Inner Fire Climbing Podcast
Episodes
#37 - April AMA
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks patrons for the questions this month! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/innerfireclimbing 0:01:30 Ethan – Strength and finger traini...
#36 - Karly Rager
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Karly Rager is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), an AMGA Single Pitch Instructor (SPI), and has over 13 years of climbing ...
#35 - Juliana Merighi
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Juliana Merighi is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, a Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist, and a Board Certified Strength and Conditioning...
#34 - March AMA
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks patrons for the questions this month! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/innerfireclimbing 00:01:02 Anthony - Managing fatigue / autore...
# 33 - Rocco Bocchicchio
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rocco Bocchicchio is one of the OG developers of Joe's Valley and has been climbing for 28 years. He has spent much of his climbing career on the road...
# 32 - February AMA
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks patrons for the questions this month! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/innerfireclimbing 0:03:15 Keyin - What do you think of the Pro...
#31 - Hayley McKinney
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hayley McKinney is a climber and YouTuber based out of Las Vegas. In this episode, we talk about her journey to overcome her fear of fallin...
#30 - Eric Jerome
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Jerome is a highly accomplished boulderer and creator of the Top 100 project, an attempt to define and categorize the top 100 double digit boulde...
# 29 - January AMA
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks patrons for the questions this month! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/innerfireclimbing 00:01:17 Freiherr - RPE in climbing 00:07:18...
# 28 - Ryan Frecka
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Frecka is a strength and conditioning coach and multi-sport athlete based in Alberta, Canada. I have personally trained as a client of Ryan and c...
#27 - December AMA
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks patrons for the questions this month! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/innerfireclimbing 00:00:00 Intro and personal updates 00:03:00...
#26 - Collin McGee
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Collin McGee is a coach with Camp 4 Human Performance and the Fitness Director at the Alliance Fitness Center in Reading, PA. Collin has coached a wid...
#25 - November AMA
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks patrons for the questions this month! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/innerfireclimbing 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:52 Joshua - Session cap...
#24 - Flo TIlley
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Flo Tilley is a mindset coach with Lattice and has a Master's degree in Sport and Exercise Psychology. On today's episode we talk about flow, overcomi...
#23 - Michael Hauss
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Hauss is a friend and client of mine. Michael is a former D1 athlete and the founder of ROQ Climbing, a new kind of climbing gym coming to Sea...
#22 - October AMA
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks patrons for the questions this month! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/innerfireclimbing 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:42 Update on fatherhood 0...
#21 - Fallon Rowe
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fallon Rowe is a climber, coach, photographer, and writer. On today's episode we talk about climbing with chronic illnesses, being kind to yourself an...
#20 - Skyler Mavor
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Skyler Mavor is an accomplished climber and geologist. We discuss basic geology, understanding rock types, tools you can use to find rocks and underst...
#19 - September 2025 AMA
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks patrons for the questions this month! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/innerfireclimbing 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:19 Kyle - Visualization s...
#18 - Brian Antheunisse
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Antheunisse is a climber, dad, Hueco guide, and a few other things. We talk about his history in climbing, Hueco Tanks but especially the proble...
#17 - Ollie Torr
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ollie Torr is one of the founders of Lattice Training and a thought leader in climbing coaching. We discuss coaching philosophy, identity, lots of hig...
#16 - August 2025 AMA
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks Collin for joining me for a question this month! Questions: 00:00:00 Intro and updates 00:03:44 Kenz - Training while on a sport climbing tri...
#15 - Marisa Michael
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marisa Michael is a credentialed and prominent figure in the climbing nutrition science space. We discuss the state of climbing nutrition science, and...
#14 - July 2025 AMA
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Questions: 00:00:00 Intro & updates 00:03:22 Stephanie - Training for sport and bouldering simultaneously? 00:07:53 Duncan - Anti-flow flow stat...
#13 - Madeeha Drissi
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Madeeha Drissi is a board-certified dermatologist and climber. We talk about all things skin – anatomy, wound healing, moisturizers, drying agents, ...
#12 - June 2025 AMA
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Questions: 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:56 Nico - Solo bouldering 0:05:25 Simon Pearson - What to do while watching climbing media 0:11:00 Jantina - Should pe...
#11 - Tom Herbert
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Herbert is a nutrition coach and all around swell Brit. He joined me on the pod to talk about dance, flow, and climbing, and we took many (unsurpr...
#10 - May 2025 AMA
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Questions from my Patrons and clients for April 2025. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jfireclimbing Questions: 00:00:00 Intr...
#9 - Ethan Salvo
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ethan Salvo is a Squamish-based climber. He's been climbing just over 7 years and has climbed some of the hardest boulders in North America. Last summ...
#8 - Juliet Hammer
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I chat with Juliet Hammer and her dog Addy. Juliet is a climbing coach and an experienced boulderer and sport climber. She has a degre...
#7 - April 2025 AMA - Weight management, developing technique, footwork, first ascents and more
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Questions from my Patrons and clients for April 2025. Thanks to Ryan Frecka for joining me for the weight management questions. Support the show on P...
#6 - The "Rules"
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this solo episode, I do my best to explain the rules of bouldering: what some of them are, why they're arbitrary, how they're changing over time, a...
#5 - Ethan Pringle
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I sit down with Ethan Pringle to catch up with him and his cat Snowflake. We talk about: Balancing stability and freedom Crag development in South Af...
#4 - March 2025 AMA - Session duration, soft pauses and gaze, DOMS
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Questions from my Patrons and clients for March 2025. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jfireclimbing Questions: 0:00:00 Intro ...
#3 - Zoe Sayetta
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, my guest Zoe Sayetta & I discuss: Differences in mental strategies for outdoor & competition climbing Execution pressure Awa...
#2 - February 2025 AMA - Values, energy systems, video beta, RPE, self-talk
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Questions from my Patrons and clients for February 2025. Support the show on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jfireclimbing Questions: 00:00:00 Int...
#1 - Welcome
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Inner Fire Climbing podcast! I'm Jesse Firestone. In this episode I take a minute to explain who I am and why I started this pod.