Dr. Tyler Nelson, one of the foremost experts on climber physiology and training, takes us to school in this Pro Clinic as he identifies common pitfalls and shares tips for Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced climbers to level up their power (a.k.a. contact strength, fast fingers, rate of force development). He also blows up long-held understandings on finger training in general, and shares actionable (and simple!) protools that we can all implement to save time, reduce injury risk, and level u...
Nov 17, 2022•33 min•Ep. 22
Elite climber Melina Costanza shares her struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game. - Melina has been a household name in the youth competition circuit for over a decade. She’s a two-time Youth National Champion and three-time Collegiate National Champion, and has consistently been a member of the US Team every year since 2010. After some time away from climbing to earn her physics degree at UPenn, it was no surprise when she showed up again as an undeniably do...
Nov 11, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 21
Elite climber Matt Fultz shares his struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game. - Matt is one of the world’s strongest and most accomplished climbers. He has topped multiple V16s – Grand Illusion, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Hypnotized Minds, and Sleepwalker (whaaaaat?!?!). What’s perhaps more impressive than how hard Matt pulls, is how hard he tries and how dedicated he is to his craft. This guy knows how to project, and has a lot of insight on the subject....
Nov 03, 2022•58 min•Ep. 20
Elite climber Maiza Lima shares her struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game. - Maiza grew up in a small village in Brazil, escaped poverty with her mother, and spent a decade cleaning houses in the Seattle area to make ends meet in pursuit of the American Dream... which ultimately led her to climbing. Maiza fell in love with climbing and almost immediately started sending hard sport grades, but she didn’t stop there. When routes weren’t available, she bolted ...
Oct 27, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 19
Dru Mack, one of the foremost experts on endurance climbing, takes us to school with this Pro Clinic as he identifies common pitfalls and shares tips for Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced climbers to level up their endurance training and beat the pump to the chains. The professor of pump is in the building! - This show is sponsored by Patrons of The Struggle. Enjoy all the Patron perks by coming aboard at any level. Learn more at www.patreon.com/thestruggleclimbingshow - CHAPTERS: Catching Up...
Oct 20, 2022•29 min•Ep. 18
A panel of elite climbers and coaches share their struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game. - Elite climbers Mo Beck, Matt Segal, Sam Elias, Dru Mack, and coach Eric Horst have come together to present a mini-masterclass on training and performance before a psyched audience at Rocktoberfest. Check your knots, grab a cold one, and join us in the hanger for some truth bombs! - PhysiVantage is the official climbing-nutrition sponsor of The Struggle. Visit www.phy...
Oct 13, 2022•59 min•Ep. 17
Elite climber Allison Vest shares her struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game. - Allison Vest has been a force on plastic, rock, and social media. Allison was the Canadian National Boulder Champion in 2018 and 2020, and the National Lead Champion in 2019. Recently she has stepped back from the comp circuit to focus on bouldering outdoors, where she has topped out some serious rigs, including V13s Masterpiece and Blackout at Joe’s, the first female ascent of V...
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 16
Elite climber Tommy Caldwell shares his struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game. - Tommy Caldwell is quite possibly the greatest all around rock climber of this generation... and perhaps of all time. He has five first free ascents on El Cap alone, including the Dihedral Wall which went unrepeated for 12 years, and of course the Dawn Wall, widely considered the hardest big wall climb ever. Tommy was also the first person to free The Nose in under 12 hours and ...
Sep 29, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Host of the hit climbing podcast The Nugget, Steven Dimmitt shares his struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game. - Steven, as many of you are surely already aware, is the host of The Nugget Climbing Podcast. With more than 135 episodes and over 1 million downloads, The Nugget has become a really valuable resource for the climbing community. Beyond the mic, Steven is a very strong and stoked climber. He's a V-double-digit boulderer, projecting 14a on sport, and...
Sep 21, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Ryan shares his sends and struggles from the summer (and spring). From working his toughest proj at the Red, to utilizing tips learned from the pros and coaches featured in Season 1, to summer training with an eye towards fall goals... this update covers a bunch of territory and also goes off the rails from time to time so hopefully you're cool with that. - Want to be a podcast hero and score yourself some rad limited edition swag? Support the show and the climbers who make it by becoming a Patr...
Sep 07, 2022•23 min
Hazel Findlay, pro climber and mindset coach, joins the show to look back at Season 1's interviews with 10 of the biggest names in climbing to see what themes and takeaways there are through the lens of Mental Game. - Hazel is a pro with an impressive list of hard trad climbs to her name including Magic Line, a 14c rated R route, and freeing El Cap via the Golden Gate route. Hazel is also an insanely accomplished sport climber, having recently sent 9a (14d). What further sets Hazel apart is her ...
Jun 24, 2022•1 hr 9 min
GOAT Coach, Eric Hörst, joins the show to look back at Season 1's interviews with 10 of the biggest names in climbing to see what themes and takeaways there are through the lens of Tactics. - Eric literally wrote the book on Training for Climbing, which has numerous foreign translations and sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide. In addition to that, and 7 other books to his name, Eric is a member of the International Rock Climbing Researchers Association and is a published researcher. H...
Jun 10, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Caitlin Holmes, Certified Nutritional Specialist, joins the show to look back at Season 1's interviews with 10 of the biggest names in climbing to see what themes and takeaways there are through the lens of Nutrition. - Caitlin received her MS in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine and now runs a nutrition coaching business where she primarily works with climbers and outdoor enthusiasts to develop effective nutrition plans for long-term health and performance. She’s also the co-host of The A...
