Send us a text A LEGEND OF BRITISH CLIMBING In today's YouTube and podcast episode we have none other than Steve Mcclure who is one of the all-time greats of British climbing. We don't say this lightly either, because it takes a lot to cross the borders and generations of time. Steve has been operating right at the cutting edge for 25 years or so - this means there's a LOT of experience AND knowledge on what works when it comes to process and performance! He's redpointed up t...
Mar 22, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Send us a text In this episode we've got a very special guest on the sofa - Mr Pete Whittaker! Perhaps the only time, we'll have both of the Wideboyz on the Lattice sofa at the same time... so obviously the "Ask Lattice" session got straight onto the topic of crack climbing and the training that can be done for it. What have Tom and Pete learnt in over 10 years of specialising in routes, trad climbing and of course the dreaded crack discipline? Firstly, both Pete and Tom are ...
Mar 21, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Send us a text In climbing, training and coaching, there are many pitfalls - although, possibly this isn't a big surprise considering that our sport is fairly complex! In this video, we had Ella and Ollie sit down and get into some of those subjects that many of us as coaches have worked with over the years and also some that are REALLY relevant given the current climate! 1. What is the most disruptive habit to training, that most climbers have? 2. How do I choose a goal with an unknown fut...
Mar 12, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Send us a text Many of you are just starting to take your first tentative (or is that psyched?!) steps back into the real world of outdoor climbing in many parts of the world. As we're in a highly unusual situation of having had almost an entire year of pretty disrupted climbing, we thought it would be good to sit down and discuss some of the "hot topics" that many of your have been asking us to address on this. Key topics looked at are: 1. Is it "ok" to feel rubbish/mov...
Mar 12, 2021•18 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Send us a text If you enjoyed "part 1" of our projecting discussion, you're in for a treat. This one is more focused on short redpointing strategies that you'd use on short climbing trips or for quick local hits that don't take months to get done. If you haven't spotted the previous episode tackling long term projects though, make sure you check it out! Short term projects are relevant to most of us who either like trying things in local areas that are going to take...
Mar 12, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Send us a text In this episode Tom Randall is joined on the sofa by premium plan coach Ella Russell. They are discussing two hugely important topics we face in climbing; Red-pointing and Projecting! They go through their own experiences with this, sharing their top tips, as well as pointers on how they have helped Lattice clients and athletes in this area. This episode is part 1 of 2 about projecting, so once you've finished on this one, check out our episode on short-term projecting and th...
Mar 11, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Send us a text This one is for all you route climbers who are doing your base endurance training - or perhaps desperately trying to top it up as quickly and effectively as possible! There's 3 key areas that Tom goes through in this short podcast - all of them are areas that we see at Lattice as being very common issues that climbers frequently neglect to address. 1. Don't train at just one intensity and/or volume! Look at your level 1 (continuity), level 3 (threshold) and level 4 (high...
Feb 28, 2021•11 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Send us a text Lor Sabourin is a climber well know to us at Lattice - they've climbed multiple 5.13s in the US, including a number of bold and scary ones. On top of that, Lor has also recently made a repeat of East Coast Fist Bump becoming the first non-binary climber to send 5.14. We've also had the pleasure of working with Lor with their own training in the past. All in all, this is one very awesome human! Aside from hard, gnarly routes Lor is a highly experienced mental coach and wo...
Feb 19, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Send us a text We were lucky enough last week to grab the climbing star and YouTube phenomenon of Magnus Midtbø for a moment out of his hectic schedule to sit down and run a Q&A session for Lattice with Tom Randall. In the fun and informal interview, we've got Tom and Magnus tackling all sorts of questions related to both running a big YouTube channel and also his own personal climbing and training. What many people don't appreciate, is that Magnus effectively runs a full time job ...
Feb 16, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Send us a text Performance profiling - the science behind the social media! Everybody must have seen it by now, the 9c Climbing test - first seen on Magnus Midtbø's YouTube channel, now with almost 1 million views, invented by climbers Stian Christopherson (@stianchristophersen) and Martin Mobråten (@martinmobraten). Likewise, over 2 million people have watched the testing we completed with Magnus Midtbø on his channel... As climbing tests (performance profiling) have now featured on many k...
Feb 14, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Send us a text Louis Parkinson (or Captain Cutloose to some!) is a force of nature... there is absolutely no denying that, whether you've seen one of his competition performances, a strength party trick in his Insta or a clip of him training at home, he's got some serious positive energy! This is one of the primary reasons why we wanted to sit down to Louis and talk to him about his approach to climbing - ranging from training to challenges, to coaching, to his thoughts on diversity. A...
Feb 11, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Send us a text Another round of questions and discussion! In this episode we go through some of the most popular topics surrounding route climbing performance and some of the preparation and training that you do for it. It's really quite a broad topic, so please do let us know if there are additional things you'd like more info on! 1. Resting - what do we do? How do we do it and what are the things that make a difference? 2. What is the best method for power endurance training? Are the...
