EP 269: The King of the Board Lords on Projecting Tactics, Protein, & Climbing 4 Hours Every Day — Sean Houchins-McCallum (sean911)

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4.2 • 576 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Summary

Sean Houchins-McCallum is the top-ranked climber on the Tension Board 2. We talked about growing up in Iowa, his obsession with board climbing, his insane training schedule, his ultimate board project, why we haven’t seen V15+ on the boards, projecting tactics, how changing his diet allowed him to jump up two grades, his home made pre-workout, TB2 vs. outdoor bouldering, dream lines, and much more.

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome to the Nugget Climbing Podcast.
0:03.9	This is your host, Stephen Dimmit.
0:06.4	Today, we are geeking out about board climbing.
0:10.3	My guest today is Sean Houchins McCallum.
0:13.8	Sean is the number one ranked Tension Board 2 climber.
0:17.8	So you might have seen them on the top of the leaderboard, Sean 9-1-1 on the Tension
0:22.8	Board 2 mirrored layout. This guy did all 580-plus classics in less than four months on the
0:31.1	Tension Board 2. He's doing first a sense of V-13s and V-14s on the board almost daily. It's insane what he can do. And it was really
0:40.9	fun talking to him. I've been following him for a while and I really wanted to have him on and
0:44.7	geek out about board climbing. So that is what we did. We also did a really fun collaboration.
0:50.3	I've got a video that's coming out today for patrons who want to see Sean in action.
0:55.8	So stay tuned. I'll talk about that more at the end of the do it, like we do it, like we do it, like we do it, like we do it.
1:16.8	So, Sean, I was thinking about how I got connected with you or how I became aware of you.
1:22.1	And I think it was through talking to Michael Rosado at Tension. I've been hanging out there a lot when I'm spending time in Colorado.
1:28.8	And for a while, you were just Sean 911, this like random name at the top of the leaderboard.
1:35.3	And I hadn't watched any of your videos.
1:36.8	I didn't know much about you.
1:38.3	And I think it was shortly after Board Lords 5 came out.
1:43.3	You know, Tension Clim climbing did this video with Nathaniel Coleman
1:46.3	Duffy featuring those guys climbing on the board. Super fun. Definitely recommend it for people that
1:51.9	want to go watch some crushing on the boards. But I was talking to Michael the next session when I was in
1:58.0	there and he mentioned that like you watched that and then went
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