A helping hand - mountain strength the book

I posted this here this morning and someone marked it as spam and so they deleted - i was told by an admin to repost it -

 I need a huge favor....

If you don't know me, my name is Matt Lloyd, I have been a climber ( and user of MP ) for 20 years - day in and day out- i love putting up new routes and coaching climbing at Mountain Strong, a super small climbing and training gym i own here in Denver. Over the last two years, I have been writing a book about training for climbers and skiers ( you can read more about the book in the link below ) - covering everything I have learned coaching thousands of athletes at my gym- what to do and what to avoid. Anyhow, in quite possibly the worst timing ever, we have reached a pseudo deadline with our printers. My business partner and I need to raise enough pre-orders of our training book to meet there "minimum," or we can't afford to bring our dream project to fruition. This timing is coinciding with the government forced closure of my gym Mountain Strong here in Denver due to COVID19. so.... I'm asking for a huge favor from my fellow climbers, would you help us spread the word and perhaps get enough pre- orders to help us get off the ground? I know we are all tight on cash so just a share or repost would be huge... thanks for taking the time to read this !

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mountainstrengthbook/mountain-strength-a-training-manual-for-mountain-athletes?ref=project_link

Link's broken

Tis true. The link has the virus.

I only insta know Matt, but he's not lying, he gets out there. And he coauthored the Clear Creek guidebook, which is an awesome resource.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mountainstrengthbook/mountain-strength-a-training-manual-for-mountain-athletes?ref=project_link

Looks awesome Matt! Can't wait to see the finished product. 

Bump for a good cause

Mark E Dixon wrote: Bump for a good cause

I appreciate you ! 

Jordy Clements wrote: Tis true. The link has the virus.

I only insta know Matt, but he's not lying, he gets out there. And he coauthored the Clear Creek guidebook, which is an awesome resource.

thanks for the heads up I fixed it- 

Bump, I want it too!

If only you guys had a gym in Boulder...

We're getting there!

Just curious, how is your book different/more valuable than what Steve House & Scott Johnson have done. Literally writing THE BOOK (x2 now) on alpine and uphill training?

Thanks so much for the support everyone- its HUGE... I'm psyched to share this project with my fellow climbers. 

sandrock wrote: Just curious, how is your book different/more valuable than what Steve House & Scott Johnson have done. Literally writing THE BOOK (x2 now) on alpine and uphill training?

Good question ...

Steve House's book ( which I'm a big admirer of )  is, like you implied, the bible for alpinism. Mountain Strength covers lots more than just training for the uphill athlete. We focus heavily on true strength training ( 85%> of 1rm ) , speed and agaility drills as well as reaction/ accuarcy training. We find strength and agility work necessary for downhill skiing ( not just resort skiing but backcounty) , sport climbing, bouldering, and even multi-pitch vertical ice climbing.

Steve's focus is for the pure alpinist ( who trains in the domains of high volume and low percentage of ( >50% of 1RM). His books also don't cover much grip training (  which again makes sense because alpinists don't grab many crimpers).  Another place our books differ is "Training for the new Alpinism" and "Uphill Athlete" read more like textbooks ( i mean that in a complimentary sense ), talking broad ideology, concepts, and approaches.  Mountain Strength reads more like a day to day, how too. We used traditional Olympic lifting programs as inspiration. Focusing on many of the small details of every individual workout - with percentages of load, scales for movement, and coaches notes telling you how athletes like you preformed in our gym in regards to weight, speed, and endurance... Giving our athlete some much-needed perspective to where the benchmark is. We also do lots of oddball mental toughness drills, designed to be painful and easy to quit. They develop skills that are vital if you're like me and are not the best athlete with a stupid high V02 but instead develop my mind to persevere and tough it out. If Steve is the professor, we are the mad scientists.

Appreciate the response, thank you! 

bump

Looks like it made it

Cant beat great training ideas from people that live it

You all are amazing- thanks agin for the love, the kind words and support. 

I put my money on the (digital) table. Let’s do this!

Hey Matt when do you expect to be sending the PDF form of the book? Looking forward to it!!

Woot! This gets funded in a week!