Tips for Climbing at your LIMIT - (Ross's Records. Ep 21)

A shallow river, dragonfruit, 1 footed kilter boarding, and Jessie climbing every route in Innsbruck. Was still nursing a hamstring strain when we filmed this, hence the 1 footed climbing.
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[@daryllim18]

Hope we finally get to see more Tim!

[@derbaum5509]

Just discovered your channel and it's awesome! I love how you hit the sweet spot between Vlogs and pro coaching :D The advice and tips you come up with depending on the problem and situation combined with how well you articulate it is perfect. As an experienced climber I can learn much more from that than from general videos with broad tips. On top, the trying hard is super motivating. The topic I struggle with at the moment is how I can train hard without getting injured (again), so if you happen to talk about how you plan training sessions, load, volume, deload, etc I would be infinitely thankful. Keep it up, I love the videos!

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

Thanks man. Psyched to know the more specific tips are helpful. Planing on doing a injury prevention/ training plan video soonish

[@Fred-oz3tw]

dont let the injury get into your head! lets goooo!

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

Oh yea! It's honestly been super fun to maximize training with one bum leg. Forces you to focused on new and creative exercises.

[@Fred-oz3tw]

@@Ross-Fulkerson glad to hear!

[@jonathanrossddsmhs1271]

My intention is to watch Ross and Tim as soon as a new video drops.

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

hahah hell yea

[@eda.climbs]

Always a great day when there's a Ross & Time video released.

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

🙏

[@mikatomandlxd8971]

Coming home from school to a new Ross and Tim vid!! Best day ever love the content!

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

love to hear it

[@camelot_crusader3024]

First view on a Ross & Tim video! Great way to finish off the day. 👍

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

haha, love to hear it

[@simonhradetzky7055]

love the content guys

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

🙏🙏

[@brendanacord]

What an awesome end to your Europe trip, looks super fun! You mentioned Josh and Jorg set that 8c+ with the hard start. At the Kletterzentrum is this common that routes are set by visiting coaches or others or is the majority of setting done by the local staff/coaches?

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

I think Josh is one of the only other coaches/setters to put up routes at KI.

[@kevingroarke4736]

Ross & Cloe channel

[@MiguelClimbs]

Loved it. You pros have so much more climbing knowledge than us everyday gym noobs. Hope you continue to crush in SLC 💪

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

Appreciate it Miguel🤙

[@holaholaholahola43]

Hey Guys, I would love to see a „Tipps for eating“ because I think that a lot of people have the problem of being unsecure about their eating

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

Totally, I’ll try and include more of that🤙

[@blizzmademegod]

Love your vids! For kilter climbs, it would be cool if you listed the climbs / angle you did we we can try them too! Any tips on how to move out of/generate from slopers? Thanks!

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

totally, I honestly just forgot the climbs names this time haha. For sloper, I try to generate most of my energy while I'm still below the hold and also notice the direction of the hold and align your hands/wrist's so you can maximize your grip on the hold.

[@lukasvedalutnes4399]

nice vid!

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

🙏

[@highonakaya7644]

hope the knee feels better. one of the things i would love to learn about it how to do a mental reset in between boulder tries or sport climbs

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

Thats a great question. I could do an entire video about that but in short, I have a couple routines (closing my eyes, taking a deep breath, and smiling) that help me to reset and stay present.

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

I also like do some more intense deep breaths and smacking my hands against my legs and shoulder to get more energy flowing before a more intense boulder or if I'm just feeling lower energy in iso.

[@MP-bx3uj]

Recently you mentioned that you needed to remember how to breathe for lead climbing in regards to the season switch from bouldering. Could you talk more about intentional breathing? I’ve been trying different breath rhythms in my climbing because of your comment and I can see it’s the next level for me.

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

Thats super cool to hear! I still have a lot of experimenting to do but In essence I use slow deep breaths (in through the nose and out through the mouth) to slow my heart rate and mind.

[@noampinkert8499]

Bravisimo

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

🙏

[@paulewald.]

This video just makes one miss Innsbruck so much

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

same here hahah

[@Cookies734]

Wondering do you guys really eat the kiwis with the skin still on ? Otherwise love the vid

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

indeed we do hahah. MORE FIBER!

[@santinosartoris]

Yes

[@santinosartoris]

Let’s go

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

🤙

[@Katie_Mayo]

I'm gonna need those breakfast recipes

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

Skyr yogurt (or quark if in Europe), lots of fruit, and some seeds!

[@leonhardgloning7463]

would be interesting to see how you find out what bodyposition is the best for a certain boulder. when im on the spraywall and im allowed to use "all the feed"/ outdoors, how do i find the easiest/best technical solution?

