Having a plan, one for hydration.

Thanks to Emily Tieu for her time spent educating the team members about hydration and nutrition.

Proper hydration just doesn't happen it takes a plan. Hydrate early and often.

Hydration is important for optimal climbing performance. Being dehydrated can lead to poor performance, fatigue, and muscle cramps.

What should you drink?

If training or competition last less than one hour, WATER is the best choice.

What about Sports Drinks?

Before, during, after long or intense training sessions.
Multi-day competitions.
When climbing in a hot environment.
When the last meal was more than 3 hours before climbing.

Hydration Plan

Before Climbing:

Start hydrating at least 4 hours before.
Drink 2 hours before and again 15 minutes before climbing.

During Climbing:

Drink every 15-20 minutes.

The healthy pee test.

Clear to very light color = good hydration, anything darker must hydrate.

Each and every practice have a bottle, and a plan to stay hydrated.

SCS Nationals 2013

SCS Nationals just finished yesterday in Atlanta.
It was a great and tough competition. 

Thursday was the first day of Nationals in Atlanta. The weather was rainy and the temperatures were tolerable. We had nine of Team Momentum and our friends Sam and Ben make it to Atlanta. Thursday, seven of those nine from Team Momentum flashed their routes! Sami, Victor, Sarah, Dalton, Palmer, Austin and Nathaniel. Daniel got to the second to the last hold before falling so he had a good chance to make it to semi-finals. Cole didn't do as well as he wanted and fell half way through but still had a chance the next day.

Friday was the second day of Qualifiers for Nationals and it was tough going. Only three of our original nine made it to semi-finals. Nathaniel being the only one to flash his route. Sami and Victor also made it to semi-finals.
They take 16 to semi-finals in each category. The competition was fierce this year and the route setters did a good job weeding kids out.

Here was the placements of our youth after the second day.

• Nathaniel - 1st
• Palmer - 24th
• Dalton - 20th
• Cole - 31st
• Sarah 24th
• Daniel - 29th
• Austin - 21st
• Sami - 14th
• Victor - 5th

Day three of Nationals, which is the Semi-finals, brought some tears for many climbers, this is a tough competition. The three from our team did great!  Nathaniel took eighth, Victor took 2nd, and Sami climbed up to 4th! Some of the climbers, parents and coaches were quite nervous by this time.

And for Finals....

Austin Hansel took 6th in Speed Climbing. ( Just try to catch him next time you see him in the gym..)

Then in Sport Climbing after some more tough and great routes, Nathaniel came in 8th place competing against some of the best climbers in the US! Ben Tresco took 7th.

We had our two Youth D kids (up to 11 years old) who placed second in their category, Sami Singleton and Victor Baudrand. Congratulations!! This was their first national competition and they preformed well under so much pressure.   Sami has been invited to be on Team USA.

Congrats to everybody who made it to Nationals!
Thank you for all the well wishes.  The climbers, their families, and coaches truly appreciate all the support.