Climbing Science, Training Mistakes, and Donuts | Mountain Talk Podcast

Listen to this interview on Mountain Talk to get Tyler’s thoughts on the following topics:

  • 3:40 Intros & “Shittiest Classics”

  • 7:40 Tyler’s Hx, Climbing + Education

  • 12:10 Climbing Science or Lack Thereof

  • 14:40 What’s the controversy?

  • 16:50 Why defend the fingerboard?

  • 18:40 The messiness of climbing training

  • 21:40 Strength training, coordination adaptations, the fingerboard

  • 25:30 Fingerboard physics/risks

  • 27:45 The Campus board...

  • 33:15 Fingers don't have to be THAT strong!

  • 34:00 Lessons you had to unlearn?

  • 36:00 Biggest Pet Peeve

  • 38:00 Skills are skills.

  • 41:45 Muscular Endurance in Climbing

  • 46:15 Messiness of Climbing & ME Training.

  • 48:45 overuse, A2 Pulley, cyst recommendations

  • 50:45 Don't Train Like a Pro

  • 52:45 Chronic Finger Pain in Setters

  • 56:45 Anatomy: Hands & Fingers

  • 60:30 Interventions for Contact Strength

  • 63:45 Training Mistakes

  • 63:50 General Strength for Climbers

  • 64:30 Favorite/Least Favorite Boulders in LCC

  • 66:30 Process as the Goal

  • 68:45 Worst Tattoos

  • 71:45 Metal

  • 75:30 Donuts


    and much more!