Episode #8: Tips for Effective Winter Gym Training

Welcome to the launch of the new Training for Climbing podcast! This is one full hour of rich training-for-climbing content, so you may want to take notes or listen twice! Here's an outline of the show: 1:00 - Podcast overview 8:30 - Topic #1: Training program design 9:45 - Beginner-training program tips 14:20 - Effective training for intermediate-level climbers 17:45 - Advance & elite off-season program design 22:15 - Periodization schemes 30:00 - Topic #2: The importance of getting stronger during the off-season 32:20 - How stabilizer-muscle training can make your fingers stronger 34:50 - Overview of hangboard and campus training for maximum strength and power development 36:30 - The "7/53" hangboard training protocol 39:20 - Weighted pull-ups training 41:00 - Complex training 42:50 - What about endurance training? 48:00 - Topic #3: How to make the most of your gym training time 53:30 - Two MOs of gym climbers 56:10 - 4 Tips for effective gym training 58:00 - What is "junk training"? 1:00:00 - Closing comments Listen closely. Apply. Send! Music: Misty Murphy Download all the monthly training podcasts for free by subscribing to the "Eric Horst's Training for Climbing" podcast on iTunes. Please leave a review on iTunes!