Jeremy Kiner is a Kentucky-based boulderer and sport climber. We talked about his journey to V10 and 5.13b, how he uses a board circuit as a training benchmark, his experience with the GRINDS finger training program, embracing double rest days, his diet and dealing with autoimmune issues, what he learned from working on two different regenerative farms, being a conscious consumer, and much more.

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Show Notes:

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Nuggets:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:02:01) – Jeremy’s background

(00:03:47) – Regenerative farming

(00:05:46) – Resting a lot

(00:11:39) – Abrahangs & weight room

(00:13:06) – Jeremy’s climbing progression

(00:23:58) – The thief of joy

(00:27:55) – Never enough time

(00:35:54) – Training circuit (strength boulder pyramid)

(00:43:52) – Fun board climbing

(00:45:40) – Different training chapters

(00:51:29) – The GRINDS Program

(00:58:50) – Breaking down finger training terms

(01:05:35) – Unlevel edges

(01:08:05) – Tweaky fingers

(01:20:22) – There is no “best” way

(01:26:43) – Things that work

(01:28:58) – Things that don’t work

(01:33:58) – Boards

(01:40:02) – Jeremy’s diet & autoimmunity

(01:47:28) – Where is your food coming from

(01:54:03) – Regenerative farming continued

(02:08:16) – Food subsidies & waste

(02:13:01) – The other pillars of health

(02:17:22) – Conscious consumer

(02:20:53) – Wrap up

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