Climbing Injury and Training with Dr. Natasha Barnes

About this episode

Dr. Natasha Barnes discusses her experience in climbing and insights on injury and training.

Dr. Natasha Barnes has been climbing since 1999. Is a Touchstone Climbing Athlete. She is also a former National Bouldering Champion and Teva Games gold medalist (now GoPro Mountain Games/IFSC Vail World Cup). She has bouldered multiple V10’s and V11’s and climbed 5.13d/14a outdoors. And has been featured in several climbing films, interviewed or featured in climbing magazines and podcasts, and have been highly active in the community for 20 years. She is also a competitive powerl...

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Natasha Barnes

Topics covered

• climbing injuries
• training techniques
• competitive climbing
• bouldering
• athlete performance

Keywords

• climbing
• injury
• training
• bouldering
• performance
• athlete
• competition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Touchstone Climbing

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