Categories: Bouldering, Competition, Good Reads, Inspiring Athletes, Training Tips, Uncategorized
Ranking internationally was just the start. Finding the mentality to sustain and grow became an unexpected challenge. Growing up as athletes, we are told ‘fight for your dreams, battle as the underdog with nothing to lose.’ Which is great – when you have ‘nothing’ to lose. But what about when you win? How do you […]
Categories: Bouldering, Competition, Sport Climbing, Training Tips, Uncategorized
Elevating endurance while also increasing strength + power. How we redesigned our methods for Tokyo to train them all. With the push for the 2020 Olympic Combined format, we had to peak in Sport, Boulder, and Speed all at the same time for US Team selection and the World Championships months later. Departing from the […]
Categories: Bouldering, Climbing Trips, Competition, Culture, Uncategorized
8:50pm Board a flight New York – Mumbai 8:51pm Arrive in Mumbai International Airport (14 hrs later…) 9:46pm Start sweating immediately as I stepped outside to meet my driver to the hotel. 10:11pm Crash course in India travel – cars don’t use lanes, constant horns, and mopeds zipping through everywhere! 11:01pm Arrive and unpack at […]
Categories: Bouldering, Competition, Epic Videos, Uncategorized
Wake up. Warm up. Go hard 3 hours. Top 5 hard boulders. Eat. Rest. Get Psyched. Spotlights on. Face the crowd. Dyno. Crank. Flash. Repeat x 4. October 2015 was packed with cash-purse competitions every weekend. Starting with the Portland Boulder Rally near my hometown, week after week I got to try my hardest alongside […]
Categories: Bouldering, Climbing Trips, Competition
Training to overcome a plateau was only the first step. Mentally owning new strength and destroying old self-limits was crucial for breaking through. Physical training comes naturally to me, self-discipline to push my body past its comfort zone, whatever the training session I’ve written down says to do. Mentally owning newly gained strengths, and applying them […]
