Attention Climbers
Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.
My name is Crystal, and welcome to Attention Climbers!
All guided meditations are live, improvised sessions that I record in one-go and participate in myself. Each episode emerges in a unique moment where I need a relaxed but active meditation for immediate stress reduction, AND wanted to ingrain rock-solid climbing instincts. This is where climbing performance and mind-body health - intersect.
Designed for any climber, at any point on your journey, to listen to and follow along with anytime and anywhere you feel safe to relax and be in your body.
Rest day? Check.
Injured but want to still be climbing"? Check.
Pre-climb tune-in? Check.
Mid-session rest-and mental reset? Check.
Post-climb cool down? Check.
Stressy, messy, pressy life moments where you'd rather be climbing? CHECK!
Having a body, a mind, and an attentive state of presence - are all you need.
As always, climb well, be well, and thanks for listening!
Attention Climbers
⚠️ Head Acceleration Intolerance - The Invisible Crux that Climbing Plateaus Reveal
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Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.
My name is Crystal, and welcome back to Attention Climbers.
Today's episode is both philosophical and practical. We dive into a common long-term plateau generator: choosing lock off strength gains over dynamic movement to gain a short term send, leading to underexposure to head / center of mass acceleration, leading to increased perception of fear, reduced commitment and reduced sends at higher grades.
Of course - there's something simple you can do about it, and I'm psyched to share an example that you can creatively improvise on yourself! Good news - it does NOT involve giving up our beloved upper body strength training, but rather - responding to strength gains intelligently!
Rest day? Check.
Injured but want to still be climbing"? Check.
Pre-climb tune-in? Check.
Mid-session rest-and mental reset? Check.
Post-climb cool down? Check.
Stressy, messy, pressy life moments where you'd rather be climbing? CHECK!
Having a body, a mind, and an attentive state of presence - are all you need.
As always, climb well, be well, and thanks for listening!
Want more? Check out www.attentionclimbers.com to train your presence, awareness, and multisensory perception to climb harder with less perceived effort.
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