Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Coach Justen Sjong: Perfection is NOT the Goal, Mental Tactics, Tapping into Breath, and Climbing Performance Hacks
Climbing Coach Justen Sjong joins to discuss:
- Two types of climbers (engineer and artist)
- Tapping into breath as our engine
- The hidden superpower of being in sync with your belayer
- Identifying Technical vs Mental strengths / weaknesses
- Perfection is NOT the goal (but what is?)
- What our bodies do on the wall when we become scared to try
- How a rowing machine can become a performance hack
- A trick to preparing fingers to handle the pain of small holds
- The difference between visualizing and rehearsing
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Connect with Justen for coaching at www.climbing-sensei.com
Check out Justen's coaching videos: www.instagram.com/justensjong
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