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Follow-Up: Alex Bridgewater — 3 Sports Psychology Skills That Will Transform Your Climbing

Author
Alex Bridgewater
Published
Mon 11 Aug 2025
Episode Link
https://www.patreon.com/posts/135897656

Alex Bridgewater (M.S. in Sports Psychology) is back again to share three new sports psychology skills that have the potential to change your climbing forever. We covered how to practice these skills in your day-to-day life, as well as how to put them into practice in your climbing, and much more. 

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*The full version is 1:28:39.

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Alex’s Other Episodes:

EP 276: Alex Bridgewater Returns

BONUS: Alex Bridgewater

Nuggets:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:00:58) – Word to the wise

(00:05:40) – Three skills overview

(00:06:44) – Skill 1: Values-Based Work

(00:28:17) – Skill 2: Dropping the Anchor

(00:43:32) – Skill 3: Diffusion/Unhooking

(01:01:49) – Putting the skills into practice

(01:10:23) – What do you want?

(01:18:02) – Expectations

(01:22:43) – Manhunt

(01:24:20) – Feeling vs. thinking

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