The Power Company Climbing Podcast

Joy Black is a mother of three, and a strength and climbing coach specializing in working with pregnant and postpartum climbers. In this episode, Kris and Joy go trimester by trimester, looking at training and logistical considerations for pregnant climbers and their partners.

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🔍 EXPLORE FURTHER

You might enjoy these related articles, episodes, and other resources:

Sport Climber Experiences of Pregnancy and Return-to-Sport Postpartum Research Study Survey

Teal Dreher’s Pregnancy & Postpartum Climbing blog

Climbing Training and Pregnancy: My Journey, with coach Jess West

Beth Rodden | Climbing and Parenting

Allyson Gunsallus | The Challenges of Parenting as a Climber

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📚 CHAPTERS

(00:00:00) Intro

(00:02:05) How Joy Found this Niche

(00:16:37) Empowerment and Vulnerability

(00:31:31) Joy’s Overarching Philosophy

(00:38:55) Disclaimers and Contraindications

(00:41:48) First Trimester

(00:44:07) ANNOTATION: Evidence Based vs. Evidence Informed

(01:01:13) ANNOTATION: Beta for the Bump

(01:10:50) Second Trimester

(01:19:50) ANNOTATION: Diastasis, Deep Core, Linea Alba

(01:36:23) Third Trimester

(01:58:34) Wrap Up

(02:04:48) Outro