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Hosted by Mercedes Pollmeier & Katja Dove · health · EN
Welcome to Modus Cafe. Join us for fun, light-hearted, and educational conversations around training, athletic longevity, and the human side of climbing. Hosted by Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach, Mercedes Pollmeier, and Mindset Coach, Katja Dove. Mercedes has over 15 years of coaching experience in the climbing industry. She was a competitive climber and, in another life, a semi-pro tennis player. She has an M.S. in Human Movement and has helped thousands of climbers feel and perform their best. Katja has a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and started her coaching career in nutrition. Now, she helps her athletes overcome some of their biggest mindset obstacles and to find joy in climbing and life.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to Modus Cafe. Join us for fun, light-hearted, and educational conversations around training, athletic longevity, and the human side of climbing. Hosted by Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach, Mercedes Pollmeier, and Mindset Coach, Katja Dove. Mercedes has over 15 years of coaching experience in the climbing industry.
Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing is hosted by Mercedes Pollmeier & Katja Dove. The show has published 83 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "83. Strength Training Principles Every Climber Should Use" (28 August 2025, 35 minutes), "82. Simplify Your Diet: Insights From Intermittent Fasting Studies" (14 August 2025, 39 minutes), and "81. How Power Can Help You Climb V0 to V4 Easier!" (7 August 2025, 37 minutes).
Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 35 minutes across 83 episodes.
Booking probability for Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing's contact route on record: verified email.
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Mercedes Pollmeier & Katja Dove hosts Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing, a health podcast with 83 episodes published.
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Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing
In today’s Podcast, Mercedes is joined by Steve Bechtel to discuss the two most important principles of strength training and how you can use them to support your climbing training. Strength training shouldn’t be what...
Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing
Steve and Mercedes break down a meta-study examining various fasting styles and their impact on body weight, while emphasizing the importance of simplicity and awareness. They share insights on intermittent fasting, the...
Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing
If you're a V0 to V4 climber looking to improve, training power is crucial. Power helps express strength for big, cruxy moves and improves overall climbing performance. Start training power and you will climb harder...
Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing
In this episode of Modus Cafe, Mercedes shares two small changes that can help create lasting habits. She also covers how to identify personal values, the significance of time management, and the effectiveness of...
Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing
Happy Pride everyone! In this episode, Mercedes looks at cardio from a different angle. Join the discussion as she highlights the advantages of interval training, like Jeffing and jump training, as a versatile...
Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing
In collaboration with Steve Bechtel @ClimbStrongTV, Mercedes Pollmeier discusses a research study comparing single versus double training sessions for endurance athletes, exploring its implications for climbers. They...
Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing
(Trigger Warning/TW: suicidal ideations) In this conversation, Mercedes Pollmeier shares her personal experiences with injuries as a climber, specifically her most recent elbow injury, discussing the mental and physical...
Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing
In today's episode, Mercedes Pollmeier shares some research and personal experience from wearing a Continuous Glucose Monitor for a month! Take a closer look together at health, climbing performance, energy regulation...
Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing
In this podcast episode, Mercedes Pollmeier discusses the strategy and art of projecting (even for those who avoid it), while also addressing common questions and mental barriers climbers face. She emphasizes the...
Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing
The focus of today's episode with Mercedes Pollmeier is to get you familiar with the starting point of strength training for your climbing journey. She discusses the top injuries of climbers and why they may happen...
Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing
In this episode, Mercedes Pollmeier discusses the optimal training frequency for climbers of all levels, emphasizing the importance of balancing climbing, strength training, and cardio. If you need practical tips on...
Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing
In this episode, Mercedes Pollmeier and Steve Bechtel explore a research study that challenges traditional views on strength and endurance training. They discuss the implications of instability training, its effects on...
Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing
Hey climbers, listen up! In today's episode Mercedes Pollmeier and Clinical Nutritionist, Amanda Fitt, discuss nutrition pitfalls that hold climbers back. If you're a Modus Training member, you're familiar with Amanda...
Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing
Today's episode features Mercedes with guest Lucas Aaron from Range of Strength. We're excited to discuss the evolution of flexibility training, the significance of old time lifts, and the integration of strength and...
Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing
Today we have Steve Bechtel here to talk with Mercedes about "periodization" (program length). And super sorry friends, I used the wrong mic for this recording! But join us as we discuss the intricacies of training...
Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing
In this episode, Mercedes Pollmeier interviews climbing coach Juliet Hammer, exploring the intricacies of movement in climbing. They discuss the definition of movement, the importance of coaching techniques, and the...
Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing
Welcome special guest, friend and mentor: Ryan Hurst! He is a part of GMB which is an online bodyweight training & movement training company. Today, Mercedes and Ryan get the discussion going about movement. Learn about...
Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing
Let's talk Hangboarding! This is Part 3 in the Auto-Regulation and RPE conversation. (Check out Parts 1 and 2 to get more familiar with RPE, auto-regulation, and reps in reserve.) Hangboarding is one of the best ways to...
Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing
This is Part 2 of 3 in the RPE series. If you haven't listened to Part 1, do that now & come back here for more. We're continuing on the journey to find out if you're trying hard enough, or not nearly enough. Today...
Modus Cafe: Conversations Beyond Climbing
Do you know how hard to push in an exercise? Do you know if you're trying hard enough? What does "try hard" even mean? This is Part 1 of a 3 part series, and today Mercedes discusses the concepts of auto regulation and...
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