Motivated?What is motivation?Motivation is a psychological state that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal. Motivation can be extrinsic or intrinsic. In the first case, you do the action because you will receive something in return. In contrast, if you do the action because you feel free and happy and not to receive any physical thing, that would be considered internal motivation.Here, I want to show what do I do when I am motivated.In this video you can see me wake up at 6:20 A.M. because the regional bus to go to Val-David leaves at 7:30. I...

Val-David has become almost a home for me. I really love this place. There are many good problems, some of them easy and some very hard. But the amazing thing is that all the problems have something to teach to you. I think that’s the real reason why I climb.I don’t believe in a universal level of climbing. For example, just because someone can do a V8 doesn't necessarily mean they can do a V6 or V7. The best approach to training is not just improving a general climbing level, but improving one or two specific types of...

Some weeks ago I went to “Cour du Roi” in Val-David. I realized that there are many potential boulders to do. But, I don’t understand why people do not come to the sector “Cour du Roi.” I think the problem is due to not sharing enough information with other climbers, and they simply don’t know enough about this place.Why is it important to circulate information about a climbing sector?Improve and maintain the climbing sector.It is important that many climbers go to the sector to climb. When the people climb in the sector, the sector is cleaned, the problems and...

I have finished my specific training and now I am in the performance phase. The most important part in this phase is to let muscles restore their new shape because after training, the whole body is tired and performing in this condition is not ideal. But you have to be careful because too much rest can have a negative impact on the results of your training. So, this phase is composed of rest, climbing and maintenance.Rest:For the first week, you just have to climb. You can do small climbing sessions (2 hours) and don’t try to overload your body...