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Board Meetings | Better Working Goes: How To Send Faster
Podcasts, Board Meeting, Tactics Kris Hampton 5/22/25 Podcasts, Board Meeting, Tactics Kris Hampton 5/22/25

Board Meetings | Better Working Goes: How To Send Faster

How can we make better use of our working goes in order to send hard things faster?

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Board Meetings | Principle vs. Prescription in Climbing Training
Podcasts, Board Meeting, Physical Training, Mental Training Kris Hampton 2/20/25 Podcasts, Board Meeting, Physical Training, Mental Training Kris Hampton 2/20/25

Board Meetings | Principle vs. Prescription in Climbing Training

How do you know which is right for your situation?

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Board Meetings | Should Climbers Train Where They Are or Where They Want To Be?
Podcasts, Board Meeting, Physical Training, Mental Training Kris Hampton 2/13/25 Podcasts, Board Meeting, Physical Training, Mental Training Kris Hampton 2/13/25

Board Meetings | Should Climbers Train Where They Are or Where They Want To Be?

Starting where you are is an important first step that is often missed.

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Board Meetings | Should Climbers Generalize or Specialize?
Podcasts, Board Meeting Kris Hampton 2/6/25 Podcasts, Board Meeting Kris Hampton 2/6/25

Board Meetings | Should Climbers Generalize or Specialize?

When should you be growing your skill set and when should you be focused on one aspect of it?

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Board Meetings | The Pros and Cons of Grade Pyramids vs. Towers
Podcasts, Board Meeting Kris Hampton 1/30/25 Podcasts, Board Meeting Kris Hampton 1/30/25

Board Meetings | The Pros and Cons of Grade Pyramids vs. Towers

Which is better – building a grade pyramid or a tower – and how might one or the other impact your future climbing?

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Board Meetings | The Quality vs. Quantity Conundrum in Climbing
Podcasts, Board Meeting Kris Hampton 1/23/25 Podcasts, Board Meeting Kris Hampton 1/23/25

Board Meetings | The Quality vs. Quantity Conundrum in Climbing

How can we make sure we are getting the right thing – quality or quantity – in our climbing?

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Board Meetings | Is Your Climbing Training Corrective or Constructive?
Podcasts, Board Meeting, Physical Training Kris Hampton 8/12/24 Podcasts, Board Meeting, Physical Training Kris Hampton 8/12/24

Board Meetings | Is Your Climbing Training Corrective or Constructive?

There's a fine line between reactive and proactive training. If you're constantly being corrective or reactive, you may want to rethink things.

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Board Meetings | Our Favorite Finger Strength Protocols
Podcasts, Board Meeting, Strength Kris Hampton 6/6/24 Podcasts, Board Meeting, Strength Kris Hampton 6/6/24

Board Meetings | Our Favorite Finger Strength Protocols

Kris and Nate discuss their favorite protocols, both that they use themselves and in programming for their clients.

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Board Meetings | A Better Way to Look at Climbing Movement
Podcasts, Board Meeting, Movement Practice Kris Hampton 4/22/24 Podcasts, Board Meeting, Movement Practice Kris Hampton 4/22/24

Board Meetings | A Better Way to Look at Climbing Movement

Kris presents his idea of the Atomic Elements of Climbing Movement to Nate and asks for his thoughts.

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CONFLICTED | Boards as Climbing Movement Assessment Tools
Podcasts, Board Meeting, Movement Practice, Data and Assessments Kris Hampton 4/8/24 Podcasts, Board Meeting, Movement Practice, Data and Assessments Kris Hampton 4/8/24

CONFLICTED | Boards as Climbing Movement Assessment Tools

If we want to assess our climbing movement skills over time, are the standardized boards the best option? We're conflicted…

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Board Meetings | How Nate Assesses Climbing Movement Skills and How You Can Self-Assess
Podcasts, Board Meeting, Movement Practice, Data and Assessments Kris Hampton 3/18/24 Podcasts, Board Meeting, Movement Practice, Data and Assessments Kris Hampton 3/18/24

Board Meetings | How Nate Assesses Climbing Movement Skills and How You Can Self-Assess

How do we decide where to focus our efforts when it comes to becoming a BETTER climber – rather than just a stronger one?

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Board Meetings | How Much Climbing Skill Is Guaranteed With Experience?
Podcasts, Board Meeting, Movement Practice Kris Hampton 3/7/24 Podcasts, Board Meeting, Movement Practice Kris Hampton 3/7/24

Board Meetings | How Much Climbing Skill Is Guaranteed With Experience?

If the more you climb, the better you get, then why do we all know that one guy that’s been climbing forever and still stuck at 5.10?

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REWIND | Board Meetings: The Art of Learning Climbing
Podcasts, Board Meeting, Movement Practice Kris Hampton 2/29/24 Podcasts, Board Meeting, Movement Practice Kris Hampton 2/29/24

REWIND | Board Meetings: The Art of Learning Climbing

One of our favorites: Kris and Nate discuss ideas about our mental models for learning, and how we might apply these ideas to climbing.

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Board Meetings | Indoor Climbing Lessons That You Should Take Outdoors (Bonus Episode)
Podcasts, Tactics, Board Meeting Kris Hampton 2/1/24 Podcasts, Tactics, Board Meeting Kris Hampton 2/1/24

Board Meetings | Indoor Climbing Lessons That You Should Take Outdoors (Bonus Episode)

There are lessons from the climbing in a gym that should absolutely be applied outdoors in order to become a better climber faster.

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Board Meetings | Outdoor Climbing Lessons You Should Take Indoors
Podcasts, Tactics Kris Hampton 1/18/24 Podcasts, Tactics Kris Hampton 1/18/24

Board Meetings | Outdoor Climbing Lessons You Should Take Indoors

There are aspects of climbing outside that lead us into learning specific things that we don't necessarily find as easily indoors.

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Board Meetings | Improved Learning from Podcasts, Books, and Videos
Podcasts, Tactics, Board Meeting Kris Hampton 1/11/24 Podcasts, Tactics, Board Meeting Kris Hampton 1/11/24

Board Meetings | Improved Learning from Podcasts, Books, and Videos

With more and more information out there, it would seem that we can learn faster and better. But that isn't always the case.

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Board Meetings | Where We Go Wrong When We Get Training Right
Podcasts, Tactics Kris Hampton 11/2/23 Podcasts, Tactics Kris Hampton 11/2/23

Board Meetings | Where We Go Wrong When We Get Training Right

You nailed the training and showed up stronger. Still, things went wrong.

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Board Meetings | Lowpointing: The Most Overlooked Climbing Tactic
Podcasts, Tactics Kris Hampton 9/21/23 Podcasts, Tactics Kris Hampton 9/21/23

Board Meetings | Lowpointing: The Most Overlooked Climbing Tactic

You know what highpointing is, and definitely redpointing, but what about lowpointing?

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CONFLICTED | Kneebarring on Boulders
Podcasts, Board Meeting, Physical Training Kris Hampton 8/10/23 Podcasts, Board Meeting, Physical Training Kris Hampton 8/10/23

CONFLICTED | Kneebarring on Boulders

Does kneebarring hard boulders make you stronger? We're conflicted.

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Board Meetings | What Pro Climbers Can Learn From Taylor Swift
Podcasts, Rants Kris Hampton 6/8/23 Podcasts, Rants Kris Hampton 6/8/23

Board Meetings | What Pro Climbers Can Learn From Taylor Swift

Whether a pro, writer, filmmaker or coach, Taylor has some advice for you.

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