This one is for all you route climbers who are doing your base endurance training - or perhaps desperately trying to top it up as quickly and effectively as possible! There's 3 key areas that Tom goes through in this short podcast - all of them are areas that we see at Lattice as being very common issues that climbers frequently neglect to address. 

1. Don't train at just one intensity and/or volume! Look at your level 1 (continuity), level 3 (threshold) and level 4 (high intensity) interval work. They're ALL important!! Work out your balance and do NOT expect just one type to "solve" all your endurance issues. 

2. Don't train or climb at just one angle or surface type. Look at the degree of specificity and transfer that this has to your trip or projects outside. So commonly overlooked, this one! 

3. Management of de-load or rest weeks. Don't (typically) strip out all volume AND all intensity! Most climbers will want to drop the volume element but keep very similar on the intensity element of their training. In some ways, deload weeks run similar to taper periods... 

If you enjoyed this one, there's also another great episode we did on common mistakes in power endurance training on both our podcast and YouTube channel. 

https://youtu.be/iGp2nZHd2DY

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Lor Sabourin is a climber well know to us at Lattice - they've climbed multiple 5.13s in the US, including a number of bold and scary ones. On top of that, Lor has also recently made a repeat of East Coast Fist Bump becoming the first non-binary climber to send 5.14. We've also had the pleasure of working with Lor with their own training in the past. All in all, this is one very awesome human! 

Aside from hard, gnarly routes Lor is a highly experienced mental coach and works for one of the most respected organisations in the industry - The Warrior's Way. This interview with Tom Randall gives us all an insight into the strategies that Lor (and Tom to some extent) has used over the years in work
with their own fears and psychological boundaries. 

Lor talks in depth about their fear of falling - which many climbers will relate to - and also about the concepts of self-compassion, ACT and how your identity can be become a big part of how you climb and treat your own journey of progression. 

In addition, Tom and Lor talk about the changes in the climbing culture surrounding gender-identity - where it's come from and how it may change in the future. 

If you'd like to find out more about Lor, then follow them on @lor_sabourin on Instagram or get in touch via The Warrior's Way. 

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We were lucky enough last week to grab the climbing star and YouTube phenomenon of Magnus Midtbø for a moment out of his hectic schedule to sit down and run a Q&A session for Lattice with Tom Randall. 

In the fun and informal interview, we've got Tom and Magnus tackling all sorts of questions related to both running a big YouTube channel and also his own personal climbing and training. What many people don't appreciate, is that Magnus effectively runs a full time job (or more!) whilst also being a high level climber, so his story is a lot more relevant to the rest of us than we often realise!

Let us know if you enjoyed this shorter style fun chat or whether you'd like more hardcore training content! Your wish is generally our command! 

If you'd like to learn more about Magnus' own merchandise you can visit @ and of course you'll also find him all over YouTube and Instagram! 

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Performance profiling - the science behind the social media!

Everybody must have seen it by now, the 9c Climbing test - first seen on Magnus Midtbø's YouTube channel, now with almost 1 million views, invented by climbers Stian Christopherson (@stianchristophersen) and Martin Mobråten (@martinmobraten). Likewise, over 2 million people have watched the testing we completed with Magnus Midtbø on his channel...

As climbing tests (performance profiling) have now featured on many key YouTube channels, including the likes of Emil Abrahamsson, Anna Davey, Eric Karlsson Bouldering, and Bouldering Bobat, we thought it was about time we sat down 2 of the people who've spent a LOT of time working in this area. Both Stian and Tom have done their fair share of popularising climbing testing, but underneath it all, there's a wealth of experience that they have to share when it comes to how they've worked with national teams and individuals over the years, not to mention the experimentation they've had to do.

Tom and Stian dive into the following topics in-depth:

1. The origins of the 9c test. Why did it go onto Magnus's channel?
2. Why do we test?
3. What makes a good test/profiling kit and what do we need to watch out for?
4. Physical testing vs technique vs psychology
5. Does testing tell us if we're a "good" or a "bad" climber?
6. What's the future of performance profiling, coaching and training in general?

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Louis Parkinson (or Captain Cutloose to some!) is a force of nature... there is absolutely no denying that, whether you've seen one of his competition performances, a strength party trick in his Insta or a clip of him training at home, he's got some serious positive energy! This is one of the primary reasons why we wanted to sit down to Louis and talk to him about his approach to climbing - ranging from training to challenges, to coaching, to his thoughts on diversity. 

As many of you will know, Louis is a V13 boulder, head coach at Catalyst in London and a highly decorated competition climber. In this interview, we see Tom primarily delve into the mindset behind climbing that we know is yet another extremely important part of the puzzle.  

