E133: Matt Bird - Why does a climber need a manager? A little look into the shadowy world of athlete contracts.
Matt Bird swoops in to join us this week, Matt is a rare beast, a manager to some elite climbers like Shauna Coxsey and Will Bosi, but why does a climber need a manager? What does it mean to be a prof...
29 Jan 20251h 53min
E132: Toby Roberts - Winning the Olympic gold, heavy training schedules and board climbing feats of strength
Ooo it's a biggie! It's only the Olympic gold medal winner Toby Roberts! We've been trying to get Toby on for a while and eventually we surprised him with a last minute pod so he wouldn't have time to...
22 Jan 20251h 47min
E131: Paul Robinson - Last great projecting, taking control of your own narrative and Lucid Dreaming
Joining us this week is the legend Paul Robinson. A hugely accomplished boulderer who has been living the pro climbing lifestyle for longer than most! He's climbed well over a thousand eighth grade bo...
15 Jan 20251h 55min
E130: Hamish McArthur - Climbing with spirit, Olympic pressure and turning climbing into a (very good) job
It was a long overdue pleasure to be joined by Hamish this week! If you follow him on Instagram then you'll know that he's a deep thinker with an eloquent and unique way of phrasing things. We really ...
8 Jan 20252h 7min
E129: Farewell to 2024, our review of the year
Sometimes it feels like we're recording a podcast, and sometimes it feels like we're just having a chat which just so happens to be recorded, this one was very much the latter. Just a review of the ye...
1 Jan 20251h 29min
E128: The Christmas Special quiz! Featuring Sam Lawson and Billy Ridal
Ho Ho Who's up for some quizzing? We've got a Christmas special which is mostly a quiz. Hopefully it's a good laugh... Not much more to say really! Listen to it!If you're enjoying the podcast and woul...
18 Des 20241h 43min
E127: Stian Christophersen - Reducing time spent off the wall due to injury, injuries in general and the Climbing Bible
This week we have a bit of a font of knowledge joining us on the pod! Stian is a coach, a physio, a lecturer, a writer and a hard climber from Norway! He's climbed to a high level and he has been heav...
11 Des 20241h 58min
E126: The training tool tier list episode
Hello there, we yoyoed to the other end of the spectrum this week as we got all lathered up in reductive energy and tried to rank the standard bits of equipment by how useful we think they are for roc...
4 Des 20241h 34min
