Femme Foundations

  • Expand on technical skills
  • Develop better self talk + growth mindset
  • Build general strength + increase confidence
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UPDATE: Femme Foundations instructor, Chelsea Rude, has moved away from Colorado. However, she is currently developing programming for the near future at G1 Climbing + Fitness. Stay tuned!

Exclusive G1 programming created for women + genderqueer climbers alike to explore climbing technique, improve mental skills through fear management and self talk, and become more resilient through strength training. This space is taught in a trauma conscious, and progressive way and built for climbers of all levels. Women + genderqueer climbers 18+ years of age are welcome to join.

What’s this all about?

Femme Foundations was created by Professional Climber, Guide and Coach, Chelsea Rude, exclusively at G1 Climbing + Fitness. Chelsea’s passion lies with working with women + genderqueer climbers of all abilities, and teaching them the skills (technical, mental, and physical) to help them have a more enjoyable experience in this fabulous sport. Chelsea has been coaching climbing for 20 years, focusing most of her work towards serving the women and genderqueer climbing communities for the last decade. Within this time she started a local guiding platform, She Sends Collective, that offers outdoor educational clinics on a sliding scale, and hosts a Colorado local Climbing Festival. She approaches climbing, and her teaching, as an opportunity for self discovery and growth in mental, physical and emotional intelligence and confidence, but also a space for play, release, and exploration.

$225 for a Four Week Session *does not include entry

Femme Foundations: Mind

Femme Foundations Mind is a 4-week program created to teach climbers how to better manage fear and improve mindset as it relates to climbing. Fear can creep into our climbing in various degrees while we are climbing; we can experience fear of falling, of heights, of injury, of failure, etc. And the self-talk & mindset that we meet this fear with can make or break our overall experience climbing if untrained. Join us in developing a stronger foundation of fear management and mindset to help launch your climbing in 2024!

Chelsea teaches this program in a trauma conscious manner, and welcomes climbers of all abilities. Leading is encouraged, but not a requirement even though being Lead Certified at G1 is required to join the program.

Prerequisites: All participants need to be lead certified to join this program.

What You’ll Learn:
How to become a better climbing partner (lead belay nuances, and communication of desires and needs)
Learn to better manage fear (of falling, of failure, of injury, etc)
Mindfulness as it relates to climbing
Improved self-talk
Bettering our relationship with climbing through journaling exercises
Increasing trust within ourselves

Participants must be lead certified at G1 prior to the clinics

Femme Foundations: Training

Femme Foundations level 1 is targeted towards the beginner femme climber who has had little to no  formal education with technique and other basic skills. You do not need to be able to climb a certain grade to join.

What You’ll Learn:

  • Foundations to becoming a good climber
  • Fundamental aspects of technique
  • How to dial in footwork
  • Utilizing various hip shapes and movement
  • Upper body efficiency

Must be top rope belay certified at G1 prior to the clinics

Femme Foundations: Level 2

Femme Foundations level 2 is designed for intermediate(ish) climbers who are ready to bring climbing to the next level. In this program we will also learn about various hang-boarding protocols to increase finger strength, and basic strength training routines for more resiliency on the wall.

What You’ll Learn:

  • Heavy focus on upper body efficiency
  • Learn how to move more dynamically
  • Better understand now how to read routes

Participants do not need to be lead certified.

Schedule

  • Femme Foundations: Mind

    TBA

  • Femme Foundations: Training

    TBA

  • Femme Foundations: Modalities

    TBA

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