Top 5 Training Habits of Pro Climbers!

Ever wondered how Megos and Ondra train to get to the next level of performance? Tom Randall and Ollie Torr discuss the top 5 training habits of pro climbers.

Intro 0:00

Habit 1. CONSISTENCY IN TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE - 1:07
Habit 2. ACCESSING YOUR TOP 1% OF EFFORT/ INTENSITY - 4:20
Habit 3. DESIRE TO LEARN AND ADAPT - 7:20
Habit 4. COMMITMENT - 10:20
Habit 5. DEALING WITH SETBACKS - 14:47

Outro - 16:39

[collectkaisen]

1. Remain super consistent. Dedicate to training regimens and don’t get injured.
2. Be super intense. Try really really hard. Access that top 1% of your effort.
3. Have the desire to learn and adapt. You wanna be a better climber more than almost anything else.
4. Commit to this desire. Do what it takes.
5. Deal with your setbacks well. If your finger feels tweaky go do a huge core workout and rehab your finger. This is your chance to learn how to warm up your fingers better and focus on other aspects of climbing performance (your core, your diet, your sleep).

[SB-bndn]

Thank you for doing this!!! Also 7:44 Ollie is crimping the armrest ;)

[Dan-czsj]

13:15 is probably the most valuable advice young athletes can pick up. It's very common to hear athletes talking about their goals straight away and sort of 'blow their load' before they even start training.

[christineholmberg]

Wonderful advice for both life and climbing. Always love how climbing can be applied to real life. Thanks guys!

[deez_gainz]

Great general advices! Substitute title word "climbers" to any other profession or hobby, those advices still apply!

[gadiguibou]

Thank you so much for this great video! I really appreciate this format of highly concentrated educational material. I'd like to see a complete coaching session with you as a video if that's doable.

[MaltePersike]

The second tip is my personal number one, particularly in endurance training. I find there to be a huge difference between opening your fingers once my brain or my muscles decide to let go. The latter always comes later, so I constantly need to train my brain to ignore the feeling of exhaustion and make that one further move. Great vid!

[cretin]

I really appreciate this video, because it not only provides clearly what the five points are but also proposes how to implement them. It’s always necessary to realize that everyone has setbacks, and the tips in this video help me feel better about my own progress. Keep on keeping on, this content is exactly what climbers are looking for.

[elliottrodgers]

Great video. It's good to hear these points again!

[benedictionkupo]

thats one of my big weaknesses - i really struggle to bring myself to try my absolute hardest. i call myself "bare minimum bartlett" a lot of the time because i just don't try that hard at anything. gotta figure out how to get past that!

[ChaosMPG]

I started climbing around 6 months ago and have been going 3 times a week minimum for around 3 hour sessions (mainly rock climbing). I recently managed to send 6C and am starting to link up 6C+ routes and just began working on a couple of 7A routes. My goal is to become much better and be able to climb 7C in another 6 months and so I am constantly looking at ways to improve strength, power and technique. Watching this video has given me a new motivation to keep going despite my last few sessions going terribly. I've written down these habits and plan on making them part of my routine for my foreseeable future in this sport. I wanna thank you guys for being so informative and logical in your videos, breaking down these concepts for us to apply clearly, and for being concise in doing so. Much love!

[ferrells]

Strong work, guys. I love the format. Keep it up!

[TheGirlClimber]

The last one really hits home! Dealing with injuries and setbacks is so tough. Thanks for the great video guys 🙏🙏

[martveldkamp]

Biggest thing I ever agreed on, will ride down my 5 things I wanne improve on as kind of a New Years resolution, but starting today :3

[GavynPendleton]

So basically I just need a consistent commitment to intensity and curiosity. This is quite an inspiring video. Time to go out there and get better!

[smadc]

bang on! Everything here speaks true to my climbing experiences

[jhasbro]

Excellent video for mastering any skill

[violetnhz]

Really appreciate this video! Thank you!

[joshgunton]

Anyone else think Ollie sounds like Brian Cox!?

[smuir]

very interesting, I have changed up my training all of the time, I figured it would make me better all around climber. Focusing the training for long term makes sense. I've never thought of it that way. I love studying trends of athletes, I have noticed that the athletes that aren't "born good" and have to work for it, do so much better. It seems the truly naturally gifted are just to good to train, hard work, that guys always wins.