The goal of this session is to send new benchmark/classic problems on a board of your choice (or a board we agreed on.)
On boards with no classics/benchmark feature, sorting by popularity produces a similar effect.
Problem selection:
The goal is to accumulate sends, so problems should not be extremely difficult. Try to stay in your progression zone: problems that take between a few tries to a few days of work. We may also have discussed targeting a certain difficulty range in our consult.
If you have already completed the classics/benchmarks in easier ranges, start the session with a few repeats so that the volume is not pure projecting, and let me know that you are out of logical benchmarks.
If you are unable to complete single moves on a problem within one session, the problem may be too hard for a volume-building session – regardless of its grade. Board grades are notoriously subjective!
You can also expand the pool of options:
- On mirrored boards, you can go to old problems that you only did on one side and finish them on the other side.
- On boards with a classic/benchmark feature, you can do popular non-classic problems.
- You can switch boards if you have access to more than one.
- If all else fails, just try to find problems in the right difficulty range. This will be slightly more chaotic – but “classic” is subjective too.
On a home wall, building your own playlist of “benchmarks” and then repeating them is a good way to execute a similar session.
Climbing
Use proper tactics like working individual moves, and adding foot and handholds where needed to break moves down and learn them.
Rest plenty in between efforts – 3-5 minutes depending on how far you get on the problem.
End the session when you notice your power start to drop. This should be a short & hard session.
Focus:
The goal is to accumulate sends and climb well. Don’t lose sight of this goal and get sucked into thrashing individual moves.