#125 Melina Costanza — Double Double Gold Gold Pod Pod (Follow-Up Episode), ‘Pressure Is A Privilege’, What Execution Really Feels Like, V13 2nd Go, and The Power of Journaling

The Testpiece Podcast

This is a follow-up episode to the last Melina Costanza podcast, #119. That episode was one of the fan favorites, josh favorites, and even favorites of other professional climbers. Go listen to that one first, because it was amazing and will set the stage for this follow-up episode.

It’s only been a month since Melina last came on, but in that month she won US Nationals, both in Lead and Bouldering, and did so for the second year in a row. Yes, in 2023 she won Lead and Bouldering and in 2024 she AGAIN won Lead and Bouldering! On top of that she won multiple high level local comps this month and found the time to go outside and do a slew of double digit boulders. One of which was a near flash of a V13 (she still sent 2nd go)!

Melina is incredibly articulate and insightful on the intricacies of performing at the highest level of competition. In the last episode she detailed her training leading into Nationals, and since she had such a stellar performance we wanted to sit down and explore exactly how that training turned into perfect execution.

Don’t miss this one… These two pods together are not just a 2x, it’s squared. (Ya, that's a lame joke, but it's true.)

SHOW NOTES:

• Melina Costanza’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melinacostanza/
• Melina’s previous Testpiece Podcast, #119
• 2024 Double Gold Champ
• V13 Second Go

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Chapter

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. ‘Cooling Down’ From Nationals (00:05:30)

3. 2023 Nationals vs 2024 Nationals (00:11:16)

4. 2024 Nationals Lead Final (00:20:38)

5. Blow By Blow On Lead Nationals (00:29:14)

6. Journaling and Introspection (00:38:51)

7. Pressure Is A Privilege (00:47:14)

8. Blow By Blow On Bouldering Nationals (01:08:08)

9. Amazing Sports Action On Boulder #4 (01:24:51)

10. Reviewing Her Own Footage (01:42:44)

11. V13 2nd Go (Outdoors) (01:49:18)

12. How to go from Good to Great, part 2 (01:57:49)