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Another round of questions and discussion!

In this episode we go through some of the most popular topics surrounding route climbing performance and some of the preparation and training that you do for it. It's really quite a broad topic, so please do let us know if there are additional things you'd like more info on!

1. Resting -  what do we do? How do we do it and what are the things that make a difference?

2. What is the best method for power endurance training? Are there any secret methods?

3. How to improve your onsight climbing? What makes people good at it?!

4. What can we do to improve our mental game for onsight climbing?


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Ok, some interesting topics this time! We have Tom and Ollie on the sofa again, doing more of a deep dive on some of the most complex training questions that you've been asking us. Whilst it's always very hard to come up with blanket answers, there are some good general rules of thumb you can stick to and also we try and keep the science as practical as possible - we love being geeky about it, but it MUST be useful and practical!

A little summary of what this week's Ask Lattice covers:

Q1: How do you know you're working at the right intensity for anaerobic capacity and aerobic capacity training?

Q2: What are the differences between block and concurrent periodisation? Why would you choose between each method?

Q3: Can you train for trad, bouldering & sport all at once?

Q4: How do you peak for a trip?

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In this interview, Tom Randall meets with Anoushé Husain to chat about her life; including her professional career, competing as a paraclimber, as well as the many adversities that Anoushé has had to face. 

Anoushé Husain is a paraclimber who we've been planning to interview for sometime now, but as will become apparent when you listen to this podcast, we kept getting put back by setbacks! 2020 was an extremely tough year for most of the world and even more so for Anoushé. As well as getting through the pandemic and surviving the difficulties of living on her own without care support, she has faced some huge setbacks in her health again this year. 

Born missing her right arm below the elbow, Anoushé has survived cancer, learnt to live (and climb well) with EDS all whilst being an incredible advocate for paraclimbers, diversity and equality. Not only is she a huge force for good, she has some amazing insights and experiences to share with others in how she deals with setbacks, her attitude around resilience and what it means to keep pushing on, no matter what.  

Not only is Anoushé someone who's prepared to challenge and push their beliefs, she is also someone who's engaged with changing the beliefs and attitudes of our others around us. There is so much to be gleaned from this interview.... get involved! 


This is the start of a new format of live video interviews and podcasts here at Lattice Training. Look out for the next in the series, as we will be regularly featuring climbers, coaches and generally the world's most interesting and passionate climbers in our community. 

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Hey Lattice Podcasters!

In the climbing world, we don't often get to watch pro athletes transition from pre-children to post-children with such a willingness to share with honesty and candour. Caro Ciavaldini is a North Face Pro Athlete who's operated at the cutting edge of sport, trad and competition climbing for a large part of her life. From competition success (twice 3rd in Lead World Cup) to trad climbing (multiple E9s) at the cutting edge, her journey has also crossed some major life boundaries AKA becoming a mother!

In this rarely addressed topic, coach Mina talks to Caro about her experiences with pregnancy, post-partum training, climbing with young children and how she feels about risk. If you're someone who's interested in this topic or perhaps working through your own experiences with parenthood, you're going to enjoy this one!

Make sure you also go and follow Caro's social channel over at "OnceUponAClimb" as she and her husband James continually document their experiences in such a cool and open way. We're big fans over at Lattice!

Timestamps:
Intro: (0:00)
Climbing Background: (0:55)
Experience with being pregnant: (1:43)
Postpartum: (15:50)
RED-S: (20:56)
Postpartum: (22:06)
Physical Recovery: (24:00)
Balancing being a parent and a climber: (31:07)
Traveling with a child: (37:44)
Taking risks: (42:50)
Physical recovery: (46:44)
Top tips: (49:43)
Outro: (53:41)

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James Pearson almost needs no introduction. He is one of the foremost trad climbing experts in the world, with a tick list that is both broad and intense. He has established and repeated many of the world's hardest trad climbing - including The Tribe, which right now may be the hardest trad route in the world. 

Growing up in the Derbyshire countryside, James didn't get off to a super early climbing start, but once he did get going he started making a quick impact on the scene. He made a very early repeat of one of gritstone's only E10s (Equilibrium) at Burbage, he then (amongst others) went on to establish the FA of The Groove at Cratcliffe and the stunning Walk of Life on the Devon seacliffs. 

Since then, he has travelled the world climbing many hard (and dangerous) routes and has a unique insight into what it takes to do this consistently and progressively. Even now as a father, husband and professional career athlete, he continues to push the boundaries on both the risk and difficulty element. A truly rare blend. 

This interview with Tom Randall and James Pearson delves into what his experiences have been, how he's taken his own journey and what has made the key differences in performance for him. 

Cover photo credit: Raph Foureau

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