Recently Jurassic Team member and GB Team member, Tommy Matthews entered the British Lead and Speed Climbing Championships in Sheffield. Tommy is naturally a boulderer and has not majored on lead or speed climbing. Now that these two forms and bouldering make up the new Olympic competition for 2020 he has started training and competing. Here in his own words is what happened! British Lead and Speed Climbing Championships Hi, … Read More
Power Training Now unlike strength training and power endurance training I love power training. Why, because instead of training the same pattern for hours you get to power through big moves, feet coming off, twisting and reaching. If you are not training power then you are missing out on some fun and you could be missing a trick! Here again the old adage of the British trad climber to ‘climb … Read More
Recently Jurassic Team member and GB Team member, Tommy Matthews entered The Depot Youth Boulder Cup competition in Manchester. Following a slightly bumpy competition period for Tommy he was determined to pull this one out of the bag. Here in his own words is what happened! Tommy Matthews – The Depot Youth Boulder Cup 2016 – Manchester Hi, I’m Tommy Matthews. These are my thoughts about The Depot Youth Boulder … Read More
Jurassic Centre’s of Coaching Excellence Now rolling out across Great Britain are our ‘Jurassic Centre’s of Coaching Excellence’. For £30 you get 90 minutes with one of our Performance Climber Coaches, access to our Myofascial Therapist and our Nutritionist. During the session your goals, climbing, general strength & conditioning will all be assessed and advice given. You will then receive a basic overview and a basic one month training plan … Read More
Power Endurance Training Many years ago, just as with strength training, I hated spending time at the wall repeating problems and routes for power endurance training. If you are like I was back then, you could be missing a trick! Here the old adage of the British trad climber to ‘climb more and you will get better, no need for any of that plastic holds and training stuff!’ did kind … Read More
Her First Outdoor Coaching Session Great coaching makes great climbers. See how well 9 year old Robyn did on her first outdoor coaching session and see how she sent her first F3 route! Working together with Robyn on her first outdoor coaching session we looked at the climbing basics. Robyn soon grasped this technique and movement, so we started to gradually increase the grades of the routes until she sent … Read More
Strength Training Many years ago I hated spending time off of the wall or rock for strength training. If you are like I was back then, you could be missing a trick! The old adage of the British trad climber was ‘climb more and you will get better, no need for any of that plastic holds and training stuff!’ To a certain extent that is true as you will get … Read More
How to Raise Your Metabolism In ‘Focus On – Healthy Nutrition and Body Weight’ we looked at how to obtain an optimum body weight whilst still eating well. Another important factor in regulating body weight is through raising metabolism and getting it working at a high rate. So what is our metabolism and how can we help it work at a high rate? Your body is constantly using energy to … Read More
What Makes A Great Climber? Great coaching comes from within and requires the same from others to succeed. When I was asked recently ‘what makes a great climber?’ I replied ‘great coaching, a motivated athlete, and motivated parents!’. Would you like to progress further with our help? Then why not Great Coaching Being a pro-climber or the one with the most coaching awards doesn’t make you the greatest coach in … Read More
Strength and power day on Dorset’s big rock, the Agglestone Strength and power day on the large sandstone boulder which is over 5m high and sat up in the middle of Studland heath in Dorset. Good bouldering on sharp, but positive holds which are mainly on very overhanging ground. Income places the bottom meter or so of the rock is very friable, so tread lightly. The east face has some … Read More