Send us a text Do you want to know more about how to juggle and manage a million different things, and what the process of dealing with setbacks looks like? Tom Randall is known for juggling a lot, however, Favia Dubyk not only works very hard hours but is also able to train at a higher level, showing us how you can do it all with the right time management. Not to mention Favia has had quite a few setbacks, including being diagnosed with lymphoma during med school and the ongoing challenges it b...
Jun 18, 2022•49 min•Season 4Ep. 14
Send us a text In this podcast, Tom and Maddy sit down to talk about the role of expectations and satisfaction in climbing. Both Tom and Maddy have thought about the mindset with respect to their own climbing, and discuss their different approaches. Expectations and satisfaction are linked, and as such it is important to think about and manage our expectations, as well as what we define as a success, especially when trying projects that challenge us. Some the topics discussed in this conversatio...
Jun 11, 2022•39 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Send us a text In this Podcast, Tom Randall has a chat with Adam Fiala , which is going to be quite different from anything you've heard on the Lattice Podcast before. We will have both a narrated interview and an insightful chat into the journey that our client took with us to climb his first f8b+ (5.14 USA route grade). This comprehensive look into his training and performance will have us read out some of the stages of his journey directly from his blog. Plus some teasing out of ideas to...
Jun 04, 2022•2 hr 30 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Send us a text Steven Dimmitt AKA ‘ The Nugget Climbing Podcast ’ is the founder and owner of one of the hottest (and most interesting) interview shows in the climbing industry right now. It has only been going just over 2yrs but has already had a huge impact on the climbing community and features tonnes of well-chosen and crafted interviews with pros, coaches and climbing personalities. His show has featured some of the great climbers of all time and clients we’ve also tested or trained ourselv...
May 28, 2022•55 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Send us a text Today Tom Randall talks with Anoushé Husain, who just set the Guinness World Record for the greatest vertical distance climbed on a climbing wall, one-handed, using the same hand in an hour. Anoushé had joined Tom for a podcast in early 2021 on the topic of overcoming setbacks, as life keeps sending her curveballs. However, this athlete has just become more resilient and stronger than ever. So today's podcast will go into the mindset and training leading to this new world rec...
May 25, 2022•44 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Send us a text After our recent interview with training legend Eric Horst, we've got another major contributor to training, performance and climbing rehab on the Lattice Podcast - this week we are chatting to Tyler Nelson , AKA Camp 4 Human Performance. Tyler's content on Instagram really gets people thinking, as he explores new approaches to rehab and climbing performance. His curiosity for evidence-based practice makes him an unstoppable energy for trying things others could never th...
May 21, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Send us a text Pull up a chair and grab yourself a line of developer code, you're about to listen to a bit of the story all about the origins of Crimpd ! Tom Randall sat down with one of the founders of Crimpd , Peter Klimek , to take a step back in time to where things all started between Lattice and Crimpd. They discuss how the partnership came about, all the way through to where we're looking to go in the future and where training and technology could potentially go. This one's...
May 14, 2022•49 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Send us a text In this podcast Maddy talks to James Spragg, a cycling coach and physiologist, about energy systems. James talks through the different energy systems, the relationship between intensity and energy system contribution, takes a deep dive into the aerobic energy system and how to train it effectively, and talks about profiling our energy systems in order to inform training. Topics covered: 1:30 - A bit about James and his journey in cycling, academia and coaching 3:35 - James’ PhD 7:...
May 12, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Send us a text In this podcast, Maddy talked to Emily Elgar, who is a pelvic health physiotherapist based at Katie Bell Physio in Sheffield. They talk about topics relating to pregnancy and postpartum, such as pelvic health, delivery and recovery, and pelvic organ prolapse. Emily talks about her approach to pelvic health during pregnancy and postpartum, from her perspective as a life coach as well as for exercise. Emily also shared a number of great resources that support this conversation that ...
May 04, 2022•2 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Send us a text This episode is a BIG one! We’ve got on the show today, Eric Horst, one of the original founding fathers of modern training theory for climbing and a total legend of the climbing world in general…. This episode is going to be hardcore training and more training! In many ways, what we’ve tried to achieve at Lattice has been built upon the foundation of work, theory and practice of climbers like Eric who have made a significant contribution to the industry’s knowledge via books, pod...
