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Alex "The Pucc" Puccio is the strongest female American boulderer, and the most accomplished female American bouldering competitor. She's won ABS Nationals 9 times, and has medaled 13 times in Bouldering World Cup events since 2009. Her goal this year is to be the overall IFSC World Cup Bouldering champ and to climb V15.

She was the 4th woman to climb V14 (Jade and then Wheel of Chaos in Rocky Mountain), she's climbed 7 V13's, and she's done all of this in the past year. Naturally, I wanted to know how she went from climbing V12 to crushing V14 in such a short amount of time, so we talked all about how her training, diet, and mental game have changed recently.

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• Exactly how\xa0she trains on a weekly basis
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• Exactly how Justen Sjong is helping her improve\xa0her mental game
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• Why she doesn't have enough sponsor money, and what she's doing about it
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• How she lost weight, and whether or not she's anorexic
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• What she thinks about performance enhancing drugs
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• Lots more - she's very honest and open
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• Alex's RallyMe crowdfunding campaign:\xa0Support Her
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• Alex's\xa0Facebook page
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• She often posts training videos on Instagram\xa0@alex_puccio89
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• New short film of her taking a break from comp climbing and doing\xa0V13's\xa0outside,\xa0"Switching Gears"
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• Link to the TrainingBeta Podcast on iTunes is\xa0HERE.
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Intro and outro song:\xa0Yesterday by Build Buildings\xa0