on Skill Building
• Work with Alex as your coach
• Work on your nutrition with Neely
• Have questions? Email alex@trainingbeta.com or neely@trainingbeta.com

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