Jun 03, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Dr. Tyler Nelson from Camp 4 Human Performance joins the show to look back at Season 1's interviews with 10 of the biggest names in climbing to see what themes and takeaways there are through the lens of Training. - Tyler is bringing cutting edge science to the world of training for climbing and, in the process, he is blowing up myths of training that we’ve long thought to be true and helping climbers, from pros like Alex Johnson to everyday climbers, identify exactly what types of training will...
May 26, 2022•54 min
Ryan explains what to expect with the upcoming Expert Analysis episodes, reveals the lineup of wizards who will be lending their expertise, and looks back, through a lens of struggle, at Season One's 10 interviews with the biggest names in climbing. - This season is supported by PhysiVantage, the official climbing-nutrition sponsor of The Struggle. Visit www.physivantage.com/discount/STRUGGLE15 to receive 15% off your full priced nutrition order. This episode is sponsored by FrictionLabs. Chalk ...
May 18, 2022•8 min
Elite climber Lynn Hill shares her struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game. - It’s hard to overstate just how impactful, badass, and groundbreaking Lynn has been on the sport of rock climbing and beyond. If you are a climber then you are standing on her shoulders. Lynn has been a dominant force in pretty much every discipline of climbing. She has won world cups as a comp climber, she was the first woman to onsight 8a, she was the first woman to climb 5.14, an...
May 11, 2022•47 min
Elite climber Dru Mack shares his struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game. - Dru Mack is a master of endurance, perseverance, and psych. He grew up climbing on the long overhung sandstone routes of the Red River Gorge, and after sending pretty much everything there, he’s now tackling some of the toughest sport climbs in the western US and in Spain. How good is he? Well, in 2021, Dru put down 21 5.14s, including the insanely hard 14d, Life of Villains. He’s an...
May 04, 2022•45 min
Elite climber Justin Salas shares his struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game. - Justin is a ridiculously strong boulderer and comp climber, with a seriously impressive resume including two IFSC silver medals, five national championships, and a world championship to his name. He’s a V-double-digit climber who just keeps getting stronger… oh, and he also happens to be blind. But if you think that holds him back you’re wrong. He was the first para-climber ever ...
Apr 27, 2022•46 min
Elite climber Alex Johnson shares her struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game. - Alex Johnson is one of the most badass boulderers out there, and she just keeps getting stronger. She’s won Nationals 5 times and has 2 World Cup gold medals, she has bouldered 100 v10s (what?!) and famously sent the insanely tough V14, The Swarm. What she experienced AFTER she finally sent that life goal project will probably surprise you. AJ has dialed in her training to a scie...
Apr 20, 2022•51 min
Elite climber Alex Honnold shares his struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game. - Alex Honnold is the biggest name in rock climbing and has tackled some of the sport's biggest climbs. He's the only human to free solo El Cap, a feat that is just mind boggling. He holds the El Cap speed record of the The Nose with his bromance Tommy Caldwell, with whom he’s completed numerous envelope-pushing adventures such as the Fitz Traverse, the Yosemite Triple Crown, and t...
Apr 13, 2022•48 min
Elite climber Kevin Jorgeson shares his struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game. - You know Kevin from his iconic first free ascent of The Dawn Wall along with Tommy Caldwell, a climb that took over 6 years to put together and is widely known as the most challenging big wall route in the world. Kevin is an incredibly accomplished climber, from dominating comps as a youth to becoming one of the strongest boulderers in the world with sends up to V14, including ...
Apr 06, 2022•44 min
Elite climber Favia Dubyk shares her struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game. - If there’s anyone who personifies struggle, and the the breakthroughs that can come from it, Favia is that person. She almost died, multiple times, as she battled cancer and the complications from treatment; she has faced, and continues to face, racism and discrimination on and off the rock; she battled her way back from debilitating injuries and atrophy post-cancer… and that’s ju...
Mar 30, 2022•48 min
Elite climber Jordan Cannon shares his struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game. - Jordan is making a name for himself in the world of big wall ascents and link-ups, such as The Freerider in a day, the Yosemite Triple Crown in a day, and Golden Gate in a day. There are only 5 humans on planet earth who have done that and Jordan is one of them. In addition to being a rockstar climber, Jordan’s helping to educate multi-pitch climbers and amplify climbing’s histo...
Mar 23, 2022•44 min
Elite climber Alex Megos shares his struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game. - Alex is one of the strongest climbers in the world, with a few 9b+ or 5.15c routes under his belt including King Capella, Perfecto Mundo, and the first ascent of Bibliographie. He was the first ever climber to on-site 9a or 5.14d, and he has also sent multiple V15 and V16 boulders. He’s crazy strong and talented, but as you’ll hear in our chat, he is most certainly human and strugg...
Mar 16, 2022•43 min
Elite climber Emily Harrington shares her struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game. - Emily is a quadruple threat, with massive accomplishments from big walls to sport to comp to alpine. She’s one of only 5 people, and the first woman, to send El Cap in a day via the Golden Gate route. Emily has also red pointed 5.14b, she’s a 5-time US Sport Climbing Champion, and she has summited Mt Everest. Basically, she's the least lazy person you know. There’s just so mu...
Mar 09, 2022•45 min
What to expect this season on The Struggle Climbing Show!
Feb 08, 2022•4 min
