Indoor Weekly: Sean McColl Makes Semis in Moscow
The second IFSC Boulder World Cup and first Speed is taking place this weekend in Moscow and four Canadians competed in Qualifications for Boulder.
Sean McColl, Seb Lazure, Will Johnson and Nathan Smith gave their best and in the end they finished in 13th, 77th, 91st and 69th respectively.
McColl is heading to his first Semis of this season after a disappointing finish in 37th in Switzerland.
For a pre-comp rundown and to watch Semis and Finals visit here.
In 2017, McColl talked about his training. He said, “A big misconception is that I train every day for three or four hours. When I tell people, when they’re like, ‘Hey Sean, how much do you train?’ and I’m like, ‘Ten to 15 hours a week,’ they’re like, ‘Woah, what? Don’t you do this professionally?’ Yeah.
“I know Adam Ondra. He’s at the upper echelons and I think he trains 20 to 25, and that’s conservative, I think. He is built that way. He loves training that much and he admits that he’s constantly tired. Before competition season he has to have a really big tapering session but I’ve found that – I’ve tried to train 16 hours a week
“There will be some dead hanging and some fingerboarding and some – off the top of my head it’s hard to come up with the percentages and everything but I try to do cardio. I do floor-based exercises with bands, which is actually kind of new for this year and last year. I obviously do bouldering and lead climbing, circuits, I don’t really do any speed training although I should, since I do World Cups in them and everything. Then I do a bit of cross-training like, abs, and I like playing soccer with my friends or playing basketball. I guess it’s not considered training but it’s more for fun.”
Click to watch McColl in Qualifiers.
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