These all sound like common sense, right? If you want to hear more on these ideas, Kris and I recently sat down and recorded a five part podcast series discussing where we see common practice and common sense part ways in climbing and training.

If you can stick to these concepts, you’ll be training "smarter" than 99% of the people out there. From there, try hard - unbelievably hard. If you’re checking all of these boxes, but you aren’t putting in the hard work, it won't take you very far. When you're chasing a goal, think of a training plan as the direction you are traveling, and your effort as your speed - neither is very useful on their own.

When you take into account the role that mental, technical, and tactical skills play in climbing, most people will never have to get beyond the "try hard" step for their physical training.