The Testpiece Podcast

A podcast about high level climbing. How to go from good to great.

Recent Episodes

April 21, 2025

#154 Kevin Thibault — A Lifetime In Fontainebleau, Circuits / Pof / Chipping / Nazi’s, Good vs Great Climbers In Font, and Does Climbing Need Weightclasses?

Kevin Thibault is a fixture in the Fontainebleau scene. He grew up there, started climbing there, and continues to climb there for almost 40 years now! It runs in the family too, his Dad climbed there and was the one who brus...
April 14, 2025

#153 Tyler Thompson — This Is The Most Fun You Can Have Climbing, Why 14a In America Is Like 9a In Europe, and How Sport Climbing Rewards Time On Rock More Than Bouldering

Tyler Thompson is one of the best young sport climbers in America with multiple 5.15 ascents and over 100 5.14 sends. Tyler shares his perspectives on sport climbing in America and why sport climbing hasn’t grown as quickly a...
April 7, 2025

#152 Ned Feehally — Training For Micro Edges, Being A ‘Good’ Climber Vs Doing A Big Number, 9A Paddle Dyno’s, and A Standardized Beastmaker Board?!

Ned Feehally is an absolute legend from the UK. He’s one of the founders of the iconic climbing company, Beastmaker, and he’s flashed up to V14. How’s that for an intro?! Ned also wrote one of the best books on training — “Be...
March 31, 2025

#151 Shauna Coxsey — The One Thing You Can’t Train, Olympics Are Harder Than Parenting, and The Difference Between Motivation and Commitment

Shauna Coxsey is an 2x All Around Bouldering World Cup Winner, an 11x Gold Medalist, An Olympian, The First British Woman to do V12, V13, V14, and she’s a Mom. Since becoming a Mom, Shauna is back in top form and quickly send...
March 28, 2025

#150 [BONUS] Emil Abrahamsson — Long Term YouTube Goals, Recommendations To The Pro’s, Will Ondra Flash V15?, and The # Of V17’s In The World

This is a behind the scenes discussion right after Episode #149 was finished. Emil shares his longterm goals for YouTube and climbing media in general. Emil shares what he thinks current pro climbers could do better in the me...
March 24, 2025

#149 Emil Abrahamsson — Avoiding Audience Capture, Winning The Arnold Classic, Why He’s A “Lunatic”, and Gaining The Right Kind Of Weight

Emil Abrahamsson is one of the most famous climbers today because of his incredibly popular YouTube channel . Some of his videos have been viewed over 10 million times! Emil also is an incredibly strong climber with sends as ...

Reviews

Best climbing podcast

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Missouri Choss | Feb. 9, 2023

Top Tier

"Some of the most analytical and thought-provoking climbing content"

Kfletcher482 | April 4, 2022

Best Climbing Podcast Out There!

"Really enjoying the podcast. Lots of helpful climbing tips about going from good to great."

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Love the content <3

"This podcast has helped me immensely. Love all the guest but especially how much information I can take and implement. I’m not saying I’m agreeing to it all but I do love pausing and just having conv…"

Ashleyblabla | Feb. 14, 2024

Love Josh and Testpiece Pod

"I love the podcasts where Josh is interviewing guests. He asks great questions and the content is always top notch. With that being said, I cannot stand Tim Kang, I don’t listen to the episodes w…"

Nalle Hukk | June 4, 2024