Training and performance podcasts by Eric Hörst, the internationally renowned author, researcher, climbing coach, and climber of 40 years. Monthly podcasts detail the latest training techniques to improve strength, power, endurance, as well as mental and technical skills. With his unique combination of veteran experience and knowledge of the cutting-edge research, Eric presents practical, effective guidelines to climb harder, reduce injury risk, and maximize the experience of moving over stone.
Eric is one of the world’s most knowledge climbing coaches and his eight books (and many foreign translations) have sold more than 300,000 copies worldwide. His latest book release is the 3rd edition of Training For Climbing. Learn more at: http://www.trainingforclimbing.com
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#106: Biohacks and Blood Work to Support Climbing Performance
jeudi 3 octobre 2024 • Durée 20:01
This 20-minute flash episode will delve briefly into two topics:
1. Popular training biohacks, including sauna use, cold plunge, and intermittent fasting.
2. The value of getting an occasional blood work-up to monitor how your health and performance-related biometrics change as a result of diet, training, and aging.
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#104: Tips for Raising Happy, Healthy Climbing Kids
mardi 10 septembre 2024 • Durée 14:44
In this Flash episode, I'm going to talk briefly about raising happy, healthy kids with a passion for climbing!
There's no "right" way to raise kid climbers...but I'm going to share the approach that my wife and I used to develop well-rounded kids who, today as young adults (ages 22 and 24), love climbing more than ever!
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#103: Online vs. In-Person Coaching & How Training Has Changed in the Last 40 Years
mercredi 4 septembre 2024 • Durée 19:36
This month, I'm serving up multiple "Flash Episodes" of the T4C podcast -- released weekly -- that you can consume in less than 20 minutes.
The topics covered in this first episode...include the pros/cons of online coaching...and a generalized look at how training (and nutrition) for climbers has changed over the last 40 years.
Upcoming Flash Episodes in September (released weekly) will examine these topics:
How to raise kid climbers...to be happy, healthy athletes...and, hopefully, pass on the gift of becoming a climber for life.
How (and when) to stretch and train flexibility for climbing. Also, a pithy discussion of climbing injury trends.
Potential benefits (and drawbacks) of ice baths (or cold plunges), intermittent fasting, and sauna use.
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#102: The Road to 5.13a - Part 4: Closing the Deal!
jeudi 8 août 2024 • Durée 01:29:58
What does it take to climb your first 5.13a? In this episode, you'll hear my recommendations for Ryan Devlin as he closes in on completing his first 5.13a, a Red River Gorge classic named "The Force".
This is a follow-up to episodes #86, #91, and #94, in which I coach Ryan through the long process of training for and working on his first-ever 5.13. You will hear where Ryan is at with his project--you'll learn some of his struggles along the way, including a minor finger/hand injury early this year.
We'll discuss Ryan's training plan for the next 6 to 8 weeks until the Autumn "send season" arrives. We'll also dig deep into these important topics:
What went right and wrong on the almost-send last season
How to carry a project over from one season to the next
The secret to being a successful route climber
Aerobic vs Anaerobic endurance training
The science of building route fitness
Why many climbers are training endurance wrong
So lean into this podcast and learn what actions, exercises, and strategies you might take and apply to your training for the next goal or grade, whatever it may be!
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#101: EXPERT: Optimizing Training, Health, and Performance with Functional Medicine
mardi 9 juillet 2024 • Durée 01:04:14
Many enthusiastic climbers work hard to level up their performance year over year, and some of us invest great time, effort, and resources into pursuing our climbing goals.
One powerful tool for gaining a performance edge is the use of a functional medicine approach to blood testing…which is the focus of this episode of the T4C podcast.
My expert guest joining us for this episode….is Thomas Cunningham, a Louisville Kentucky-based doctor, who also happens to be a 5.14 climber! Dr. Cunningham is a board-certified physician, researcher, and functional medicine specialist who believes in combining evidence-based medicine, nutrition, and training to improve your health, wellness, and human performance.
