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The Power Company Podcast

Plug Tone Audio | Power Company Climbing

A Climbers Podcast | In depth conversations with climbers, coaches, and experts about how to become better climbers.

Episodes

20 of 404 episodes

You're Wrong About The Limits of Climbing

The future of climbing difficulty isn't only about the size of holds or the distance between them. In fact, that's rarely what changes thing...

12:10Aug 19, 2026

BOARD MEETINGS | Climbing Performance Bottlenecks: Not Enough Time Outside

In Part 1 of this series exploring the most common performance bottlenecks in climbing, Kris and Nate sit down to discuss how not spending e...

56:04Aug 17, 2026

BOARD MEETINGS | The Most OVERRATED Climbing Training Methods

In an ideal world, we'd value climbing training methods based on how well they actually work, but that's not reality. Instead, climbing trai...

57:44Jun 2, 2026

TAPED TIPS | The Simplest (Effective) Session To Improve Climbing Movement Skill

Drills aren't the only way to improve your climbing movement skill and technique. In fact, there's a much simpler way. This is Part 4 of 4 v...

17:33May 12, 2026

BOARD MEETINGS | The Most UNDERRATED Climbing Training Methods

In an ideal world, we'd value climbing training methods based on how well they actually work, but like it or not, climbing training goes in...

62:06May 5, 2026

TAPED TIPS | How to Structure a "Do More" Climbing Endurance Training Session

Effective doesn't need to be complicated. This is Part 3 of 4 videos detailing the simplest effective way to train for climbing. In this vid...

16:25Apr 21, 2026

TAPED TIPS | How to Structure a Go Hard Bouldering Session

Effective doesn't need to be complicated. This is Part 2 of 4 videos detailing the simplest effective way to train for climbing. In this vid...

15:31Mar 24, 2026

Juliet Hammer | A Better Relationship With Climbing Grades (Especially if You're Short)

Like it or not, grades are a part of climbing, and I've recently been exploring how to have a good relationship with them. In that explorati...

91:40Mar 10, 2026

TAPED TIPS | The Simplest (Effective) Climbing Training

➡️ WATCH IT ON YOUTUBE ➡️ FREE TRY HARDER TOOLKIT ➡️ ASSESS AND IMPROVE YOUR TECHNIQUE ➡️ TAKE THE GUESSWORK OUT OF TRAINING Most "simple" t...

10:14Feb 24, 2026

TAPED TIPS | What Climbers Get Wrong About Microbeta (And What We Can Do Better)

When climbers work a project, the process often goes straight from beta discovery to dialing in microbeta. This isn't wrong, but might be mi...

11:47Feb 9, 2026

TAPED TIPS | Stuck In The Middle: The Most Common Movement Error Made By Advanced Climbers

Watch it on YouTube ASSESS AND IMPROVE YOUR TECHNIQUE➡️ https://link.powercompanyclimbing.com/ytmove FREE TRY HARDER TOOLKIT➡️ https://link....

11:23Jan 29, 2026

TAPED TIPS | Is Grade Chasing Actually as Bad as We Make It Out to Be?

Watch this on YouTube. We're regularly told that chasing grades in climbing is bad, but what does it even mean? Is it actually all that nega...

13:53Jan 13, 2026

TAPED TIPS | What Science Says About How We Grade Climbs

WATCH THIS ON YOUTUBE FREE TRY HARDER TOOLKIT➡️ https://link.powercompanyclimbing.com/try-hard-yt ASSESS AND IMPROVE YOUR TECHNIQUE➡️ https:...

9:23Dec 16, 2025

TAPED TIPS | The Climbing Grade Scales Are Wrong (And a Better Way to Look at Them)

There's no shortage of debate about the climbing grade scales, but one simple perspective shift can solve many of the issues you might have....

14:54Nov 25, 2025

TAPED TIPS | Why V7 is the Key To V10 (Rethinking the Grade Pyramid and Climbing Progression)

The climbing grade pyramid is old, outdated, and maybe actually right on the money. In this episode we reexamine it and find a new way to se...

11:12Nov 3, 2025

TAPED TIPS | How To Better Switch Between Bouldering and Sport Climbing

Switching back and forth between sport climbing and bouldering can be difficult, and it's not simply because of strength and power or endura...

12:06Oct 14, 2025

TAPED TIPS | Alex Megos Admits He Was Wrong About Conditions. But Was He?

Part of the Alex Megos lore is: "There are no bad conditions, only weakness." We all knew it wasn't true, and even Alex came clean to me abo...

9:19Oct 6, 2025

BOARD MEETINGS | Mindset Shifts That Led Us to V10 Bouldering

With the popularity of physical training, it's easy to overlook the fact that without the necessary shifts in mindset, we are rarely in a po...

56:59Oct 2, 2025

TAPED TIPS | Surprising Ways To Optimize A Climbing Partnership

Learn more about The Climbing Academy ! While things like finger strength, power, and technique are incredibly important for climbing harder...

29:52Sep 4, 2025

TAPED TIPS | Is Working Weaknesses Holding Climbers Back?

Get the FREE TRY HARDER TOOLKIT From the very beginning of trying to improve at climbing, we’re told one thing: Work on your weaknesses. I’v...

13:33Aug 25, 2025