#124 Ross Fulkerson — Efficient Movement Over Everything, Performing Well In Different Disciplines, Practical Breathing Tips, and Testing New Climbing Shoes

The Testpiece Podcast

This episode is brought to you by Mad Rock! Mad Rock is run by REAL climbers, and that’s why they supported Ross Fulkerson and Testpiece to go on an awesome trip to Mallorca where they recorded this podcast.

Ross is back on the pod after a multi year hiatus. Ross was actually the very first guest back on episode #3 and #4!

Since then Ross has won tons of comps, competed in tons of world cups, climbed hard boulders, hard sport, even hard trad! In the last few months Ross has been on tear doing all of those disciplines at a high level.
Josh went out to Mallorca to join Ross and they sat down for a chat about the thread that connects all of these disciplines together and how Ross manages to perform at such a high level in each of them.

Ross also shares what it’s like to test new and updated shoes by Mad Rock. How does he make sure they can handle all the things he throws at them? How does he figure out what to suggest to make them even better? How does Mad Rock actually take that feedback and turn it into a better product? This is a cool behind the scenes look at how pro’s actually interact with their shoe companies to make the shoes the best they can be.

SHOW NOTES:

• Ross Fulkerson’s Instagram
• Ross Fulkerson’s YouTube
• Al Rangel Testpiece Podcast
• Ross’ Previous Testpiece Episodes:
  • Podcast #3
  • Podcast #4
• Mind to Motion Clinics: https://www.mind-to-motion.com/
• Flair Manual Espresso Maker
• Mad Rock

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1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. The Thread That Connects Disciplines (00:08:15)

3. Efficient Movement (00:17:11)

4. Controlling Heart Rate In Climbing (00:20:34)

5. Confidence Isn’t An Accident (00:33:16)

6. Thank You To Mad Rock (00:47:57)

7. Beta and Intuition (00:51:09)

8. Practical Breathing Tips (00:55:07)

9. Add This To Your Toolkit (01:00:26)

10. Risky But Easier (01:03:09)

11. Executing Complex Movements (01:18:39)

12. Testing Of New Shoes (01:26:58)

13. How do you go from Good to Great? (01:51:58)