Let me take you back, way back, to when I started climbing regularly in 2002. Lancaster, in the North of England, a student with the University Mountaineering Club. Not the most progressive of social scenes but I would argue, one that captured the zeitgeist of the time. Our climbing was all focused around outdoors. Outdoor …
Combating ‘Crag Guilt’ (Climbing Inside When You Could Be Climbing Outdoors) Read More »
You may have heard the phrase ‘it’s a speed limit, not a target’ and they’re kinda right. The limit is set as a maximum safe speed you could travel, rather than as some arbitrary number to match our speedometer. There’s a lot of numbers you could choose between, the idea is simply not to pick …
Goodhart’s Climbing Grade? Fine But How Long Could He Deadhang? Read More »
At the turn of any year, the attentions of millions of people around the world will turn to New Year’s Resolutions. While the most popular among the wider public will remain resolutions such as losing weight or saving money, for many of our clientele this is often a useful time to set some goals for …
Being Smart? Digging Into Some Goal Setting Theory Read More »
This one is dedicated to my wonderful wife and two daughters. They didn’t necessarily ask for my help but in allowing me to do so, gave me the opportunity to develop a model that I’ve since used to build confidence in anxious and nervous climbers: The Em Matrix. A lack of confidence in one’s own …
The Em Matrix: Building Confidence From Previous Results Read More »
31st December, let’s have a think: drinking, fireworks, celebrations. Kissing at midnight, time off from work, resolutions. There are plenty of traditions but it’s the last one i’m particularly going to focus on here: resolutions or, as we often know them better, goals. For the majority of people, this is a perfectly sensible and logical …
New New Years: Using Changing Clocks for Seasonal Goal Setting Read More »
Many years back, I developed something for myself to enhance my climbing; something that worked ridiculously well. And all it cost me was the price of a whiteboard. It became known as The List. Now that I’m a pro coach, I can completely see where I was coming from and why it is so useful, …
The List: A Solid Method of Always Having a Project to Hand Read More »
