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13/02/2026

MSc Dissertation submitted ✅

Neuromuscular Readiness Testing & Monitoring of the Climbing Athlete 🧗‍♀️

I developed a practical, climbing-specific neuromuscular assessment protocol, and explored whether it could objectively detect fatigue and short-term recovery following demanding climbing sessions.

The study highlighted that early force-time characteristics and movement velocity are highly sensitive to fatigue, while peak force alone may underestimate residual neuromuscular impairment.

The findings reinforce the importance of individualised monitoring and provide applied insight for training load management and session planning with competition climbers.

02/01/2026

Stronger fingers.
More power.
Harder sends. 💪🧗‍♂️

Online Training Plans now available. 8 week or 12 week options available.

Dedicated training plans for climbers who want results, not guesswork.
Structured. Progressive. Climbing-specific.

If you want to:
🔥 Pull harder
⚡ Move more explosively
🧠 Train with purpose
🧗 Send boulders/routes that used to shut you down

This is your plan.
Train off the wall.
Dominate on it.

⬇️ Link in bio

10/12/2025

Christmas Schedule 🎅

I will be closed over the Christmas period from Mon 22nd Dec to Fri 2nd Jan.

If you need anything before that:

⛑ Physical Therapy
🏅 Performance Assessment
🏋‍♀️ Training Plan

Then please book through link in bio or DM here.

08/12/2025

Shoulder pain holding you back on the wall? 🧗‍♂️💥

Most climbers don’t realize early signs of shoulder dysfunction until it becomes a full-blown injury.

The good news? With the right assessment and targeted rehab, you can climb stronger and pain-free.

If your shoulder has been nagging, restricted or limiting your reach—now’s the time to take care of it.

📩 DM me to book a shoulder assessment and get back to climbing confidently

01/12/2025

At some point, just climbing won’t be enough to keep your progression moving forward.

While climbing builds skill, technique, and movement IQ, it often doesn’t provide enough mechanical stimulus to strengthen your muscles, tendons, and connective tissues.

That’s where focused strength training comes in.

Strength training helps you:
💪 Build true strength & power
🧗 Improve pulling capacity
🙌 Develop real grip strength
🦴 Increase tendon and ligament resilience
🔥 Reduce injury risk
🧗‍♂️ Climb more consistently

If you want long-term progression, fewer injuries, and better performance on the wall, strength training isn’t optional — it’s essential.

27/11/2025

What are your Climbing Goals this coming year?

Have you a specific boulder you wanna tick?

A specific route in mind? Be it sports or trad.

A climbing trip coming up in the Spring?

What is it that you are training for?

Comment below with boulder/route/trip destination 👇

23/11/2025

Elite Level Care.

I've looked after the best, now I'm here to help you.

Whatever your goal is, wherever you are at currently, I can help you.

Professional level Performance & Rehab:

⛑ Sports Injury
On top of Physical Therapy sessions I also offer Return to Ply testing and training.

🏅Perfromance Training
Come for a performance assessment and get a personalised, tailor made performance training plan.

💻 Online Coaching
Looking for some guidance in your training, I provide online coaching to help you keep on track and achieve your goals

🔬Evidence Based
Using cutting edge technology to help inform an applied evidence based practice, from latest sports science of performance and research on injury rehab.

No cookie cutter one size fits all approach here. In depth assessments, Informed by data, to help you get over your injury or perform at your best.

DM now and let's get started 💪

and

21/11/2025

Injury Rehab.

Are you struggling with an injury or a ni**le?

We are here to help. Everything from acute injury management right through to a return to performance.

Don't let it stop you in your tracks and ruin your winter.

Get assessed and get on top of it ASAP.

Early intervention is the 🔑

04/10/2025

🚀 OCTOBER CLIMBING PERFORMANCE INTAKE - SPACES FILLING UP FAST!

Want to push your climbing this winter?
Planning a climbing trip and want to peak for it?
Or maybe you keep picking up finger, elbow, or shoulder ni**les?
Level up your training and get on the right plan for you.

This October I’m launching the Climbing Performance Hybrid Training.
Personalised training designed for you by a strength & conditioning coach, physical therapist and climbing coach, you can rest assured your in good hands 🙌

Here’s what you get:

✅ Full climbing-specific performance assessment – in-person
✅ 8 weeks tailored training program – delivered via app, built around your climbing goals and assessment results
✅ Weekly support + regular updates – stay accountable and adapt as you progress

💶 €280 total for the full 8 weeks

⚡ Limited spaces available – to keep it personal and high quality

Book Now, get assessed next week and begin your personalised 8 week training program right away 💪

📲 To claim one of 5 spots, DM me “Climb” for a booking link or hit the link in bio

This is the first time I’m opening up this one of a kind climbing-specific hybrid coaching.

If you’ve been waiting for a structured plan to level up, this is your chance.

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02/10/2025

Want to climb harder, longer, and with fewer injuries?

Strength = Protection

Strength training is more than just lifting weights or pulling harder — it’s protective.

By building stronger muscles, tendons, and connective tissues, you create a more resilient body that can tolerate the demands of climbing.

Fewer tweaks, less ni**les, and way more time on the wall.

Why Climbers Should Strength Train:

🚫 Lower injury risk

🧗 More time on the wall, less time sidelined with injuries and ni**les

⚡️ Capacity to handle harder moves and bigger training loads

🔑 A stronger foundation for long-term climbing progress

🧨 The capacity to push into harder grades with confidence

Think of strength as your armor - it doesn’t just make you pull harder, it allows you to practice the skill of climbing more, push further, and keep doing what you love - climbing.

Strength Training supports performance, protects against injury, and ultimately allows you to progress with more confidence and longevity in the sport.

09/09/2025

Finger Flexor Testing for Climbers.

Standardised testing set up.
Aligning with current industry research recommendations to create the most standardised testing procedure for better testing reliability, validity and repeatability.

🎞 Video 1:
20mm Peak Force Output 💪
What is your ability to produce maximal force. A slow gradual build of force to hit your peak force output without a time constraint.

🎞 Video 2:
20mm Rate if Force Development (RFD) 💥
How much force can you produce quickly. Force with a time constraint. In climbing we often refer to this as Contact Strength. Your ability to produce force quickly. Looking at force / RFD at 150ms and 200ms.

How much of your maximum force can you express within 150ms or 200ms?
Climbers need good contact strength, particularly for bouldering and for hard cruxes on routes.
Your ability to express your force quickly is often the difference of holding on to a hold or not.

In these examples I am using gold standard, lab grade 🧪 testing equipment with sampling rate of 1000Hz 📈 to ensure RFD Testing is accurate 🎯

Sufficient sampling frequency is vital for accurate RFD Testing ✅

&

26/08/2025

Shoulder Testing.

Climbers really punish their shoulders, awkward positions, dynos, deadpoints, just really put their shoulders through it all!

There's a reason shoulders are second most frequently injured body part in climbers (with finger injuries at top of the list!)

It's good to have a reliable and valid testing framework such as ASH Tests, using testing equipment to get objective data.

Dealing with ni**ley shoulders? Had a shoulder injury recently and can't quite get back to full climbing? Or want to just build robust shoulders to withstand all that climbing throws at them?

Get assessed and get on the right plan for you. DM amd let's get started 💪

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