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  • RunOut 123: How NFL Lineman Wes Schweitzer Uses Rock Climbing to Move Better and Get Stronger

    RunOut 123: How NFL Lineman Wes Schweitzer Uses Rock Climbing to Move Better and Get Stronger

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    Our guest today is #71 for the New York Jets: Wes Schweitzer, an offensive guard whose injuries sent him down a curious path of recovery: rock climbing. Since discovering the sport, Wes has fallen in love with climbing and uses it as a tool to improve his performance on and off the field. At 6’4” 330-pounds, Wes is considered one of the strongest lineman in the game, putting up 765-pound deadlifts well over twice his body weight. As a true professional athlete, Wes delivers some fascinating insights into how both football and climbing training mentalities could benefit from each other.

    But first, yr favorite climbing podcasters play a game of Fuck, Marry, Kill with climbing gear.

    Our final bit is a track from Harris Freif called “Tortillas and Peanut Butter” off his album Guitar 2.

    Show Notes

    Follow Wes Schweitzer on Instagram and Twitter

    “Meet the 330-pound NFL Lineman Addicted to Rock Climbing”

    Check out Harris Freif on Spotify

    Become a RunOut Rope Gun! Support our podcast and increase your RunOut runtime. Bonus episodes, AMA, and more will be available to our Rope Guns. Thank you for your support! http://patreon.com/runoutpodcast

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  • RunOut #109: John Middendorf on How Climbing Gear Precedes Progress

    RunOut #109: John Middendorf on How Climbing Gear Precedes Progress

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    Our guest today is a genuine legend and one of the pioneers of big-wall climbing. John Middendorf is a mechanical engineer, gear designer, researcher, writer, and teacher based in Tasmania. His climbing accomplishments pushed the limits of big-walls, adventure, and exploration throughout the 1980s and ‘90s. Most notably, he’s responsible for the first ascent of the East Face of Great Trango Tower, widely considered the largest and steepest continuous wall in the world at 4,400 feet, which he achieved with Xaver Bongard in 1992. The team used portaledges designed by Middendorf himself from his company A5 Adventures. Over the years, Middendorf has continued to refine his portaledge designs, with the D4 Designs which you can find on his website bigwalls.net, one of the first climbing websites in the world. Today, Middendorf has been engaged in an academic review of esoteric climbing journals of old to learn how the developments and advancements of gear have preceded leaps in progress thanks to the “influencers” of the day.

    But first, yer friendly podcasting hosts are back on their usual bullshit after a few weeks of summer vacation.

    Our final bit is some buddy spray from RunOut listener Andres Santiago. For spraying about his buddy, Andres is receiving a Yeti Yonder water bottle. If you’d like to submit spray, join us on Patreon.com/runoutpodcast to do so.

    Show Notes

    Check out bigwalls.net

    Links to Mechanical Advantages, Vol 1 & 2: Note, these are 500mb PDFs. Download as files

    Mechanical Advantage, Vol 1.

    Mechanical Advantage, Vol 2.

    Yosemite Climbing in the ’80s by CVL

    Become a RunOut Rope Gun! Support our podcast and increase your RunOut runtime. Bonus episodes, AMA, and more will be available to our Rope Guns. Thank you for your support! http://patreon.com/runoutpodcast

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