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The Nugget Climbing PodcastEP 254: Best of 2024 (Including the Best of Patreon)This is a collection of my favorite moments of the podcast from 2024, including some of the best Patreon segments. Enjoy!Holiday Gift Ideas:patreon.com/thenuggetclimbing/giftGift a Patreon subscription đfrictitiousclimbing.com/products/the-nugThe NUG đthenuggetclimbing.com/shopHello Friends merch đRhino Skin Solutions:rhinoskinsolutions.comUse code âNUGGETâ at checkout for 20% off your next order!Revival Climbing Coalition:revivalclimbing.comEP 225: Tony Bell & David Bress (my episode with the founders of Revival)
2024-12-232h 32
The Nugget Climbing PodcastEP 223: Aidan Roberts â Navigating Pro Climbing, Establishing His Two Hardest Boulders, and Glimpsing MasteryAidan Roberts returns to the podcast! Aidan is at the cutting edge of bouldering and is one of the most genuine people Iâve had the pleasure of talking to. We talk about professional climbing and todayâs media landscape, and he brings us up to speed on the last year and a half of his climbing and shares the full stories of âSpots of Timeâ and âArrival of the Birdsâ, two new boulders proposed 9A/V17.We recorded this a couple of days after my chat with him and Sam on their podcast. I was honored to join them...
2024-06-103h 35
The Nugget Climbing PodcastEP 166: Will Bosi â Sending âBurden of Dreamsâ V17, Dream Projects, and Functional Finger Strength vs. Party TricksWill Bosi is a 24-year-old climber from Scotland who has emerged as one of the best climbers in the world. This interview is hot off the press! Will made the second ascent of âBurden of Dreamsâ V17 less than two weeks ago and joins us for a proper geek out about the send. We talked about his process of projecting the replica and the actual boulder, his feats of finger strength and where to draw the line between party tricks and useful strength, doing the second ascent of âMutationâ at Raven Tor, his absolute dream project, and much more!Che...
2023-04-242h 04
The Nugget Climbing PodcastFollow-Up: Aidan Roberts â Sending Alphane, Training for V18 Projects, and Listener Q&A (Teaser)This full episode is available for Patrons right now! Aidan Roberts is back on the podcast for a proper geek-out about cutting-edge bouldering! We talked about sending Alphane V17, how he and Ollie tweaked his approach to focus on power over the winter, his plans to try futuristic (V18) projects back in Switzerland, and Aidan answered your questions about his training, finger strength, board climbing, flexibility, nutrition, lifestyle, and more!Become a Patron to get access to the full episode! And support the podcast! *The full version is 2:53:31.*Watch the uncut video interview h...
2023-02-0240 min
The Nugget Climbing PodcastEP 153: Ollie Torr â The Secret to Finger Strength, How to Climb Like Aidan Roberts, and Staying on the BusOllie Torr is an ex-gymnast, high-end rock climber, and co-founder of Lattice Training. We went deep in this conversation and covered Ollieâs top exercises for different types of climbers, how to climb more like Aidan Roberts, how to find your own superpowers and become a specialist, the secret to finger strength, balancing strength and fitness, overtraining vs. under recovering, taking action is six-week blocks, and much more!Check out PhysiVantage!physivantage.com (link includes 15% off coupon)Use code "NUGGET15" at checkout for 15% off your next order!Check out Crimpd!...
2023-01-233h 39
The Nugget Climbing PodcastEP 142: Aidan Roberts â Training for Alphane V17, the Power of Replicas, and Embracing Your StyleAidan Roberts is a 23-year-old from the UK, who has emerged as one of the strongest boulderers in the world. We talked about training for his trip to Switzerland to try Alphane V17, differences among top boulderers, how Aidan developed his climbing style, addressing finger weaknesses, training using replicas, his goal-setting philosophy, plans to train for Burden of Dreams V17, considering our environmental impact as climbers, and much more. *He sent Alphane V17 two weeks after this interview. Congrats Aidan!!!Listen to more top bouldering episodes!thenuggetclimbing.com/top-listsCheck out F...
2022-11-013h 02
The Nugget Climbing PodcastEP 136: Dan Varian â High Angle Crimps, Silver Bullets in Finger Strength, and How to Activate Lazy FingersDan Varian is an elite boulderer from the UK and the cofounder of Beastmaker. We talked about a finger strength test that Dan had me do, how to measure the load distribution across our fingers, silver bullets in finger strength, how to activate lazy fingers, why Dan is focusing his training on high angle crimps, his recommendations for me, and wrist training for Fontainebleau.Check out Rhino Skin Solutions!rhinoskinsolutions.comUse code âNUGGETâ at checkout for 20% off your next order!And check out EP 22 with Justin Brown to learn more abou...
2022-09-192h 23
The Nugget Climbing PodcastEP 92: Tom Herbert (Part 1) â Eating More to Train Harder, Protein Synthesis, and Carbohydrate TimingTom Herbert is known as the usefulcoach, and is a leader in climbing sports nutrition. We talked about common themes in clients he works with, his philosophy of getting climbers to eat more calories to support a higher training volume, muscle protein synthesis, carbohydrate recommendations and timing, food quality, leucine supplementation, and much more. Support the Podcast:thenuggetclimbing.com/supportWe are supported by these amazing BIG GIVERS:Bryan Fast (he's the first one!)Become a Patron:patreon.com/thenuggetclimbingShow Notes:  thenuggetclimbing.com/episodes/tom...
2021-10-252h 35