Inner Fire Climbing Podcast

Collin McGee is a coach with Camp 4 Human Performance and the Fitness Director at the Alliance Fitness Center in Reading, PA. Collin has coached a wide range of athletes in multiple sports and fitness disciplines. On today's podcast, we discuss the importance of strength training for climbers, which fitness trends are overrated and underrated for climbers, and the keys to building physical resiliency.

Thanks patrons for the questions this month!  Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/innerfireclimbing 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:52 Joshua - Session capacity for projecting 00:05:31 Jantina - Yoga for climbing 00:08:26 Foo - Climbing books 00:12:17 Foo - Business advice (lol. Run away, people. Run away) 00:15:55 Eric - Squat DOMS impacting performance 00:19:45 Simon - Zooming in on single hard moves 00:24:58 Miles - Breathing while bouldering 00:28:50 Instagram question of the month - Dealing with grade-obsessed climbing buddies on a trip 00:33:39 Sam - Sport climbing partners

Flo Tilley is a mindset coach with Lattice and has a Master's degree in Sport and Exercise Psychology. On today's episode we talk about flow, overcoming fear, and the power of self talk.

Michael Hauss is a friend and client of mine. Michael is a former D1 athlete and the founder of ROQ Climbing, a new kind of climbing gym coming to Seattle. On today's episode, we talk about modern climbing gyms, starting a business, and why group coaching might be the future of climbing.

Thanks patrons for the questions this month! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/innerfireclimbing 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:42 Update on fatherhood 00:04:12 Simon - Practical resources on Stoicism 00:08:53 Rose - Exercises for hypermobile shoulders 00:14:07 Alexander - Utility of ARCing and 4x4s 00:17:27 Andrew - Hamstring rehab and heel hook training 00:22:08 Max 1 - Approach to projecting as a dad 00:28:44 Jantina - Sport climbing with someone who climbs at a different level 00:35:49 Max 2 - Managing climbing alongside major life changes