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Steve On Training

Should I Train Today?

Knowing When To Go Hard Is As Important As Knowing How Hard To Go

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Steve Bechtel
Feb 19, 2026
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The most important part of planning is planning on your plan not going according to plan. In thirty plus years of training for climbing, I haven’t had a week turn out the way I had scheduled it. This alone is a good argument for not getting upset when things don’t go your way - they NEVER have gone your way, and yet here you are. Maybe you’re rich, mayb…

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