@latticetraining

class="content__text" "I don't care who is climbing harder than me. I'm a better climber than last season. It's me against me." 👊 YOU vs YOU 👊 The performance pathway should ideally be centred around YOU and once you've got that sorted, THEN look at others. Neither is ‘better’ than the other per se, it's more about getting the balance and prioritisation of either right. First off, let's deal with YOU 😊 What do we recommend looking at and where do we see the value for most? 1️⃣Basic benchmark performance metrics - yes even the really basic ones - are brilliant trackers of your progress across the last year. Even if you're not at the same score as your mate who's also climbing V7, that's ok. What about if you gained 1% every single month for a whole year? That's STILL a meaningful metric to get psyched about. 2️⃣Watch videos of you trying the same projects across the whole year. Slow it down, pinch those fingers for a zoom view and see HOW you're climbing. Sure you may not have sent in the end, but if your feet have stopped cutting loose, your execution on rock is better or you did actually get 2 moves higher, that's progress. Watching those videos back and comparing can remind you that you're not "stuck" it's just that the improvements are hard won. 3️⃣Total load of climbing and/or training. It's a bit of an underrated factor this one, but if you're managing to get more total load done in either of those two areas it's generally a very good thing. And no, we're not talking about you 'over-trainers" 😅. We're talking about everyone else who will see significant benefit from getting outside 72 days a year rather than the 42 from last year. Or going to the gym twice a week every single week for a whole year, rather than four times in the summer and none in the winter. Consistency wins! 👉REMEMBER, it's easy to get caught up in the relative trap sometimes - that all-too-human temptation to compare. We're surrounded by easy access to the successes of others around us and it's also very easy to compare the in fairly objective way nowadays. Let us know what you do to focus on you.... 👇👇👇 #latticetraining #climbingcoach #climbinglife #climbing_is_my_passion

May 24, 2022