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

I would say that trying to noticing what positions your in throughout your session makes it easier to notice the ideal position on harder boulders. It definitely takes time to build that habit but practicing being more aware of your body makes it much easier to break down movement. It's alos helpful to watch world cup replays to see what movement patters other hight level climbers use.

[@Annachrome]

Love these vids with lifestyle mixed in. Been thinking about how many indoor boulders are right arm-centric (left arm is just for setting up right arm moves) - how can we train our left sides to prevent muscle imbalance?

[@MP-bx3uj]

I’ve noticed this same issue with lead routes! It’s a bit frustrating to me.

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

Thanks and you’re totally right about right arm centric moves. Even in world cups, we get a lot more right moves. I just try a make up an even balance of moves on the spray wall and repeat hard left hand moves when they are set to get more experience

[@Annachrome]

@@Ross-Fulkerson thanks! hopefully I'll live near a gym with a tension board..

[@lorenzoalmond7522]

Any tips on good ways to train endurance without access to ropes or a spray wall? 4x4s? Would love ur thoughts/tips. Also great video:-)

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

I've really like doing ladders on the campus board with your feet on the. 1 hand more every 3 sec for 40-60 moves and then recover on the bigger rungs. I alos like just recovering on the wall, even after boulders.

[@barnabejoyau]

Hey, could be super interesting to see how you work around/with a finger injury... Even though that might be super specific, maybe some general tips? Cheers!

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

Totally, I want to do a longer season reflection video a some point and include some thoughts about that!

[@barnabejoyau]

@@Ross-Fulkerson Great! Thanks for the answer, and good luck with your projects! Cheers from Bretagne, France :D

[@PimLos]

Cool Vid and nice idea to go with only one foot! Whats the music? After minute six sounds dope! (Edit: Daydream by Audiopanther)

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

Thanks man!

[@GML890]

How do you commit to a mental(dinamic) move? High up last bolder move. Tnx for the tips

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

Visualize the move and trust your gut. Doing lots of easier dynamic moves and risky moves up high will make it easier to commit.

[@adrianvramulet]

What is the filing block you use for hardened skin? Been looking for one for a while now.

[@jxcko]

looks like a sanding sponge

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

Not sure what the brand of that one is but I have a Rhino Skin sanding file that I really like

[@szymon3928]

To really climb at your limit you have to: sit in the muddy river, use only one shoe and eat raw broccoli :)

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

you're not entire wrong haha

[@hotpocketbitch]

What happened to your knee? I think I need the motivation bc Im dealing with a knee injury rn

[@elooouan]

best tip I have for you is this vid from AthleneX 'How your torn ACL is killing your gains'

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

I strained my hamstring. With consistent PT and strengthening exercises its feeling much better.

[@climbnexplore1187]

Tipps on footwork (on slopey/tiny feet) plss

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

gonna do a full vid on slab climbing and footwork soon! The biggest thing for me is just standing on lots of bad feet to build more confidence on them and test the limit of my shoes and mind.

[@fredericohsilva]

Tips for you tips (managing skin tips and tricks)? it would be nice to hear from different comp climber how they manage their skin issues during training but also during multi day comps with all these fibreglass and skin destroing moves. Any special secret? antihydral? unicorn tears? more expressos?

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

always more espressos haha. My main and really only skin trick is using Rhino Skin Repair consistently whine training and Rhino Skin performance and sometimes dry spray before competing

[@fredericohsilva]

@@Ross-Fulkerson Have to try Rhino, been using Antihydral, but its like walking on the edge of a knife you get good results but you could also go too dry and get glassy skin with terrible friction...

[@versatilechicken]

When you finally stick limit moves, how do you accept the win but also not take it for granted?

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

interesting question. I wold say I limit I use the momentum and psyched from sticking hard moves to try and stick other hard moves. If it's really hard and you are fully focused on the movement, it's hard to take anything for granted because it's so intentional.

[@hernanlopez4246]

7:06 need the ig

[@henningzeiser3791]

Hey Ross, What did you do to your knee?

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

Hamstring strain at the World Cup in briancon

[@emilioclimbs5641]

🐓

[@MythAvatar]

Are those hairless kiwi's? or are you guys the worst? Asking for a friend.

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

Naw, they had hair hahah. Whatcha got against hairless kiwis?

[@MythAvatar]

@@Ross-Fulkerson quite the opposite. I've been debating with my fiancé for weeks whether or not you guys eat hairless kiwis or haired ones. Doesn't the hair get stuck in your throat? Here in Britain we only eat the flesh, not the skin. The hair gets everywhere!

[@mhmdeluxe6759]

I Need tips for Moving on volumes 🫣😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@Ross-Fulkerson]

soon. gonna do a slab video. The biggest thing for me is just standing on lots of bad feet to build more confidence on them and test the limit of my shoes and mind.