The Struggle Climbing Show

It's Tuesday! Grab a taco and dig in to this bite sized beta from a guy who would rather be climbing, Alex Honnold.  - Training Tip Tuesday is brought to you by PhysiVantage, the official climbing-nutrition sponsor of The Struggle. Visit www.physivantage.com/discount/STRUGGLE15 to receive 15% off your full priced nutrition order.  - The Struggle is carbon-neutral in partnership with The Honnold Fo...

It's Tuesday! Grab a taco and dig in to this bite sized beta from crusher Emily Harrington. 

Elite climber Jonathan Siegrist shares his struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game.  - How accomplished is Jonathan Siegrist? Well, he’s climbed six 5.15s… JUST THIS YEAR! That ticklist includes Event Horizon, a route he bolted that’s at least 15b and very well may be harder. It’s certainly one of, if not the, hardest routes in North America. Earlier this year...

Elite climber Guy McNamee shares his struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game.  - Guy was born in Haiti, raised in Canada, and has been a force in boulder and lead competitive climbing throughout his teen years… which he only just recently moved beyond. Guy is a 7 time national champion, most recently taking the top spot in boulder at Canadian Nationals and then...

Elite climber Mo Beck shares her struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game.  - As a competitive climber, Mo has won 9 national titles, a gold medal at the 2014 Paraclimbing World Championships in Spain, and defended that title with a gold medal at the 2016 World Championships in Paris. Mo became world famous as the subject of the  Cedar Wright film Stumped which...

Dr. Tyler Nelson, one of the foremost experts on climber physiology and training, takes us to school in this Pro Clinic as he identifies common pitfalls and shares tips for Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced climbers to level up their power (a.k.a. contact strength, fast fingers, rate of force development). He also blows up long-held understandings on finger training in general, and shares actio...

Elite climber Melina Costanza shares her struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game.  - Melina has been a household name in the youth competition circuit for over a decade. She’s a two-time Youth National Champion and three-time Collegiate National Champion, and has consistently been a member of the US Team every year since 2010. After some time away from climbing...

Elite climber Matt Fultz shares his struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game.  - Matt is one of the world’s strongest and most accomplished climbers. He has topped multiple V16s – Grand Illusion, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Hypnotized Minds, and Sleepwalker (whaaaaat?!?!). What’s perhaps more impressive than how hard Matt pulls, is how hard he tries and how...

Elite climber Maiza Lima shares her struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game.  - Maiza grew up in a small village in Brazil, escaped poverty with her mother, and spent a decade cleaning houses in the Seattle area to make ends meet in pursuit of the American Dream... which ultimately led her to climbing. Maiza fell in love with climbing and almost immediately sta...

Dru Mack, one of the foremost experts on endurance climbing, takes us to school with this Pro Clinic as he identifies common pitfalls and shares tips for Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced climbers to level up their endurance training and beat the pump to the chains. The professor of pump is in the building! - This show is sponsored by Patrons of The Struggle. Enjoy all the Patron perks by comin...

A panel of elite climbers and coaches share their struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game.  - Elite climbers Mo Beck, Matt Segal, Sam Elias, Dru Mack, and coach Eric Horst have come together to present a mini-masterclass on training and performance before a psyched audience at Rocktoberfest. Check your knots, grab a cold one, and join us in the hanger for some...

Elite climber Allison Vest shares her struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game.  - Allison Vest has been a force on plastic, rock, and social media. Allison was the Canadian National Boulder Champion in 2018 and 2020, and the National Lead Champion in 2019. Recently she has stepped back from the comp circuit to focus on bouldering outdoors, where she has topped...

Elite climber Tommy Caldwell shares his struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game.  - Tommy Caldwell is quite possibly the greatest all around rock climber of this generation... and perhaps of all time. He has five first free ascents on El Cap alone, including the Dihedral Wall which went unrepeated for 12 years, and of course the Dawn Wall, widely considered the...

