Bill Ramsey: 5.14 at 65, Peaking in His 40's, BIG Training Days, and Giving No F's

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Elite Climber, weekend warrior, and Philosophy Professor, Bill Ramsey, explores:

• His early days with Alan Watts

• Moving to Vegas for year-round climbing

• Climbing 30 5.14s after age 40

• Climbing three 5.14s (so far) in his 60s

• Customizing training for specific projects

• Developing the try hard part of the brain

• The benefit of doing a very big training day

• How to train on a Treadwall

• Most common mistakes he sees climbers make

• Having no F’s to give

• The Pain Box

Here's Bill's article on the Pain Box: trainingbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/pa…

Here's Bill's article on how to set up a Treadwall: trainingbeta.com/bill-ramsey-treadwall-training

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Here are some AI generated show notes (hopefully the robots got it right)

00:00 Am I Too Old

00:47 Meet Bill Ramsey

03:54 Early Days With Watts

05:28 Eugene Training Era

07:27 Smith Rock Revolution

08:51 Red River Return

10:50 Move To Vegas

12:04 Decades Of 514

16:19 Two Very Different 14a

18:20 What Struggle Means

21:12 Sponsor Break Collagen

23:28 Back To Training Talk

26:49 Try Hard Over Minutiae

31:25 Training On Climbing Days

36:35 Big Days More Rest

37:55 Injury Risk Overtraining Myth

40:35 Treadwall Setup Linkups

43:50 Protocols for Red River

46:22 Training Rests Recovery

48:50 Dark Side Stories

50:23 Sponsor Break Ads

53:10 Nutrition Recovery Basics

57:55 Project Tactics Staging

01:02:40 Micro Beta Puzzle Mindset

01:06:04 Warm Up on Project

01:07:54 Rope Solo Projecting

01:08:14 Garage Crux Replicas

01:11:03 DIY Holds And Measurements

01:11:40 Warmup And Rewarmup Plan

01:14:31 Attempts And Rest Timing

01:15:57 Cold Hands Pain Tactics

01:18:10 Aging And Mental Freedom

01:21:24 Arrival Fallacy And Next Goals

01:24:39 Process Over Metrics

01:28:14 Pain Box Explained

01:35:04 Risk And Modern Comfort

01:36:20 Wrap Up And Bonus Tease

01:40:07 Host Training Update

01:42:37 YouTube And Farewell

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