Power
Foundations of Power
Tags: Micah Elconin, Power, Power Training, Training Plans
by Micah Elconin Introduction Admittedly, this was an experiment. I’ve consistently strength trained for most of my multi decade climbing career and seem to be a relatively strong human given my age, history etc. Sure, there’s always some weak links I’m looking to shore up, but as a general rule, I know that strength is…
Maybe We’re Approaching Power Wrong
Tags: Bouldering, Campus Board, Power, Steve Bechtel, Strength
By Steve Bechtel It might be semantics, but it might also be a trap. When we throw around the terms we use in training for climbing, the word “power” gets used a lot. The problem is that although power is a performance metric, we struggle to build training that directly addresses it. Thus, when we…
Foundations: An Emphasis on Intention and Practice
Tags: AJ Sobrilsky, foundations, Movement, Power, programs, Strength, Tactics
By AJ Sobrilsky Planning the work and working the plan by focusing on the 90% that’s important and not the 10% that’s interesting. Both as a coach and medical professional who sees a lot of climbing athletes of various climbing, training, and experience levels I’m regularly asked, “Is it worth training or should…
Cycled Strength/Power 20D – 8 Week Bouldering Performance Plan
Tags: 8 week plans, Bouldering Training, cycled plans, Power, Strength
This training plan is a 3-day-per-week plan that features two 4-week blocks of training. For sake of simplicity, we will call phase 1 the Strength phase and phase 2 the Power phase, although both phases feature a mixture of both. This plan differs from previous versions in both the volume of training and in the…
Cycled Strength/Power 19D – 8 Week Bouldering Performance Plan
Tags: 8 week plans, Bouldering Training, cycled plans, Power, Strength
This training plan is a 3-day-per-week plan that features two 4-week blocks of training. For sake of simplicity, we will call phase 1 the Strength phase and phase 2 the Power phase, although both phases feature a mixture of both. The aim of this plan is to improve overall bouldering performance. This can then be…
Full Combination Strength
Tags: Explosiveness, Isometric, Power, Specific Strength
by Steve Bechtel Strength is fundamental to athletic performance. Many climbers get it, and they hit the weight room regularly. The problem with most weight training is that it only addresses one speed of movement, and most of us select bilateral exercises for most movements. By training in such a narrow path, we miss out…
Melding Strength and Power
Tags: Finger Strength, Hangboard, Power, Steve Bechtel, Strength, Weight Training
by Steve Bechtel Too frequently, we try to over-categorize our training. Long-time athletes and coaches learned about training for climbing by reading about and practicing training that came from other sports. We all understood that strength and power and endurance were different entities, some of us going so far as to train all of these…
In-Depth: Power Bouldering / Power Campus
Tags: Bouldering, Campus, Power, Power Training
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