The specific focus of this podcast is the use of regular blood testing, and how you can potentially use blood test results to adjust your nutrition and training in ways that amplify your efforts, accelerate recovery, boost performance, and enhance your overall health and well-being.
RUNDOWN
00:15 – T4C podcast mission statement
00:45 – The things we do to level up our performance
1:10 – Intro of podcast topic: Blood testing to optimize health and performance
4:10 – Podcast Sponsor: PhysiVantage Nutrition -- used by 2024 Olympians Natalia Grossman, Alex Megos, and Yannick Flohe'. Get your PhysiVantage at 15% off (code: PODCAST15) at PhysiVantage.com
#100: The 10 Secrets to Climbing Harder!
mardi 11 juin 2024 • Durée 01:04:55
To celebrate the 100th episode of the T4C podcast, I wanted to serve up a powerful, comprehensive, yet easily digestible and actionable list of things you can do today to break through a performance plateau...and begin a journey towards being the best climber you can be!
No matter your current experience or level of climbing, I guarantee that you will find this episode to be a tour de force of things you can do to accelerate your rate of improvement...and increase your confidence, joy, and experience while climbing.
Therefore, a more accurate title of this podcast might be..."The 10 secrets to accelerating improvement and climbing your very best!"
I've got a lot of territory to cover in the next hour, so let's get started!
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#99: EXPERT: How Climbing Shoes Affect Your Performance. Big time!
lundi 13 mai 2024 • Durée 56:24
When it comes to climbing, no single piece of gear is more influential on your performance than your shoes. Getting the right shoe fit and feel for a given boulder or route is critical to climbing your best!
However, there are dozens of climbing shoes on the market with widely varying designs, looks, and prices. What's the right shoe(s) for your gym training and outdoor rock climbing? What features should you look for? How tight should you fit your shoes?
Our shoe expert, Michael Genauer from La Sportiva NA, will answer these questions and many more in this episode. Listen and learn how to make your climbing shoes perform better for you!
Reminder: T4C episode #97 provided a look into the science of chalk and optimal chalk use. Combined with today's podcast #99, these two episodes provide a comprehensive look into the quality of your four points of contact with the rock. If you want to climb better, then you must strive to optimize your purchase with each contact point.
RUNDOWN
00:20 - Introduction
1:30 - Building on podcast #97, my interview with Kevin Brown about the science of chalk and optimal chalk use.
2:00 - Now we look at the feet! How shoe design, fit, comfort, and price affect footwork and climbing performance.
7:00 - Overview of shoe design, parts, and craftsmanship.
10:00 - Heel structure and performance.
16:10 - Downpointing and asymmetric shoes for high-performance sport climbing and bouldering. Details on the La Sportiva "PD #".
18:45 - Entry-level shoes versus high-performance fit.
20:50 - Why outdoor climbers likely need 2 or more different pairs of shoes....for optimal performance on different rock types and climbing styles.
#98: Training for Bouldering with Drew Ruana vs. Training for Route Climbing
jeudi 11 avril 2024 • Durée 35:01
In this episode, Coach Hörst shares his recent unique training day in the Front Range of Colorado. Eric will contrast the remarkable late-afternoon workout of one of the world's top boulderers, Drew Ruana, with his own route-climbing workout a few hours earlier.
You will learn the fundamental differences between training for bouldering and route climbing, particularly concerning the energy systems that power climbing movements. Eric with detail his climbing-specific aerobic system route training session at the G1 gym.
Eric will then describe Drew's unique limit boulder training methodology that's elevated him to being one of the very best boulderers on the planet. Learn how Drew puts his home woodie to work for maximum gains!
Whether your climbing focus is boulders or routes, this pithy reductionist analysis of training for climbing will engage and enlighten passionate climbers of all ability levels.
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#97: EXPERT: Grip Better! All About Chalk Use and Skin Performance
lundi 11 mars 2024 • Durée 37:38
The quality of your contact with the rock is paramount when it comes to climbing performance. Strong muscles, on-point technique, and a confident mindset won’t get you up a climb if you can’t hang onto the holds!
