Jonathan Hörst: Training Tips for Sport Performance and Unlocking Higher Potential through Nutrition

Aug 6, 2025

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Elite climber Jonathan Hörst explores:

How to train hard when your gym lacks options
His favorite way to build bulletproof endurance
The undervalued skill of learning on to rest on route
To run or not to run
Was his the heaviest 9a send ever?
Bodyweight and composition for various climbing goals
The snack he eats 30 mins prior to a send go
Carbs, fat, protein, micronutrients... and how to time them
His goal of becoming a 'climbing decathlete'
Overcoming low-confidence just before sending his hardest climb to date
The epic new crag he's developing at the Red

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Here are some AI generated chapters:

07:50 STRUGGLE 16:28 TRAINING 38:34 NUTRITION 56:47 TACTICS 01:10:14 MENTAL GAME

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