Host of the hit climbing podcast The Nugget, Steven Dimmitt shares his struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game.  - Steven, as many of you are surely already aware, is the host of The Nugget Climbing Podcast. With more than 135 episodes and over 1 million downloads, The Nugget has become a really valuable resource for the climbing community. Beyond the mic, Stev...

Ryan shares his sends and struggles from the summer (and spring). From working his toughest proj at the Red, to utilizing tips learned from the pros and coaches featured in Season 1, to summer training with an eye towards fall goals... this update covers a bunch of territory and also goes off the rails from time to time so hopefully you're cool with that.  - Want to be a podcast hero and score you...

Hazel Findlay, pro climber and mindset coach, joins the show to look back at Season 1's interviews with 10 of the biggest names in climbing to see what themes and takeaways there are through the lens of Mental Game. - Hazel is a pro with an impressive list of hard trad climbs to her name including Magic Line, a 14c rated R route, and freeing El Cap via the Golden Gate route. Hazel is also an insan...

GOAT Coach, Eric Hörst, joins the show to look back at Season 1's interviews with 10 of the biggest names in climbing to see what themes and takeaways there are through the lens of Tactics. - Eric literally wrote the book on Training for Climbing, which has numerous foreign translations and sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide. In addition to that, and 7 other books to his name, Eric is...

Caitlin Holmes, Certified Nutritional Specialist, joins the show to look back at Season 1's interviews with 10 of the biggest names in climbing to see what themes and takeaways there are through the lens of Nutrition. - Caitlin received her MS in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine and now runs a nutrition coaching business where she primarily works with climbers and outdoor enthusiasts to dev...

Dr. Tyler Nelson from Camp 4 Human Performance joins the show to look back at Season 1's interviews with 10 of the biggest names in climbing to see what themes and takeaways there are through the lens of Training. - Tyler is bringing cutting edge science to the world of training for climbing and, in the process, he is blowing up myths of training that we’ve long thought to be true and helping clim...

Ryan explains what to expect with the upcoming Expert Analysis episodes, reveals the lineup of wizards who will be lending their expertise, and looks back, through a lens of struggle, at Season One's 10 interviews with the biggest names in climbing. - This season is supported by PhysiVantage, the official climbing-nutrition sponsor of The Struggle. Visit www.physivantage.com/discount/STRUGGLE15 to...

Elite climber Lynn Hill shares her struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game.  - It’s hard to overstate just how impactful, badass, and groundbreaking Lynn has been on the sport of rock climbing and beyond. If you are a climber then you are standing on her shoulders. Lynn has been a dominant force in pretty much every discipline of climbing. She has won world cup...

Elite climber Dru Mack shares his struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game.  - Dru Mack is a master of endurance, perseverance, and psych. He grew up climbing on the long overhung sandstone routes of the Red River Gorge, and after sending pretty much everything there, he’s now tackling some of the toughest sport climbs in the western US and in Spain. How good is...

Elite climber Justin Salas shares his struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game.  - Justin is a ridiculously strong boulderer and comp climber, with a seriously impressive resume including two IFSC silver medals, five national championships, and a world championship to his name. He’s a V-double-digit climber who just keeps getting stronger… oh, and he also happen...

Elite climber Alex Johnson shares her struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game.  - Alex Johnson is one of the most badass boulderers out there, and she just keeps getting stronger. She’s won Nationals 5 times and has 2 World Cup gold medals, she has bouldered 100 v10s (what?!) and famously sent the insanely tough V14, The Swarm. What she experienced AFTER she fi...

Elite climber Alex Honnold shares his struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game.  - Alex Honnold is the biggest name in rock climbing and has tackled some of the sport's biggest climbs. He's the only human to free solo El Cap, a feat that is just mind boggling. He holds the El Cap speed record of the The Nose with his bromance Tommy Caldwell, with whom he’s compl...