One of the ironies of climbing performance outcomes is that as hard as you've physically trained in preparation, the outcome often hinges on the quality of your mental game.

The power point, here, is that when it comes down to the final days and hours leading up to an important climb, the keys to performing your best are largely mental!

While many athletes "shoot themselves in the foot” in any number of ways in the days or hours leading up to competition — or even during the sports event itself! — a well-coached and mentally apt and experienced individual will act in deliberate ways to set the stage for peak performance.

Towards this end, I'm going to detail 8 so called "last-minute" things you can do (or not do) that will help set the stage for climbing your best when it counts most. The more of these items that you deliberately optimize, the better you’ll sort of stack the deck for performing your best when it counts.

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This 20-minute flash episode will delve briefly into two topics:

• 1. Popular training biohacks, including sauna use, cold plunge, and intermittent fasting.
• 2. The value of getting an occasional blood work-up to monitor how your health and performance-related biometrics change as a result of diet, training, and aging.

This episode features an interview I did earlier this year with Kush Khandelwal of The Ageless Athlete podcast.

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Thank you! La Sportiva, Maxim Ropes, DMM Climbing, Friction Labs

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Follow Eric on Twitter @Train4Climbing

Check out Eric’s YouTube channel.

Follow Eric on Facebook!

And on Instagram at: Training4Climbing

Copyright 2024 Eric Hörst | Horst Training, LLC.

This 15-minute flash episode will delve briefly into two topics:

• 1, Stretching for climbers -- learn what to do and when.
• 2. Recent injury trends...and the number #1 thing you can do to lower your injury risk.

This episode features an interview I did earlier this year with Kush Khandelwal of The Ageless Athlete podcast.

T4C Podcast sponsor ==> Visit PhysiVantage.com the leader in climbing-specific performance nutrition. Get 15% off full-priced items with checkout code: PODCAST15 (North America only). Europe and elsewhere visit EPIC-TV Shop or BananaFingers.com to get your PhysiVantage!

SAVE on La Sportiva shoes here >>

Thank you! La Sportiva, Maxim Ropes, DMM Climbing, Friction Labs

Music Remix of the Police

Follow Eric on Twitter @Train4Climbing

Check out Eric’s YouTube channel.

Follow Eric on Facebook!

And on Instagram at: Training4Climbing

Copyright 2024 Eric Hörst | Horst Training, LLC.