I talked with coaches Alex Stiger and Matt Pincus about how they coach their clients to make the best use of their time outside of work to train and climb. And I talk about how to eat well throughout every day to fuel yourself for climbing and training, regardless of what your busy schedule looks like.
We looked at three case studies:
- The 9-5 employee
- Shift workers (health care workers, etc)
- Parent who may or may not have a job
Things We Covered
- How to fit training in even on work days for a shift worker
- What to do on days off after shift work stint is over
- Nutrition tips for shift workers
- Should 9-5’ers focus on bouldering to make the most of their time?
- How often to be training and climbing
- Making sure to vary sessions
- Different climbing/training schedules for weekend warriors
- How to avoid overtraining
- Importance of having a plan B if you’re a parent
- Usefulness of home walls for parents
- Bonus Content on Patreon
Patreon Bonus Content
There’s some bonus content at the end of this episode about:
- Having FOMO when we see pros’ training plans on social media
- How to know what’s right for YOU
- Minimum effective dosage of hanging and weight lifting
- How my climbing training has evolved to be almost completely on-the-wall and why that’s still considered “training”
- What is “training” exactly?
- You can find that bonus content and the uncut, ad-free episode without intro or outro on my Patreon page.
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