Neil Gresham: How Busy Climbers Break Through Plateaus (Without Training More)

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Elite climber and coach Neil Gresham explores:

• The thing coaches don't talk about

• Turning life stress into climbing fuel

• How he trained Tim Emmett to send 14d / 9a

• The most impactful training modalities

• Why it’s good that most of us don’t train like pros

• His low inflammation nutritional breakthrough

• Technique pitfalls and fixes

• Why having kids can level up our climbing

• Chris Sharma‘s winning mindset

Work with Neil: neilgresham.com

Neil's nutrition guide: neilgresham.com/nutrition-guide

Neil's technique masterclass: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBCRwO0FN0zMTqSfFW9…

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

00:00 Psych High Time Low

00:28 Meet Coach Neil

04:39 Podcast Format Plan

06:19 Struggle Origins

10:47 Life Stress And Grief

15:34 Ebb Flow Training

23:14 Climber Or Coach

24:22 Masterclass Legacy

27:08 Sponsors And Patreon

29:29 Training Strength Battle

34:03 Building Strength Plans

38:52 Tim Vs Dusty Coaching

43:41 Training Load Templates

45:07 Stop Copying Elites

47:07 Quality Over Quantity

47:51 Recovery Days Matter

49:20 Collagen Sponsor Break

50:40 Nutrition Recovery Reboot

52:13 Low Inflammation Shift

55:03 Cut Booze Sugar Wheat

57:29 Carbs For Sleep Recovery

01:00:25 Nutrition Burnout Warning

01:05:14 Periodized Eating Cycle

01:09:49 Technique Versus Strength

01:13:02 Mindful Warmup Drills

01:18:48 Repeats Mirror Angle Hacks

01:23:36 Outdoor Project Tactics

01:25:03 Timing Peak And Conditions

01:27:04 Maintenance Training Diagnostics

01:28:08 Quality Over Volume Peak

01:28:57 Simulate Project Conditions

01:29:49 Avoid Project Burnout

01:33:32 Kids And Mindset Shift

01:34:09 Learn From Chill Crushers

01:35:39 Obsession Reset Lessons

01:37:11 Want It But Let Go

01:39:05 Tim's Meltdown Breakthrough

01:42:45 Modeling Calm At Crag

01:44:36 Belief Unlocks Grades

01:46:47 Conditions Can Lie

01:50:05 Coaching Confidence Hack

01:57:19 Stop Overthinking Redpoints

01:59:10 Work With Neil Gresham

02:01:31 Wrap Up And Bonus Plug

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