Sept. 2, 2026

The August Plog: New Training, How I'm Doing 18% More, Squamish Recap, and Performance Hacks

The August Plog: New Training, How I'm Doing 18% More, Squamish Recap, and Performance Hacks
The August Plog: New Training, How I'm Doing 18% More, Squamish Recap, and Performance Hacks
The Struggle Climbing Show
The August Plog: New Training, How I'm Doing 18% More, Squamish Recap, and Performance Hacks

Casually reflecting on my training, performance, and experimentation for the month, including:

  • Recap of August goals (hits and misses)

  • Struggling like crazy with the new training load

  • How I achieved 18% more completed workouts

  • Squamish recap

  • Getting on the fall 12c projie for the first time

  • Technology I'm using to hack my training

  • Can a vegetarian use collagen?

  • September goals

Shoutout to Aiden Schlatter, Michael Martin, and Kent Olmstead for supporting at the Hero level on Patreon. So mega!

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I hope your training and climbing are going great!