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Starting January, I’ll be teaching a 90min climbing class at 9am on Tuesday’s @cubo_bouldering_pxm
In class, we’ll cover:
Warm-ups for climbing prep
Assess weaknesses
Work on Technical skills
Work on exercises you’ll need for improvement
Post climbing cool down

When the person you share your life with has cancer. You change just about everything in life.
I haven’t been posting much recently, not because I haven’t wanted to. I have needed to take care of myself and my family before I can teach the all.
I hope to lead by example, and what kind of an example would I be setting if I put posting first?
When things get hardI don’t stop working on myself and the relationships closest to me. These are the most important.
I have made the mistake of doing this the opposite way and it didn’t go well.
Now we are at a crossroads with Andrea’s health. We both continue to believe and do everything to help her heal.
It has been a long journey and I am so grateful for the many that have reached out, contributed, and stuck with us through the hard times.
It has really changed my life for the better.
If you feel called. Feel free to click the link on my links page for donations. Thank you

To all the dads out there. You have the power to make the biggest difference in the next generation. All the things you wish your dad did you get to do with your child.
You set the rules and can show them who to be in the world

Only try this one when you’re ready
Don’t start with a pull up start with just a hang
Also try the largest edge before you do the smallest
Great to work on your toe hooking while hanging
#CompoundExercises #WeightedPullups #LowerBodyActivation #AdvancedTraining #fitnessefficiency

To keep your shoulders strong give yourself some daily movement
No this isn’t the only thing you can do
But it’s a start to making your shoulders strong for what you’re doing to throw at them

Problem solving is one of the best attributes of climbing
I have totally tried to force a move to work and kept falling
All it took was not repeating the same mistake
Sometimes it’s something minor like pulling from a specific direction
Other times it’s a big change
Listening to those mistakes is the key
That’s why admitting you were wrong or that there is a different way is important.
#improvement #mistakes #learning #humility #growth

Climbing isn’t mechanical it is mental
Yes, you need to work out different body positions
And tell your body to fire them at specific times
But you also need your brain to believe you can
You need to get into a flow
What we forget is that most of this is not mechanical
Trust me as a dad with very limited time to climb
I can say that I spend less time climbing and more time sending
It’s not because I don’t want to climb more,
But because I don’t have as much time.
With the time I do have I utilize my mental an emotional states with the steps in the video.
It’s not just about firing your heal to activate your gastroc and hamstring at the right time.
We are much more than muscles in a body
#climbing #motivation #selfdevelopment #goalsetting #visualization

Do you use your lower body well on the wall?
When we watch monkeys climb they literally use their legs like their arms.
The stronger climbers do the same.
This is basically using your foot to push with your toe vs pull with it.
Such a simple move, but I don’t see everyone use it.
Have you tried it?
#toehook #heelhook #externalhiprotation #climbingmoves #movementvocabulary #competitiveedge

To all the mothers out there
You do so much more than the world can acknowledge
@andrea._.loeffler it is been such a joy to watch you as a mother
You have nurtured and cared for our son even better than I could imagine
We don’t post much of our son not because we don’t want to share the joy that is Kai.
But because of the evils of social media.
I wanted to share these moments to give thanks and appreciation to my two gifts in my life.
I am grateful to have both of them

Make your warm-ups fun!
Like traversing the wall this drill is a fun one to build endurance.
I like to go from V0-V4, but the range depends on how pumped you are.
You want a little pump but not more than 70%
This is one of my favorite ways to do all the boulder problems quickly especially since I only have an hour or so to climb.
I do 1-2 rounds of this warm up before I start working on my project.
Down climbing usually adds another layer to this as well.

Get in as deep as you can 😜
But seriously, don’t pull from the tippy toe pull from the center of your foot as much as you can.
It sounds obvious but I see this mistake often
Try it and let me know what you think

One of the most useful exercises for climbin
Yes, even pressing into an L-sit is very useful
This is a great way to work on your compression core strength off the wall
It does seem impossible when you first try it but try these progressions and let me know what you think
#Lsit #BodyControl #Flexibility #Progression