Alex Bridgewater's guest appearances

Alex Bridgewater

The TrainingBeta Podcast: A Climbing Training Podcast

The Nugget Climbing Podcast

Leif Gasch

Alex Johnson

Jared Vagy

Mercedes Pollmeier

Joe Kinder

Hazel Findlay

Hans Florine

Justin Brown

Paige Claassen

Neely Quinn

Kyra Condie

Heather Weidner

Adam Ondra

Dave MacLeod

Tom Randall

OwlTail

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  

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:<a href="http://patreon.com/thenuggetclimbing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/thenuggetclimbing  </a>Show Notes:  <a href="http://thenuggetclimbing.com/episodes/alex-bridgewater" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://thenuggetclimbing.com/episodes/alex-bridgewater  </a>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

BONUS: Alex Bridgewater — Getting Strong, Speed Walking, and Self-Belief

Charlie Manganiello

I talk with Charlie Manganiello and Alex Bridgewater of ClimbStrong.com about the most common mistakes they see climbers making with their training.

I talk with Charlie Manganiello and Alex Bridgewater of <a href="http://ClimbStrong.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ClimbStrong.com</a> about the most common mistakes they see climbers making with their training.

TBP 132: 5 Common Training Mistakes Climbers Make - Alex Bridgewater and Charlie Manganiello