Dear Listener, How about -- together -- we all try to SEND 2025?

In other words, let's try to upgrade our thoughts and actions in all we do to make 2025 our best year yet!

Towards this end, in this episode I will serve up tips for improving your training, elevating your climbing, and advancing in other important life areas!

RUNDOWN

0:15 - Eric's greetings...

0:45 - Introductory comments on striving to live your dream life...in climbing and beyond.

3:38 -  Upgrade #1: Improve your time management to maximize time spent engaged in important activities.

10:33 - Upgrade #2: Level-up your training by cutting the "fluff", adding some novelty, and targeting your weaknesses.

20:10 -  Upgrade #3: Elevate your thoughts and take control of your self-talk to help drive massive action towards your goals.

29:50 - Upgrade #4: Refine your day-to-day nutrition to support energy, focus, strength gains, recovery ability, and injury resistance.

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37:21 - Upgrade #5: Analyze and better manage your stress levels. Strive to reduce (or eliminate) "bad stress", while seeking out and embracing sources of "good stress."

45:12 - Eric's summary tips, comments, and best wishes. Contact Eric on Instagram @eric_horst or @training4climbing -- subscribe to Eric's T4C YouTube channel.

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