Podcast

Ep. 29 - Training for Ice Climbing, Mixed, Drytooling, and Speed with Kevin Lindlau, Aneta Loužecká, and Zac St. Jules

Aaron Gerry

on Aug 7, 2024

• 2 min read

This episode is all about training for ice climbing, mixed, drytooling and speed.

🧊 About the episode

This episode is all about training for ice climbing, mixed, drytooling and speed.

To discuss these diverse disciplines, we’re joined by Kevin Lindlau, Aneta Loužecká, and Zac St. Jules and dive into how they think about and structure their training for their respective specialties.

Kevin is a leading roof-climbing drytooler and the first American to send D16, Aneta was last year's World Cup Champion in speed, and Zac is a strong all-around ice and mixed climber who manages to send hard while also working full-time and raising 4 kids.

Training for Ice Climbing, Mixed, Drytooling, and Speed

In this episode, we discuss:

🧊 Each climber’s unique journey and some surprisingly common training mistakes
🧊 Why defining your goals is so important
🧊 How to break things down to first principles in order to structure your training
🧊 Why mastering technique matters as much as being strong
🧊 Mental tricks and tips for getting in the right head space
🧊 Cost-effective training solutions if access to drytooling is hard to come by

"What you need to specifically focus on with your training is what your future goals are for that season. And this isn't necessarily what everyone I think should do. And you have to cater your tests at what you're specifically training for."

🧊 Resources and links

To see what Kevin, Aneta, and Zac are up to, you can follow them on IG:

Be sure to send them a thank you message if you found their advice useful.

🧊 Credits

📸: Cover courtesy of Aneta

Intro music by Hannah Noelle Enomoto (thanks, sis!). This episode was edited by Andrew Salomone of salomonesound.com.

🧊 Sponsors:

A huge thanks to Aniiu Gloves and Furnace Industries for supporting this show!

Aniiu Gloves: What do you get when you combine 30 years of ice climbing and product design chops? Well, if you’re into gloves you get Aniiu — a boutique climbing brand on a mission to produce the best ice climbing and drytooling gloves around. Doug, Jun, and the rest of the team spare no expense in the pursuit of durable, dextrous and waterproof. Best yet, they are made from recycled textiles — which saves waste from the landfill — and they are robustly built so they won’t end up there anytime soon. To learn more about your friend in the cold, head to aniiu.com. That is aniiu.com.

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