Hey friends, before we jump into today's episode, I want to tell you about my brand new hangboard.

I'm so stoked about it. It's called The Nug. This is a collaboration with frictitious climbing.

I've had this hangboard design in my head for years. It's super portable. It's the best portable

hangboard I've ever used. I'm obviously biased,

but I designed it the way that I did for a reason. I use it for edge lifting and training.

I use it to warm up at the crag every single time I go climbing. It weighs almost nothing.

It weighs less than one climbing shoe. And I'm super proud of how it turned out. I would love it

if you guys would check it out if you need something to warm up with at the crag or if you enjoy

training. I made a short video talking about the design and everything I like about it. You can find

it on the product page at fictitiousclimbing.com or you can get there through my website at the nuggetclimbing.com.

Just look for the Nug at the top of the page.

I hope you check it out

and enjoy today's episode.

I'm going to do. Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Nugget Climbing podcast.

This is Fundamentals, Season 2, Episode 3.

I am joined by my co-host, Jesse Firestone.

Hello.

And today's topic is how to start weight training.

Do you bench?

Do you even bench?

I wasn't sure which question you were going to go with. I do. I benched yesterday. Yeah, I feel good. How much do even bench? I wasn't sure which question you were going to go with.

I do. I bench yesterday. Yeah, I feel good. How much do you bench? Not very much. But I'm happy about it. I'm proud of myself. That's great. Yeah. Because with weight training, it's all about doing it. All right. Yeah. And not chasing numbers. Okay, great. although that can be fun too. I'm guessing that's getting into one of your tips. No, I have a real question for you. A lot of really strong climbers don't weight train at all. Chris Sharma is the famous example, but even, I mean, a lot of people do like some rings or some stuff that's, you know, kind of off the wall training, but these guys aren't like deadlifting.

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