Etude offers a variety of workshops at Stone Age Climbing Gym in Albuquerque, NM to help develop athletes understanding and application of movement skills, tactics, and more

Upcoming:

  • Developing Training Plans

    This free workshop will go over how to design and implement a holistic training plan for improving your climbing. We will cover how strength training fits in with climbing, how to incorporate deliberate skill learning into your training, how to avoid junk miles, and plenty more. Come ready with notebooks and questions!

    Wednesday 8/13 6:00-7:30 p.m. at Santa Fe Climbing Center

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  • Strength Through Length

    This free workshop is focused on developing an athlete's ability to apply force in difficult and extended positions. Athletes will receive instruction on foundational principles and drills designed to open up new ranges of motion and develop the strength to use those ranges in a variety of applications, as well as guidelines on how to incorporate these methods into their climbing training
    This class is open to all athletes, regardless of experience.

    Wednesday 8/27 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. at Santa Fe Climbing Center

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  • Movement 2.0: Body Tension

    This workshop is focused on developing athletes' ability to generate and apply high levels of tension on the wall. We will cover what tension is and what it isn't, how it is generated and dissipated, and how it can be used on different routes/problems/sequences. We will apply those concepts through off and on-the-wall drills to develop athletes' ability to use these concepts in their own climbing.

    Saturday 8/30 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. at Santa Fe Climbing Center

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On the horizon:

  • Movement 2.0: Dynamic Movement

    This workshop is focused on developing athletes' ability to generate momentum and move dynamically on the wall. We will cover how to initiate dynamic moves, your trajectory in the air, and how to catch them in a strong, effective position. We will apply those concepts through off and on-the-wall drills to develop athlete’s ability to use these concepts in their own climbing.

    2 hours, at Santa Fe Climbing Center

  • Stomp the Yard

    This prep course is a 4-week series focused on developing the movement skills and tactics that lead to success at the Yank and Yard citizens competition. Across four one-and-a-half-hour sessions, athletes will receive technical movement instruction on boulder problems as well as guidance on competition tactics to allow them to give their best effort at Yank and Yard.

    We strongly recommend that you climb V4/5 before attending this course.

  • Want to see more?

    Have ideas for new workshops? Want to see some older ones come around again? Let us know at the contact us page!