Apr 30, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Send us a text You DM'd us, and we have answered, so today we have the guy who gained everyone's attention in early 2021 with his infamous 30-day fingerboard routine. We cover a broad range of topics, which should answer all of the questions you sent to us via Instagram, and other social media! Emil is an incredibly experienced climber, representing Sweden in competitions, climbing outdoors, and of course sharing his journey through his Youtube channel. Recording his training, and shar...
Apr 23, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Send us a text Welcome to part 2 of this interview with the climbing legend Dave MacLeod. This week Lattice coach Maddy delved even deeper into Dave's climbing and training approach, by diving straight into chatting about his famous nutrition experiments and approaches to balancing a keto diet with his own training and climbing. We also hear more about Dave's personal standpoints on nutrition and the mental aspects related to dieting, particularly in the climbing world. As providers of...
Apr 16, 2022•3 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Send us a text In the Lattice Training podcast today we have another guest from the arm lifting world whose long term track record of training, competing and record breaking accomplishments is rarely rivalled across the grip strength sports. It’s rare that we get to interview someone who’s really been focusing on something so specific to climbing performance - AKA grip strength - for over 20 yrs. Eric Roussin, is from Canada and has a long history of competitive arm wrestling, having started as ...
Apr 09, 2022•43 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Send us a text Settle down and get comfy because Dave MacLeod is in the house and you are going to want to hear this one! We were recently lucky enough to have Dave MacLeod come down to the Lattice Training HQ and dive into all things climbing and training! In this podcast Dave and Lattice coach Maddy Cope sat down and had a good old chat! Tune in to find out more about; 📌Dave's approach to training and climbing 📌How he applies his understanding of science to his practice 📌How the mental...
Apr 02, 2022•3 hr 36 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Send us a text Today we have a true legend of finger strength - the one and only Yves Gravelle. He has some of the strongest fingers in the world, pound for pound and has demonstrated this in both the climbing and arm lifting world, whilst also holding down a full time job and the added role of parenting on top of that. In terms of his climbing, Yves is an International comp athlete, having represented Canada for a number of years, he’s bouldered V15 and repeated and established multiple problem...
Mar 26, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Send us a text Tom Randall is back with another solo podcast session, following on from the recent "Common Mistake in Endurance Training" that was very popular. Like the previous format, he explores the big issues that climbers will typically have when training or preparing their power endurance. In part 1, he breaks down the critical factor of 'specificity' and why you need to address it on the three fronts of technical, psychological and physical preparation. Ignoring, or w...
Mar 19, 2022•26 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Send us a text Today’s guest is one of the best climbers in the world right now. He’s redpointed 3 9b+’s and 7 9b’s, and won multiple IFSC world cups. Yes, it is the one and only Stefano Ghisolfi! The journey that this athlete has taken in the sport is a remarkable one, not simply because his incredible grades, but because he has so many relatable actions that many of us can also deploy in our own climbing pathway. Sure, we may not all reach 9b+ or Olympic selections in our life, but at our own ...
Mar 12, 2022•51 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Send us a text This episode's guest is professional climber and competition athlete Staša Gejo, who's track record is rarely matched. She has stood in every single position - gold, silver and bronze - across a variety of competitions from World Games, World Champs, European Champs and World Cups, climbed V13 and puts out consistent content on her social channels and YouTube channel which shares her thoughts and journey in climbing. Her top level track record extends way back from 2015 ...
Mar 05, 2022•57 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Send us a text On today's show we have Kejt Najman, who sits in the 'sweet spot' of training knowledge as she's both a coach and internationally acclaimed athlete. She was World Weighted Pull Up Champion in 2019 & 2022, Polish Champion four years running, has bouldered 7C and sport climbed 7c (before concentrating on her competitions in recent years) and also works as a strength and conditioning coach for climbers. At Lattice we greatly value those who have a blend of spo...
Feb 26, 2022•51 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Send us a text Part 2 of '10 Things That Matter More Than You Think' Climbing performance is fairly complex because there's so many moving parts to the equation and many of the skills take years, if not decades, to perfect. Fortunately, Tom Randall is on the podcast in this episode to give you another 'solo' session on what things really make a difference in climbing your best. In this second part, he dives into a variety of factors that probably don't get enough di...
