Episode #8: Tips for Effective Winter Gym Training - a podcast by Eric J. Hörst

Welcome to the launch of the new Training for Climbing podcast! This is one full hour of rich training-for-climbing content, so you may want to take notes or listen twice! Here's an outline of the show:

1:00 - Podcast overview
8:30 - Topic #1: Training program design
9:45 - Beginner-training program tips
14:20 - Effective training for intermediate-level climbers
17:45 - Advance & elite off-season program design
22:15 - Periodization schemes
30:00 - Topic #2: The importance of getting stronger during the off-season
32:20 - How stabilizer-muscle training can make your fingers stronger
34:50 - Overview of hangboard and campus training for maximum strength and power development
36:30 - The "7/53" hangboard training protocol
39:20 - Weighted pull-ups training
41:00 - Complex training
42:50 - What about endurance training?
48:00 - Topic #3: How to make the most of your gym training time
53:30 - Two MOs of gym climbers
56:10 - 4 Tips for effective gym training
58:00 - What is "junk training"?
1:00:00 - Closing comments

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Music: Misty Murphy

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