The Struggle Climbing Show

The August Plog: New Training, How I'm Doing 18% More, Squamish Recap, and Performance Hacks

The Struggle Climbing Show

Show Notes

Casually reflecting on my training, performance, and experimentation for the month, including:

Recap of August goals (hits and misses)

Struggling like crazy with the new training load

How I achieved 18% more completed workouts

Squamish recap

Getting on the fall 12c projie for the first time

Technology I'm using to hack my training

Can a vegetarian use collagen?

September goals

Shoutout to Aiden Schlatter, Michael Martin, and Kent Olmstead for supporting at the Hero level on Patreon. So mega!

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