Attention Climbers
by Crystal Ding
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About this podcast
Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Attend to your soft skills your off the wall, to climb hard on the wall.
My name is Crystal, and welcome to Attention Climbers!
Season 2: Guest episodes beginning with healthy self-perception - the foundation of success for vision, attention, and visualization training for climbing.
Season 1: Stories, summaries and guided meditations for focus, stress reduction, and rock-solid climbing instincts. This is where climbing performance and mind-body health - intersect.
Rest day? Check.
Injured but want to still be climbing"? Check.
Pre-climb tune-in? Check.
Mid-session rest-and mental reset? Check.
Post-climb cool down? Check.
Stressy, messy, life moments where you'd rather be climbing? CHECK!
Whatever version of you as a climber and a human that is here now - is all you need.
Climb well, be well, and thanks for listening!
Episodes
The newest 20 of 39 episodes
- To Climb Stronger, Train Your Vision and Proprioception with Strobe Glasses | Tiffany Frankovich · 38 minSend a question or comment! What if you could make your climbing (and all movement) feel lighter, sharper, and more effortless by giving your brain LESS visual information and…
- Max Attention at Max Intensity: Burpee Training for Climbers | Max Edwards · 1 h 7 minSend a question or comment! Welcome back to Attention climbers! Today, we’re diving into a simple, structured system to train your antagonist strength, your explosivity, and your…
- Recognize, Regulate, Rehearse, Repeat, Review: Rewire Your Stress Response | JD Tremblay · 40 min · Season 2 Episode 8Send a question or comment! In this episode of Attention Climbers, we sit down with Olympic-level Canadian triathalon coach and values-based life coach JD Tremblay to discuss how…
- Tears, Tantrums, Attention: How to Craft the Ideal Climbing Mindset | Louis Parkinson · 52 min · Season 2 Episode 7Send a question or comment! I interview my climbing coach, Louis Parkinson, former Team GB climber and head of Catalyst Climbing, on how he experiences his own mindset training…
- Belinda "Coach Be" Fuller | Drilling Feelings for Fine-Tuned Climbing Technique · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 6Send a question or comment! We sit down with Belinda Fuller—known and loved in the climbing community as "Coach Be"—who coaches everyone from complete beginners to Team GB…
- Body Awareness Fundamentals for Climbers, Dancers and Humans | Sigrid Vik · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 5Send a question or comment! Body awareness is crucial for learning and performing climbing movement in a state of enjoyment. Yet if we pay attention to our bodies only to make…
- This Attention Shift Unlocks Rest for Climbing and Life Performance | Bunny Love-Schock · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 4Send a question or comment! If you're a climber or a human who overtrains, overworks, and gets stressed at the mere idea of resting - this episode with Bunny Love- Schock is for…
- Childhood Trauma and Climbing Issues | Live 1:1 Coaching Session with Evan Gregor · 1 h 2 min · Season 2 Episode 3Send a question or comment! Climbing too much. Resting too little. Under-committing to moves. "Negative mindset" in social settings around other climbers. These sound like issues…
- Stop Fear of Fear from Ruining Your Climbing | Evan Gregor · 1 h 1 min · Season 2 Episode 1Send a question or comment! As climbers, we may have internalized that our fear, negative thoughts, and unpleasant emotions are "bad" or "wrong", in either explicit or subtle…
- Why Your Climbing Mindset Fails, and How to Fix it | Evan Gregor · 1 h 2 min · Season 2 Episode 2Send a question or comment! We are back with clinical EFT practitioner, inner work coach and professional jazz musician Evan Gregor to dive deeper into how to "allow" fear…
- Welcome to Attention Climbers Season 2! · 1 min · Season 2Send a question or comment! A big thank you to all listeners of Season 1, and welcome back! If this is your first foray into the world of Attention Climbers, welcome!
- 🎵 Musical Calf Raises for Climbers: Ankle Mobility and Proprioception · 7 minSend a question or comment! Can music make your ankles stronger and more mobile in the full range needed for climbing? Join me as we sing to find out It's no wonder that British…
- 🌧️ Negative Thoughts Mental Training Demo: "Peripheral Projection Technique" · 16 minSend a question or comment! *ANNOUNCEMENT A/O JULY 2026** Vision Training for Climbing Mentorship! I have 1 opening for vision and multisensory embodied visualisation training…
- ✅ 50 Questions to Ask Before You Give Up · 17 minSend a question or comment! My name is Crystal, and welcome back to Attention Climbers. There's one thing I enjoy infinitely more than solving problems - asking questions. This…
- 🎯 Sharpen Climbing Senses at Home: 12 Minute Meditation🐈 Optional! · 13 minSend a question or comment! Today, I am back broadcasting to you guys with 🐈 Oskar. This time, we are lounging together facing one another on our balcony couch. Oskar serves as…
- 💡Mindset Issues Stemming from Climbing Culture, And How To Solve Them · 26 minSend a question or comment! My name is Crystal, and welcome back to Attention Climbers. This episode may pique some heated discussion, and I'd love to hear from you if you either…
- 🐈 Catnap Pet Meditation: Rest Day Guided Meditation for Climbers · 8 minSend a question or comment! Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your…
- ⚠️ Head Acceleration Intolerance - The Invisible Crux that Climbing Plateaus Reveal · 12 minSend a question or comment! Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your…
- 📿 The "Fall Necklace" Drill: Craft Focus and Intelligence While Falling · 9 minSend a question or comment! Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your…
- 💔 "Fear of Falling" as "Fear of Loss": Hone the Art of Processing Grief to Strengthen Climbing Mindset · 8 minSend a question or comment! My name is Crystal, and welcome back to Attention Climbers. Today, we depart from our recent run of mind-training meditations - to address a crucial…
