Climbing
Coaching Program
The Ascend Climbing Coaching Program is a subscription-based remote coaching and training experience for dedicated climbers. Our comprehensive, long-term approach emphasizes athlete development, sustainable performance, and lasting success in the sport.
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Progress With Purpose
This program is built to help climbers elevate every aspect of their performance — physically, mentally, and strategically — with a focus on longevity, continuous growth, and peak results. Each athlete follows a personalized training plan created and guided by the Ascend Coaching Team. Coaching support includes:
Review and feedback on every training session
Monthly Mental Performance and Training Coaching Calls
Monthly In-depth Video Analysis & Technical Feedback
Personalized Sports Nutrition Coaching
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Book a FREE Consultation
This free consultation serves as an introduction to Ascend and helps us learn more about you, your goals, and how we can help. The call typically lasts 15–30 minutes.
Schedule your consultation
Discuss your goals & background
Get your plan & begin your journey
Ascend Subscription:
To support steady progress Ascend begins with a structured commitment period followed by flexible continuation options.
Both plans include non-refundable recurring payments.
Ascend Athlete Coaching -
$240/month
Our flagship coaching program that is designed to establish habits, assess progress, and set the stage for long-term development with your goals in mind.
Billed monthly at $240
No time length commitment
Ascend Athlete Coaching - Seasonal Development Track: 6 Months at $220/month
Athletes committed to long-term development can sign up for our 6-month development track at a commitment rate of $220/month.
Billed monthly at $220
Commitment: 6 months
Ascend Athlete Coaching - Long Term Development Track: 12 Months at $200/month
Our best value.
Structured coaching at our lowest rate—rewarding those ready to invest in the full process.
Billed monthly at $200
Commitment: 12 months
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Add-On Coaching Sessions
These one-on-one sessions are available exclusively to current Ascend Coaching Program subscribers who want to deepen their progress with in-person coaching and hands-on guidance.
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Work directly with Lead Coach and Climbing Specialist Dan Mirsky during a 6-hour outdoor session focused on your project. Gain personalized guidance on movement, performance, and tactical improvement — helping you take your climbing to the next level.
$200 per session
Ascend Coaching Program subscription required
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Spend a 3-hour indoor session with Dan Mirsky to refine your training approach, develop technique, and improve climbing efficiency. Each session is fully customized to your goals.
$125 per session
Ascend Coaching Program subscription required
Personalized Climbing Training Built Around Your Goals
Train with more structure, more feedback, and a clearer path forward. Ascend’s online climbing coaching program is built for climbers who want more than a generic training plan. Whether you are trying to break through a plateau, prepare for a project, build strength, or train with more consistency, we help you turn your goals into a focused climbing training program.
This is personalized coaching for climbers who want to improve with purpose. Your plan is built around your climbing background, schedule, strengths, limitations, and long-term goals, so every session has a reason behind it.
No two climbers need the same plan. A boulderer working on power has different needs than a sport climber building endurance, and a newer climber needs different support than someone chasing harder grades outdoors.
Ascend creates a rock climbing training program around where you are now and where you want to go next. We look at your training history, climbing access, movement patterns, recovery needs, and lifestyle demands so your plan supports real progress without forcing training into a rigid template.
What Your Climbing Coaching Program Includes
Our coaching combines structured programming with ongoing support, feedback, and adjustment. The goal is not just to give you workouts. The goal is to help you understand how to train, why each piece matters, and how to keep improving over time.
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Your climbing training plan gives you clear sessions, focused goals, and weekly direction. Instead of guessing what to do at the gym, you’ll know how each workout supports your climbing.
Your program may include climbing-specific sessions, strength work, mobility, endurance, recovery, and technique-focused assignments based on your needs.
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Strength training for climbers should support performance on the wall, not compete with it. We use targeted strength work to build pulling strength, core tension, shoulder stability, posterior chain strength, and overall resilience.
This helps you move better, hold positions longer, and reduce the risk of common overuse issues caused by only climbing and never training the supporting systems.
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Better climbing is not just about being stronger. It is also about moving with more control, awareness, and efficiency.
Through movement training for climbing, video feedback, and technical guidance, we help you improve footwork, body positioning, route reading, pacing, and decision-making. This is especially valuable for indoor climbers who want their gym sessions to become more intentional and productive.
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Depending on your goals, your program may focus on climbing endurance training, power endurance, maximal strength, or recovery between hard efforts.
For sport climbers, that may mean better pacing and sustained output. For boulderers, it may mean stronger attempts, better session structure, and more effective rest. Your plan is built around the type of climbing you actually care about.
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Finger and grip strength matter, but they need to be trained carefully. Ascend helps you approach climbing finger strength training with structure, progression, and safety.
Rather than adding random hangboard sessions or grip work, we build finger training into your overall plan when it fits your level, goals, and recovery capacity.
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Climbing is physical, technical, and mental. Your coaching can include support around fear, confidence, projecting, pressure, consistency, and staying focused during hard climbs.
Mental training for climbers helps you build a better relationship with challenge so you can perform with more confidence and less hesitation.
Who This Program Is For
Ascend’s climbing coaching program is built for climbers who want structure, accountability, and expert support. You may be a good fit if you are:
Stuck at a plateau and unsure what to change
Training for a specific outdoor project
Climbing indoors and wanting more direction
A boulderer looking for a focused training plan
A sport climber building endurance and power
A beginner who wants to train the right way
An experienced climber ready for long-term development
You do not need to be an elite climber to benefit from coaching. You just need a goal, a willingness to train with intention, and the desire to keep improving.
Why Choose Ascend For Climbing Coaching?
Ascend gives climbers more than workouts. You get a coach-led system built around your goals, your life, and your long-term progress.
Our approach combines personalized programming, session feedback, video analysis, mental performance coaching, nutrition support, and practical training structure. It is designed for climbers who want to train seriously without losing sight of sustainability, confidence, and joy in the process.