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BONUS: Alex Bridgewater — Getting Strong, Speed Walking, and Self-Belief
BONUS: Alex Bridgewater — Getting Strong, Speed Walking, and Self-Belief
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86 minutes
Released:
Sep 23, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Alex Bridgewater is a high-level rock climber who moved to Lander, WY in 2016, to train at Elemental as part of the Climb Strong Program. Alex now works for Climb Strong as a coach. We talked about his transition into coaching, managing a chronic back injury, favorite barbell and bodyweight exercises, speed walking, and the importance of self-belief. Support on Patreon:patreon.com/thenuggetclimbing Show Notes: http://thenuggetclimbing.com/episodes/alex-bridgewater Nuggets: 1:26 – Skating, early climbing, competing, and mentors 5:46 – Climbing in college and meeting Charlie’s brother Mike 7:27 – Alex’s first time swinging a kettlebell 8:26 – Plans for the ‘PreMuir’, and starting to train with Charlie 11:49 – Coming to Lander and learning about strength training 13:41 – Learning on the fly on the side of El Cap 16:21 – Getting sold on training, moving to Lander, and getting started with Climb Strong 22:15 – Discipline, second-tier routes, and volume days 25:04 – Kettlebell swings, and Alex’s back injury 28:53 – Setting the goal of being injury-free for a year 29:32 – The exercises that made the biggest difference for Alex’s own climbing 32:41 – Unilateral vs. bilateral exercises, Zercher squats, and goblet squats 39:02 – Kettlebells for climbers with limited overhead mobility, and bodyweight strength training 40:45 – Example bodyweight exercises, and handstand pushup progressions 43:02 – Alex’s experience at the Strong First bodyweight certification, and benefits of bodyweight strength training 45:43 – One arm one leg pushups, and body awareness and control 47:48 – Reading Stuart McGill and fixing his back with core exercises and speed walking 50:57 – The McGill Big Three 51:43 – More speed walking 53:40 – Alex’s current training, barbell overhead press, and deadlifting from blocks 57:12 – Alex’s most recent hangboard cycle (Ladder program with two grips) 1:00:16 – Current climbing projects, and the history behind ‘Fibinachi Shimmer’ 1:02:26 – Alex’s takeaways from the training camp 1:08:53 – The one piece of advice Alex took away from Jonathan’s presentation 1:11:55 – Alex’s future with Climb Strong, and Climb Strong as a collective 1:14:08 – One thing that holds us back, the importance of taking the steps, and pushing ourselves 1:16:43 – Social media, “can’t”, and confidence 1:17:43 – Carlo Traversi’s insight 1:18:42 – Positivity 1:20:10 – “Just go up there and try”, a becoming a better person 1:21:54 – “To the death.” 1:23:14 – Showing emotion, “Leave it up there”, and try hard
Released:
Sep 23, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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