Kris Hampton 11/10/22 Kris Hampton 11/10/22

Roy Quanstrom | Translating Movement Through Shaping and Setting

Kris sits down with shaper and setter Roy Quanstrom, of Tension Climbing to talk about his latest holds and more.

Nathan Drolet 11/5/22 Nathan Drolet 11/5/22

You Aren't Strong Without Strengths

As cool as assessments and standards are, they can easily leave people settling for “good enough” when they have the potential to do much more.

Kris Hampton 11/3/22 Kris Hampton 11/3/22

Eric Hörst | Growing Older, Stronger, Better

Eric Hörst chats about how some big life shifts – retirement, the success of his brand PhysiVantage, and becoming an empty nester – have impacted his climbing and training.

Nathan Drolet 10/27/22 Nathan Drolet 10/27/22

10 Steps to Better Pattern Recognition

Being able to quickly recognize familiar sequences is a crucial ingredient to harder climbing.

Kris Hampton 10/25/22 Kris Hampton 10/25/22

How to Climb Harder: What Data From Over 600 Climbers Tells Us

Climber performance metrics only tell a small part of a much more complex human story.

Kris Hampton 10/21/22 Kris Hampton 10/21/22

Taped Tips | Difficulties Should Be Desirable

The difficulties of a task should be such that they help the learner translate the skill to performance.

Nathan Drolet 10/20/22 Nathan Drolet 10/20/22

What One-Star Book Reviews Teach Us About Training

It’s far more comfortable for us to blame ignorance for our lack of progress than it is to blame our own efforts.

Kris Hampton 10/20/22 Kris Hampton 10/20/22

Board Meetings | Top Ways Climbers are Holding Themselves Back with The Average Climber Podcast

Kris and Nate are joined by Lauren and Caitlin of The Average Climber Podcast, to discuss some of the biggest ways climbers get in their own way.

Kris Hampton 10/19/22 Kris Hampton 10/19/22

Taped Tips | When Beta Isn't Better

You’re watching your client, student, partner, or bestie struggle. And you want to help. But how? It entirely depends on the goal.

Kris Hampton 10/18/22 Kris Hampton 10/18/22

Taped Tips | I Said What I S.A.I.D.

We think we know exactly what climbing looks like. We’ve zeroed in on the details. And in this case, it really isn’t those details that matter.

Kris Hampton 10/17/22 Kris Hampton 10/17/22

Taped Tips | Are You Always Performing?

Practice is adaptation. Performance is owning.

Nathan Drolet 10/12/22 Nathan Drolet 10/12/22

Ten Minutes to Trying Harder

Once you learn the power of good tactics it can be hard to step away from them.

Nathan Drolet 10/7/22 Nathan Drolet 10/7/22

The Biggest Red Flag of 2019/2022

Of all the people that I spoke with this year who were stuck in plateaus, many of them had the same thing in common: they climbed and trained alone.

Kris Hampton 10/6/22 Kris Hampton 10/6/22

Dale Wilson | Climbing Performance Metrics

How to use data to inform training decisions had been a topic of debate amongst the Power Company coaches for years, until Data Analyst, Dale Wilson, stepped in to settle the score once and for all.