The TrainingBeta Podcast: A Climbing Training Podcast TBP 058 :: Joe Kinder on The BD Bootcamp, Route Development, and Being a Pro
Date: July 11th, 2016
This is an interview with Joe Kinder, a 36-year-old climber from New Hampshire who was one of our sport's first professional (aka paid) athletes. He's climbed up to 5.14+ sport and 5.13+ trad, and he's given back much to the sport by developing a whole lot of new routes all over the US. He's well known for his consistently high level of psyche for climbing, and for being a genuinely good person and fellow climber at any crag.
Joe, Sam Elias, and Dan Mirsky recently completed the BD Training Bootcamp, where they lived and trained together in Golden, CO for several weeks at a time while being coached by Kris Peters and Justen Sjong. They all saw a lot of success after the bootcamp sessions, and I talked to Joe about what he accomplished after the bootcamp and how he's changing his overall training because of it.
About Our Talk
In this interview we talked about his history with climbing, growing up with Dave Graham, why he develops routes, training, diet, and lots more.
- BD bootcamp results
- Route development
- Moonboard training
- Making a living as a sponsored athlete
- Diet and alcohol
- Goals of 5.15
- Joe's experience with the BD Bootcamp (Video)
- Joe sending Maquina Muerte in Spain, 5.14d (Video)
- Joe in 30 Days in Norway (Video)
- Joe on Instagram
- Joe on Facebook
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