Nov 04 2023 43 mins 11
Listen Arno Ilgner is a distinguished rock climber and first ascensionist, perhaps most well known as the author of The Rock Warrior's Way. Through his best selling work, Arno outlines his methodologies emphasizing mental training to help his students and readers improve their awareness, focus attention, and understand their athletic (and life) challenges within a coherent, learning-based philosophy of intelligent risk-taking. In this interview with The Climbing Doctor, Arno discusses his history, mental aspects of climbing, and injury management. This episode covers:
- A history of The Rock Warrior's Way -- how it started and developed to what it is today
- Mental aspects of injury management with climbing
- Body awareness and mental flexibility
- Arno's personal routine for sharpening his mind
- Coping with stressors in rehab and leveraging senses to live in the moment
- Arno's general advice and closing thoughts
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