Climbing as a life long relationship…
Like any relationship, you need to tend to it to keep it healthy. Headpoint Training gives you the tools and systems to keep the relationship between you and climbing strong.
It can be easy to get caught up in setbacks like injuries, burnout, fear of falling, comparisons to your past self and to others, plus so much more. With Headpoint Training, you work through these obstacles, protecting the reason you started climbing in the first place: because trying hard is fun.
MENTAL GAINS ARE JUST AS MEASURABLE AS PHYSICAL GAINS.
Headpoint Training uses self-assessed measures of discomfort to determine a climber's starting point and growth within mental training.
With a minimum of a 12-week commitment, there is time to learn and practice tools that stick with you for a lifetime of climbing.
Founder Karly Rager’s background in engineering made her motivated to understand stress while sending challenging routes.
She created metrics to measure progress and results and has used this method to help 50+ climbers develop tools and strategies to manage stress while climbing.
If you know you could climb harder, but fear of falling keeps holding you back, Headpoint Training is for you.
If stress about your performance overtakes every session and you’re ready to commit to making a change, Headpoint Training is for you.
If you struggle to find the words to describe your emotions and experiences while climbing, Headpoing Training is for you.
If you’re committed to climbing for a lifetime and want the tools to make that sustainable, Headpoint Training is for you.
In Headpoint Training, every climber starts at a place that feels slightly uncomfortable — but everyone starts at a different place. It’s all about finding the right dose of discomfort.
If you’re shutting down or freaking out, it’s too much. But if you feel nothing, it’s not enough.
Project Direct coaches help you measure your discomfort in different scenarios, and prescribe the right dose to help you expand your comfort zone without pushing too far.
All support is customized to what your goals are and what you personally need to work on.
Headpoint training looks different for everyone.
Climber #1
Struggles with feeling confident and committing to hard moves on top rope. Their Headpoint Training plan will not start with them taking giant whips on lead, because that would only cause trauma.
Rather, this climber needs to change habits around harder moves and slowly increase falling distances.
Climber #2
Confident taking 30 foot sport falls & they feel comfortable pushing themselves on hard-for-them sport climbs. However they want to climb more cracks and trad routes and the idea of falling on trad gear makes their body feel shaky and insecure.
They need exposure and experience weighting gear. Slowly building confidence in themselves while reducing the physiological effects of stress in their body above gear.
WHY CHOOSE HEADPOINT TRAINING?
SINGLE DAY CLINIC…
Group focus, even though everyone is at a
different place with their headgame
May not include education on your nervous
system and physiological effects of stress
May not be trauma informed
Teaches you something to work on, but
doesn’t last more than 1 day (think, 1 day of
a Spanish class…)
May not address cognitive habits at all, often
just working on practice falls
HEADPOINT TRAINING…
A program is built and progressed specifically for your starting point
Includes education and language on these elements of your experience, reframing your responses to stimuli as physical & adaptable
Considers special requirement from those who have had traumatic experiences & injuries in climbing
Provides accountability of practice at the appropriate dose of discomfort over time
Lasts long enough to change cognitive habits for the long-term
Addresses both practice falls & cognitive habits. Changing both experiences is essential
Headpoint Training Includes:
Education and tasks that are customized to your climbing goals.
Build understanding with…
Stress and fear from a neuroendocrine standpoint
Habit formation
Ego, excuses vs. reasons
Rhetoric habits & improvements
Confidence & commitment
Fear of falling
Fight or flight responses
Failure vs. success (& other black and white thinking habits)
Risk assessment
Each athlete will…
Have 1 on 1 zoom calls every other week with their coach
Be supported on current goals and projects
Weekly “assignments” - both on- and off-rock for their level
Journaling prompts
Work with their coach to build mental strategies - turning them into habits on rock
Investment: $1047 ($349/mo)
TESTIMONIALS
“A few months ago, leading steep ice was a scary idea - but training with Karly allowed me to do it! Rewriting those fears and learning how to stop my mind from spinning into panic is one of the greatest breakthroughs I have had in climbing!”
- PATRICK THOMAS
“I tried everything to fix my head. I read books. I asked random fearless strangers at the crag how they did it. I attended fear of falling workshops by pro-climbers. I experimented. Nothing worked…
Fast-forward to now, and I’m not scared anymore. It’s kind of crazy. Karly is the best investment I have made for my climbing. She has completely transformed my head game. I am performing better than ever and having more fun. Headpoint training is truly priceless.”
- Hayley Mckinney
In the video above, Jess shares her experience in Headpoint Training and its effect on her climbing!
“I was super blown away about how it affected my relationship with climbing…
Karly was really able to break down aspects of climbing in tangible and goal oriented ways that I can carry with me…
The mind is a muscle.”
- JESS arnold
ARE YOU READY..?
Embark on your next journey to becoming the climber you’ve always wanted to be. Develop strategies to build confidence and learn new habits.
Reap the rewards of working with a coach that supports your current goals and projects by helping you find the courage and understanding to push through mental blocks; coming out the other side with confidence and success.