Just a few thoughts
What surprised me this week is amount of NON Olympic stuff. Podcasts from setters, coaches, instructors. Articles about climbing’s mental game, sustainability, and popularity. Gym news from two continents. Routesetter education events. And more. This may be our most international newsletter ever. Click your browser’s translate button.
But of course we’re all watching Paris. The climbing events begin Monday, and there is A LOT of chatter from all corners of our community. This week’s haul is below, and don’t miss our A-to-Z resource with over 100 links to the top stories and insights from across our sport.
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Community & Culture
- Podcast: Every Body Climbs – Fallon Rowe on Learning Mental Gymnastics So Our Bodies Can Climb (Emily Chen-Newton, The Power Company)
- Coordination, essential in climbing? (Martin Baudry, Grimper)
- Climbing and ecologies: upside down (Tom Martin, Grimper)
- Higher Ground – Why climbing’s popularity should be celebrated (Chris Weidner, Daily Camera)
The Olympians
- Video: Janja Garnbret Unfiltered – Climbing’s Greatest Competitor (adidas)
- Team USA Sport Climbers Land in Spain for Training Camp (USAC)
- How Hard Have Paris Olympians Climbed on Rock? (Aaron Pardy, Gripped)
- Podcast: Molly Thompson-Smith – Qualifying and preparing for the Olympics (Careless Talk)
- Podcast: Colin Duffy – His Journey as a 2x Olympian (The Nugget)
Towards the Olympics
- Podcast: Paris Preview (Alex Honnold, Climbing Gold)
- Podcast: Meagan Martin – Olympics Predictions, Training like a Ninja Warrior (The Struggle)
- Who’s Going to Podium at the Paris Olympics? Here’s Our Predictions (John Burgman, Outside)
- Meet the Paris 2024 Olympic Routesetting Team – Garrett Gregor (Natalie Berry, UK Climbing)
- WTF is a Rose Move? Plus, 39 Other Sport Climbing Terms You’ll Hear this Olympics (Matt Samet, Outside)
- Climbing’s Olympic Legacy Already in Motion (IFSC)
- IFSC Videos:
Gym Scene
- Ontario’s Newest Bouldering Gym Opens (Naomi Stevens, CBJ)
- How New York City’s Most Beloved Climbing Gym Survived Its Eviction (Jun Chou, Outside)
- A bouldering hall for Langenthal (Lacrux)
- Arkose buys VA Chevaleret (Grimper)
For Managers
- Podcast: Growing Membership Through Programming – Evan Pearce (John Burgman, CBJ)
- Colorado Gym Hopes to Start a Trend With Unique Certification for the Industry (CBJ)
- Sport Climbing & the Paris 2024 Olympics (Jake Byk, CWA)
- IFSC’s Media Guide to Paris 2024 (IFSC)
- Video: Business Identity Is Strategy (Chris Ryan Studio)
- Video: Doug McWilliam – I Bought the Titan (EP Climbing)
For Routesetters
- Sep 11-14: Setter Summit in Salt Lake City (Proxy)
- Podcast: Comp setting & the Olympic games (Another Setting Podcast)
- New Route Setting Development Pathways Announced (ABC Walls)
- Video: The Art of Loading the Climber (Trango)
Training Tips
- Podcast: From Overtraining to Finding Discipline in Efficiency – Coach Charlie Schreiber (TrainingBeta)
- Why I Don’t Toss Wobblers Anymore – 2 Tips for You (Neely Quinn, TrainingBeta)
- I Had to Commit. (Kris Hampton, The Power Company)
- Struggling With Powerful Moves? Don’t Just Train Your Fingers. (Juliet Hammer, Outside)
- Stop Doing Random Exercises. Strength Exercises Are Power Exercises. (Dr. Tyler Nelson, Camp 4 Human Performance)
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