EP 292: Tom Randall — How to Program Your Training Like a Pro (Repost from Patreon)

About this episode

In this episode, Tom Randall discusses how to effectively program your climbing training and the importance of self-coaching.

Today, I am resharing one of the most valuable episodes I have ever recorded. This episode with Tom Randall was originally aired on Patreon in Feb, 2022. We talked about how to use your friends to discover your strengths and weaknesses, how to work backward from goals, how long it takes to make major changes in your climbing, like switching from bouldering to sport climbing, and much more. Don’t skip this episode if you are a self-coached climber.

People in this episode

Host: Steven Dimmitt

Guest: Tom Randall

Topics covered

• climbing training
• self-coaching
• goal setting
• strengths and weaknesses
• bouldering
• sport climbing

Keywords

• climbing
• training
• self-coached
• bouldering
• sport climbing
• goal setting
• strengths
• weaknesses

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