Bill Ramsey: 5.14 at 65, Peaking in His 40's, BIG Training Days, and Giving No F's

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Elite Climber, weekend warrior, and Philosophy Professor, Bill Ramsey, explores:

• His early days with Alan Watts
• Moving to Vegas for year-round climbing
• Climbing 30 5.14s after age 40
• Climbing three 5.14s (so far) in his 60s
• Customizing training for specific projects
• Developing the try hard part of the brain
• The benefit of doing a very big training day
• How to train on a Treadwall
• Most common mistakes he sees climbers make
• Having no F’s to give
• The Pain Box

Here's Bill's article on the Pain Box: https://www.trainingbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/pain-box1.pdf Here's Bill's article on how to set up a Treadwall: https://www.trainingbeta.com/bill-ramsey-treadwall-training/

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Here are some AI generated show notes (hopefully the robots got it right)

00:00 Am I Too Old
00:47 Meet Bill Ramsey
03:54 Early Days With Watts
05:28 Eugene Training Era
07:27 Smith Rock Revolution
08:51 Red River Return
10:50 Move To Vegas
12:04 Decades Of 514
16:19 Two Very Different 14a
18:20 What Struggle Means
21:12 Sponsor Break Collagen
23:28 Back To Training Talk
26:49 Try Hard Over Minutiae
31:25 Training On Climbing Days
36:35 Big Days More Rest
37:55 Injury Risk Overtraining Myth
40:35 Treadwall Setup Linkups
43:50 Protocols for Red River
46:22 Training Rests Recovery
48:50 Dark Side Stories
50:23 Sponsor Break Ads
53:10 Nutrition Recovery Basics
57:55 Project Tactics Staging
01:02:40 Micro Beta Puzzle Mindset
01:06:04 Warm Up on Project
01:07:54 Rope Solo Projecting
01:08:14 Garage Crux Replicas
01:11:03 DIY Holds And Measurements
01:11:40 Warmup And Rewarmup Plan
01:14:31 Attempts And Rest Timing
01:15:57 Cold Hands Pain Tactics
01:18:10 Aging And Mental Freedom
01:21:24 Arrival Fallacy And Next Goals
01:24:39 Process Over Metrics
01:28:14 Pain Box Explained
01:35:04 Risk And Modern Comfort
01:36:20 Wrap Up And Bonus Tease
01:40:07 Host Training Update
01:42:37 YouTube And Farewell

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