Accumulation
AIP Program – 2024 Update – ACCUMULATION CYCLE
Tags: Accumulation, AIP, Simple Programming, Yearly Plan
by Steve Bechtel The hardest thing about writing the world’s best training program is that most of us are just different enough that not everything works for all people. Which is why we can’t have a world’s best. There are infinite ways of organizing training, and the fundamental parts of it that almost all programs…
Training Programs for Bouldering – Intermediate
Tags: Accumulation, Alternating Linear, Bouldering, Cycling Training, Intermediate Training
by Steve Bechtel This is the second article in this series. The first, on training for novice boulderers, should be read before this one, training programs for bouldering-intermediate. As I wrote in the last article, we often like to think of ourselves as being more advanced that we are. I tend to do this…
Revisiting Bouldering Training for Novices
Tags: Accumulation, Bouldering, Cycling Training, Linear Planning, Novice Training, Recovery Weeks
by Steve Bechtel One of the most powerful tools we can acquire for getting better is to figure out how much getting better there is to be done. I first wrote the Novice Bouldering Program in 2010, re-released it a couple of years back, and am revisiting it again now. Why? Because it is one…
Training Programs for Bouldering – Advanced
Tags: Accumulation, Advanced Training, Block Planning, Bouldering, Cycling Training, Recovery Weeks
By Steve Bechtel I was reluctant to release this training plan, and here’s why: I don’t think more than a handful of the climbers that will read this plan really need this plan. I have released training plans for novices and intermediate level climbers and I believe these plans are better plans for almost every…