Feb 04, 2021•18 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Send us a text Ok, some interesting topics this time! We have Tom and Ollie on the sofa again, doing more of a deep dive on some of the most complex training questions that you've been asking us. Whilst it's always very hard to come up with blanket answers, there are some good general rules of thumb you can stick to and also we try and keep the science as practical as possible - we love being geeky about it, but it MUST be useful and practical! A little summary of what this week's...
Feb 04, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Send us a text In this interview, Tom Randall meets with Anoushé Husain to chat about her life; including her professional career, competing as a paraclimber, as well as the many adversities that Anoushé has had to face. Anoushé Husain is a paraclimber who we've been planning to interview for sometime now, but as will become apparent when you listen to this podcast, we kept getting put back by setbacks! 2020 was an extremely tough year for most of the world and even more so for Anoushé. As ...
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Send us a text Hey Lattice Podcasters! In the climbing world, we don't often get to watch pro athletes transition from pre-children to post-children with such a willingness to share with honesty and candour. Caro Ciavaldini is a North Face Pro Athlete who's operated at the cutting edge of sport, trad and competition climbing for a large part of her life. From competition success (twice 3rd in Lead World Cup) to trad climbing (multiple E9s) at the cutting edge, her journey has also cros...
Jan 25, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Send us a text James Pearson almost needs no introduction. He is one of the foremost trad climbing experts in the world, with a tick list that is both broad and intense. He has established and repeated many of the world's hardest trad climbing - including The Tribe, which right now may be the hardest trad route in the world. Growing up in the Derbyshire countryside, James didn't get off to a super early climbing start, but once he did get going he started making a quick impact on the s...
Jan 10, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Send us a text We've got Tom and Ollie on the Ask Lattice sofa again answering some of the biggest questions around how to structure climbing training - this deals with 3 main topics that should be of key interest to boulderers, sport climbers and trad climbers alike... ignore these rules and suggestions at your peril! 01:45 Question 1: Which is better,multiple shortsessions, or one long one? 10:15 Question 2: What's the best way to manage workload throughout the week? 14:40 Question 3...
Jan 02, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Send us a text Another round of questions and discussion! In this video we go through some of the most popular topics surrounding route climbing performance and some of the preparation and training that you do for it. It's really quite a broad topic, so please do let us know if there are additional things you'd like more info on! 1. Resting - what do we do? How do we do it and what are the things that make a difference? 2. What is the best method for power endurance training? Are there...
Dec 30, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Send us a text Ok, let's just say the most important thing first here - supplementation in climbing (or any other sport, or perhaps we can just say life in general!) should become something to really dive into WHEN you have other key areas of your health and nutrition taken care of. If you're not fuelling correctly, in general, don't expect a supplement to solve that. If you're trying to operate on 5hrs of sleep a night, don't expect supplements to solve that. If you&apo...
Dec 30, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Send us a text Fear in climbing isn't just about falling.... it can actually be much broader and diverse in its effect when you really think about it. Sure, we commonly see the "fear of falling" as being one that's popular and often asked about, but just as relevant to that, is how we deal with heights and exposure. This is especially for sport and trad climbers, not to mention big wall hopefuls! If you then think a little more abstractly, you should definitely consider how y...
Dec 30, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Send us a text Following up from Maddy and Tom's "Mind Games" webinar, we've got them both sitting down on the Lattice Sofa discussing more of their experiences and advice on how to improve your head game in climbing. We thought we'd kick things off with a short story from each of them about when they'd got most scared - yup, they're definitely not immune to it! From there, they both delve into some of their tips to improve as a trad climber, what things you ca...
Dec 16, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Send us a text We've got another female athlete-specific "ask Lattice" video for you! This time, we've got Maddy Cope and Tom Randall sat in the hot seat answering questions that were posed in our female Facebook group and via DMs. There were absolutely tonnes of questions in the end and it was pretty hard to choose which ones to address! Both Maddy and Tom took on a broad range on topics and they're also active within the FB group on a weekly basis. If you're looki...
Dec 16, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Send us a text Ok kicking off with a hot topic in this video - staying lighting vs getting strong? It's an age old discussion topic amongst climbers in almost all disciplines and one that needs thought and transparency of discussion. We've worked with almost every body type you can possibly imagine and also with most strategies of body composition control.... we've seen it all and we know what works in there long term and the direction that most climbers should be headed in. Q1: H...
Dec 16, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Send us a text Training climbers in their 50s, 60s and 70s is something that we've done for many years at Lattice. Lots of climbers in this bracket are concerned that "the rules" don't apply to them, that seem to work for younger climbers and also that gains in strength and fitness are not possible. What we've seen, is that it is just a few simple changes in training habit that can make massive differences in training adaptation and whilst they might not always be the ea...
Dec 16, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 1
