This episode is brought to you by Grasshopper Climbing. I got to climb with Boone Speed and try out the

grasshopper board for two days last summer when I was in Salt Lake, and I immediately fell in love

with the grasshopper board. I am an engineer, and whenever I climb in a new gym or a new

kind of training board, I'm always noticing little things

that bug me or that I would change.

With the grasshopper board, I can honestly say I wouldn't change a thing.

They put a ton of thought into their hold shaping and their layout, and I think this board

has the highest bang for your buck value of any board I have ever climbed on.

I totally got my ass kicked, trying a bunch of

V7s with Boone. They were super fun to climb on. They felt hard for the right reasons. They weren't

weird or tweaky. The movement was complex and interesting. You had to get the body positions just

right. But it was super powerful as well and requires you to try really hard to hang on with your fingers.

I think the board is really good for gaining finger strength, which is something I always need to work on.

And the best part, because the angle is adjustable, this board is for everybody.

No matter what level you are at currently in your own climbing ability, the grasshopper board has thousands of possible climbs you can do. It's like having

an entire climbing gym right in your garage. They even have a sport climbing feature that allows you to

climb routes. The lights change as you climb up and down and around on the board for up to

a hundred moves in a row. It's so much fun. And with that feature, plus the

bouldering, I personally think the grasshopper board is the best training tool I have ever

seen. But don't take my word for it. The folks at Grasshopper believe in their product,

and they just want you to try it out and see for yourself. If you want to learn more,

head over to grasshopper climbing

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