Feb 23, 2022•25 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Send us a text In the words of one of Grip Sport's legends, Eric Roussin, the relative newcomer of Tanner Merkle has seriously ruffled some feathers in the Arm Lifting World. Three years running International King Kong Champion and outright holder of the Captains of Crush Silver Bullet Record, his incredible grip strength showed immediately. Unusually for an elite arm lifter, he was previously a top level US competition climber (2nd at US Boulder Nationals). Tanner transitioned away from hi...
Feb 19, 2022•59 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Send us a text Climbing performance is fairly complex because there's so many moving parts to the equation and many of the skills take years, if not decades, to perfect. Fortunately, Tom Randall is on the podcast in this episode to give you another 'solo' session on what things really make a difference in climbing your best. In this 2 parter, he dives into a variety of factors that probably don't get enough discussion, but make a massive difference to your climbing. Get over ...
Feb 16, 2022•17 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Send us a text In this episode we take a dive into the history of climbing training and performance with Peter Beal. With over five decades of climbing and training experience under his belt, we thought there was no better person to talk about what has occurred in the training side of the sport since the 70s and how this has impacted performance at the top end. Peter has been climbing hard since 1977, with a specific focus on bouldering which is unusual given the decade in which he started - it ...
Feb 12, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Send us a text Last year, we had a parenting-focused interview on the show with Caro Ciavaldini joining Mina (who's also recently a new mum!) for a discussion about climbing and training post pregnancy. We had some great feedback from you guys on the content, which also included a request to do a "dad" version of the interview.... So here it is folks. You asked and we will always try to deliver! Two Lattice dads - Tom Randall and coach Jon Procter sit down to chat about their own ...
Feb 09, 2022•51 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Send us a text In this podcast Maddy sits down with coach Josh, who is our in-house flexibility specialist. Josh has invested his time in both understanding the science of flexibility but also putting it into practice. His development of our flexibility plans has greatly impacted the work we do with clients and as a bonus point, has just about resulted in him reaching his goal of side splits! How to take a practical approach to flexibility training Understanding your biomechanics to get the stre...
Feb 05, 2022•44 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Send us a text Whilst we often concentrate specifically on the physical aspects of training and performance, we also have a real passion for psychology and how it relates to climbing. In this episode, I we have a psychology specialist - PhD student and researcher Allegra Maguire, who specialises in applied decision making. Allegra went from 6a to 7a+ in a single year in climbing and has a practical interest in applying her psychology expertise into the climbing arena itself. In this podcast Tom ...
Feb 02, 2022•49 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Send us a text Part 2 of the "Endurance Mistakes" of Climbing Training! Endurance training is a foundational element of performance preparation or training for almost every athlete, no matter what their discipline. Boulderers, sport climbers and trad climbers should all be completing phases of endurance training during their year. What is also common across these disciplines, is a consistent set of mistakes that climbers typically make when completing this type of training. In part two...
Jan 29, 2022•19 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Send us a text Endurance training is a foundational element of performance preparation or training for almost every athlete, no matter what their discipline. Boulderers, sport climbers and trad climbers should all be completing phases of endurance training during their year. What is also common across these disciplines, is a consistent set of mistakes that climbers typically make when completing this type of training. In part one of this podcast, Tom Randall talks about the "Intensity"...
Jan 26, 2022•15 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Send us a text In this show, we have Zo Northcutt, who has a unique story. Like many of us, they are training and progressing towards their own climbing goals. Unlike most of us, however, they have a brain tumour. Zo is one of those individuals whose resilience and strength positively affects others around them. They have dealt with pain and trauma, but they also find a way to find joy and share that with others despite some of the struggles. We discuss with Zo, their brain tumor - named Fred - ...
Jan 22, 2022•45 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Send us a text Training Plan Adherence - what does the sports psychology say?! In this solo-podcast session by Tom, he takes you through the 3 areas of behaviour that will massively increase your chances of following through on your plans and reduce the chances that it will feel like a struggle. Keeping It Fun! Add in your friends and/or family - rely on them for accountability and support and fun banter! Initially, do what you like, not what you struggle with. Add in new skills to your training...
Jan 19, 2022•17 min•Season 3Ep. 3
