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Let’s talk about competition and avoiding burnout. Competition can give you reason to celebrate. It can also give you reason to grieve. Give yourself 24-48 hours, to embrace your victories and reflect on the things that didn’t work this time. Then give yourself a play day to get right back to it. Have no expectations.

Look out for an inability to be content. Dopamine is addictive. It can leave you always seeking “What’s next?”, thinking “Do better! Keep pushing!”, pushing yourself to “Win again! Don’t fail!”

It’s easy at this level to get caught up in grades and results. You have probably reminded beginners many times by now, not to get caught up in grades, especially in a gym. Remember the joy of climbing when you started. It gives you access to beautiful places; it keeps you challenged, both physically, and intellectually. Don’t get caught up in continual progression. Listen to your body. Seek coaching with plateaus. Being OVERly focused on goals can lead to frustration or burn out. Worse, it can lead to cheating when you have a must “win” at any cost attitude.

Today let’s take a moment to talk about the Deadlift and why it rocks for building strength. This compound movement gives tons of bang for your buck; stronger bones & tissues, increased core stability and strength, stronger glutes (yay!) & posterior chain, and overall development of badass force and power production through your whole body. Also, there are a million and two variations to this lift so whatever equipment you have around you’ll be able to perform this movement in some form. The best part of a deadlift is that it’s basically another name for “pick up the thing” which is something that happens in our lives all day long (kids, shopping bags, moving furniture etc.) so working this pattern in the gym helps us out our daily lives. Proper form is key, the most common mistake I see is going too heavy too fast which puts your body at risk of injury. Take your time, increase the load slowly and have fun.

We want you feeling strong, running faster, climbing longer, hiking pain-free; whatever your thing is we can help you do it with greater ease. Combining strength training and massage therapy we’ll help you build your best, strongest, injury-proof body. Proper movement assessment and technique evaluation with regard to running and climbing are the best way to find out where you can improve and become more efficient in your activities. When building any new program the first step is to set a baseline. Assessment sets a baseline and helps to create a system by which we can measure progress.

Let’s talk about competition and avoiding burnout. Competition can give you reason to celebrate. It can also give you reason to grieve. Give yourself 24-48 hours, to embrace your victories and reflect on the things that didn’t work this time. Then give yourself a play day to get right back to it. Have no expectations.

Look out for an inability to be content. Dopamine is addictive. It can leave you always seeking “What’s next?”, thinking “Do better! Keep pushing!”, pushing yourself to “Win again! Don’t fail!”

It’s easy at this level to get caught up in grades and results. You have probably reminded beginners many times by now, not to get caught up in grades, especially in a gym. Remember the joy of climbing when you started. It gives you access to beautiful places; it keeps you challenged, both physically, and intellectually. Don’t get caught up in continual progression. Listen to your body. Seek coaching with plateaus. Being OVERly focused on goals can lead to frustration or burn out. Worse, it can lead to cheating when you have a must “win” at any cost attitude.

Today let’s take a moment to talk about the Deadlift and why it rocks for building strength. This compound movement gives tons of bang for your buck; stronger bones & tissues, increased core stability and strength, stronger glutes (yay!) & posterior chain, and overall development of badass force and power production through your whole body. Also, there are a million and two variations to this lift so whatever equipment you have around you’ll be able to perform this movement in some form. The best part of a deadlift is that it’s basically another name for “pick up the thing” which is something that happens in our lives all day long (kids, shopping bags, moving furniture etc.) so working this pattern in the gym helps us out our daily lives. Proper form is key, the most common mistake I see is going too heavy too fast which puts your body at risk of injury. Take your time, increase the load slowly and have fun.

We want you feeling strong, running faster, climbing longer, hiking pain-free; whatever your thing is we can help you do it with greater ease. Combining strength training and massage therapy we’ll help you build your best, strongest, injury-proof body. Proper movement assessment and technique evaluation with regard to running and climbing are the best way to find out where you can improve and become more efficient in your activities. When building any new program the first step is to set a baseline. Assessment sets a baseline and helps to create a system by which we can measure progress.