Exploring Finger Strength and Injury Prevention in Climbing

Dr. Tyler Nelson is the founder of Camp 4 Human Performance, a company focused on bringing the principles of sport science to climbing. 

Tyler is focused on being a cutting edge resource for training and rehabilitation of climbers. This means he is always knee deep in research papers from all sorts of sports and asking how we might apply those lessons to climbing. Then he explores these potential findings through testing, ultrasound, and training with some of the best athletes in climbing. Some of his questions and hypotheses have ruffled feathers, but that is exactly what makes Tyler interesting and a valuable asset to our community.

In this episode Tyler goes deep on finger morphology, the frame work for how climbers should understand strength training, why training on an unlevel edge could be useful, what a talon grip is, and a paradox we all run into when starting to strength train.

SHOW NOTES:

• Camp 4 Human Performance Instagram
• Camp 4 Human Performance YouTube
• Camp 4 Human Performance Website
• Unlevel Edges by Zach at Specialized Masochism
• Allison Vest podcast
• Ultrasound post by Tyler
• The Wrist Wrench

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