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You Should Have Started Sooner
Tags: coaching, effort, ken klein, Planning, Volume
By Ken Klein Disclaimer: There’s no denying the massive amount of information surrounding climbing and training for climbing in today’s world. This shows up in the form of articles, podcasts and instagram posts to name just a few. The first question any consumer of information should ask is, “Does this apply to me and where…
6 Takeaways From Coaching Youth Climbers (That Every Rock Climber Needs to Hear)
Tags: Assessment, coaching, effort, ken klein, Planning, Volume, youth
By Ken Klein Coaching youth climbers is the most rewarding work I have done in my life. It just so happens that it may also be the most exhausting as well. When I started coaching Team Whetstone in Fort Collins, Colorado, there were 17 kids on the team. When I left that count had jumped…
Are We Assessing the Right Things?
Tags: Assessment, ken klein, testing
by Ken Klein, NASM, PCC This past August we were winding down the Climb Strong training camp in Lander, WY and Steve Bechtel said something that really stuck with me. A participant asked about assessments and Steve replied that if we piled all of our physical assessment numbers together we probably wouldn’t be able…