Many things affect the quality of your grip and the perceived “stickiness” of the holds – to begin with, there’s the texture of the rock and the degree of incut (or slope) to the hold. Weather conditions, such as temperature, humidity, and wind play a big role in how the rock feels and your skin performs. Body position, center of gravity location, and your finger force vector are huge factors in determining how holds feel and will work for a given move. Last but not least, there’s your skin quality and the structure of your fingertips. Pulpy (fleshy) tips can deform around tiny rock rugosities to give a better grip on tiny holds and, similarly, skin that’s got adequate moisture and elasticity will stick to holds better than thick, dry, callused skin which yields a glassy and slippery grip.
It's the latter topic of skin quality and specifically chalk-use to optimize grip that we’ll explore today. To help shed some light on this topic, I've got Kevin Brown, co-founder and CEO of Friction Labs chalk, to download on us some of the science of chalk and skin performance.
So lean in and chalk up for this grip-enhancing episode of the T4C podcast!
RUNDOWN
0:15 - Intro to skin performance and grip--what things affect the quality of your grip?
3:00 - Overview of chalk and the role of "dryness".
6:00 - The effect of humidity, personal skin quality, and chalk use as it relates to skin wear and climbing performance.
8:35 - Use of Collagen powder supplements to improve skin elasticity, strength, and recovery of damaged skin.
9:20 - Importance of making quality efforts on skin-hard boulders and routes--save skin by making just a few quality attempts over many quick, low-quality attempts.
10:00 - Are all chalks basically the same? Kevin reveals the vast differences in chalk formulations!
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23:30 – More nuanced blood work to consider: Vitamin D, Hormone Panel, Thyroid Panel, HbA1c, ApoB
31:45 – Vitamin supplements to support Testosterone – vitamin D3, zinc, selenium, boron. (PhysiVantage Nutrition VITALIUM is a single-source supplement containing these micronutrients.)
35:00 – The role of genetics, stress, training, nutrition, and sleep.
37:10 – Considerations for vegan athletes. Supplements to consider: B-6, B-12, Iron, D3 + k2, iodine
40:00 – The journey toward optimization.
47:02 – Considerations for female athletes – abnormalities to watch for and treat.
49:50 – Thyroid function and blood panels
53:00 – Hormone changes in women
55:00 – A brief mention of peptides
57:00 – Get the low-hanging fruit…by getting your sleep and nutrition on point…and do some strength training every week.
1:01:00 – Final thoughts
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29:10 - How much should you "size down" your climbing shoes (compared to your approach shoe size)?
32:05 - Shoe fit for kid crushers! Tips to optimize performance and reduce risk of toe/foot injury.
33:20 - Shoe rubber, stickiness, and temperature effect on optimal rubber performance.
38:50 - Proper care tips for maintaining your shoe's performance and extending the life of the shoe...so hopefully you can get a couple of resoles out of each pair of new shoes.
40:20 - When to resole your shoes?
46:10 - Does the country a shoe is manufactured in tell us anything about the quality and performance of a shoe?
52:00 - Closing thoughts, and discussion about La Sportiva's new retail shoe in Boulder, CO.
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14:00 - What's the optimal amount of chalk to have on your fingers?
16:30 - How chalk products on the market vary. Are added drying agents helpful?
19:30 - Common contaminants in chalk...and how they adversely affect grip.
21:10 - The genesis of Friction Labs...and new product development.
22:00 - The utility of liquid chalks--who will benefit from it and how to use it for optimal skin performance while climbing.
24:00 - Difference uses of alcohol-containing chalk versus alcohol-free liquid chalk.
25:00 - Is "drier always better"? What are the pros and cons of various drying agents such as Dry Hands, Carpe, AntiHydral, etc.
28:00 - The importance of developing a personalized skin-care routine... Tips on washing chalk off skin after climbing...and moisturizing skin.
31:00 - How to dry out your chalk...if it gets wet from rain...or deep water soloing.
31:35 - Responsible use of chalk, tick marks, brushing practices, etc.
35:50 - Closing comments and coupon codes
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