TAPED TIPS | I Said What I S.A.I.D.

The Power Company Climbing Podcast · Oct 18, 2022 · 6m

You’ve heard of the SAID principle, right? S-A-I-D: Specific Adaptations to Imposed Demands. You’ve heard of it. And you thought that it meant simply that to get better at climbing, you have to climb on boulders that look just like the climbs you do outside, right?

If that was you, you were in the majority.

But you were wrong.

Is climbing pulling straight down on edges? Not always.

Is it compressing on slopers? Not always.

Is it jumping from grip to grip? Sometimes.

Is it moving slow and precise. Pretty often, actually.

Is it full-crimping? Half-crimping? Open hand? 3 Finger Drag? Middle 2?…