BOLD - a bouldering podcast

Has your motivation hit an all time low? Well, you're not alone. In this episode I try to inspire you to action, even if it's just the bare minimum.

How to train technique? What does it entail and how do you train it?

I’ll be dividing this episode in 3 chapters:

-  Mental Approach

-  Specific bouldering Skills

-  Technique Intuition

I thought I’d record an episode on one of my favourite bouldering and specifically dynamic moves, the double dyno. I’ll be getting into some general guidelines and additional tips to perfect your double dyno. 

This episode will be divided in  4 chapters

1.  Upper Body (Objectives and methods)

2.  Lower Body  (Objectives and methods)

3.  Timing

4.  The Mental Game (Before, during and after an attempt)

More and more climbers across the globe are being affected by quarantines. Gyms and outdoor areas are closing down right left and center. And no one really knows how long the covid-19 pandemic is going to last. What we can predict at this moment is that things are going to get worse in the coming weeks, and we should all do our best to limit the damage.

So, how do we deal with this as climbers? A lot of us have training plans and goals we want to reach, some might have even planned a bouldering trip.

Todays episode will be different from previous ones, instead of covering a subject regarding training for bouldering, I will be covering the life of a legend. John Gill, the master of rock. The man who personally introduced bouldering in the United States.

The fear of failure, an omnipresent phenomenon that seems to haunt not only climbers but humans in general. And maybe even the odd cat or dog. It’s a subject that I personally have some experience with. as a climber I felt it recently when getting back on the wall after resting for a whole month due to an injury. And today I’m feeling it when trying to write the script for this episode. Where does this fear come from and how can we deal with it?

In todays episode we’ll be tackling an often forgotten and sometimes suddenly needed topic, skincare. You might think its hard to fill 20 minutes with interesting information on skincare, but this seemingly small subject can influence your bouldering more than you might imagine.

In todays episode I’ll be talking on a few subjects to try and define what bouldering is.  I’ll start off with a short history of bouldering, touching on its humble beginnings in the forest of fontainebleau up to its boom in popularity in the 90’s. After that I’ll go on an try to form a simple and useable defenition for bouldering, so you’ll know what to answer when relatives start asking about your athletic endeavours next Christmas.

Further on I’ll touch on different types of bouldering, you could call them subsets. Such as Dyno, Slab, Crack and Highball routes. I’ll also adress the elephant in the room. Indoor bouldering and its relation to outdoor bouldering.