Are you preparing for a trip to Hueco Tanks? Whether that trip is coming up in a month or sometime in your future dreams, this episode will help you know what to train, how long in advance to train, and what other preparations you can make to have a successful trip to this magical sandstone bouldering area.
In this episode, we talked about the following:
- Who this episode is for
- Minimum amount of time you need to prepare for a bouldering trip
- Challenge of talking about this in general terms
- What Matt is focusing on now in preparation for his trip to Hueco in January
- Hard projecting or lots of boulders on your trip?
- How to prepare for a more grueling climbing schedule on a trip
- How to train in the gym for Hueco
- Injury prevention for Hueco specifically
- Training for stand-out or extreme holds/body positions
- Matt’s training schedule every week until his trip
Matt will be doing a couple more episodes on specific climbing areas to help you have a successful trip. Most likely he’ll be talking about the Red River Gorge and Wild Iris, but let us know if you have suggestions!
Show Links
- Performance Bouldering Training Program ($18/mo with a 7-day free trial)
- Performance Route Climbing Training Subscription Program ($18/mo with 7-day free trial)
- Train with Coach Matt Pincus
Try the Performance Route Climbing Training Subscription Program
If you want Matt to help you with your route climbing goals, he created an extensively detailed route training program that will help you gain strength, endurance, and work capacity so you can climb harder routes, get less pumped, and have more deliberate training sessions. There are 3 levels of the program with 50 days of training in each of them – that’s 3-6 months of training written out for you step by step.
The program is $18 per month and you can try it out for free for 7 days and cancel any time.
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