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Six one-minute reps

6 one-minute windows: climb a 4-6 move problem, rest for the rest of the minute.

Slot
On the wall
Focus
Power endurance
Time
6 min
Intensity
High
Injury risk
Moderate
Intervals
6 × 1:00 on
Equipment
Boulders, Training board, Overhang, Timer

How to do it

Pick one or more 4-6 move problems you've climbed before. At the start of each minute, climb one, then rest for whatever is left of that minute. Do 6 minutes in a row. If you fall, rest and go again at the start of the next minute.

Who it’s for

Six minutes, one boulder, high density. It’s the shortest useful power endurance session there is and it fits at the end of almost anything.

Common mistakes

  • A problem that’s too long. Four to six moves. Longer and there’s no rest left in the minute.
  • A problem you can’t climb reliably. You need six goes at it.
  • Chasing the clock after a fall. Rest and start again on the next minute.

How to progress

Worse holds or a longer problem, so less of each minute is rest. Six minutes is the format; keep it.

When it fits

The training periods this exercise fits into in Blok Sessions.

  • Power Endurance Keep your power through one hard move after another.

Start with a ready-made block

A six-week strength plan with a deload, as a file for the app, and seven short emails on how to run it.