Dave MacLeod’s and Adam Ondra’s climbing courses

Anybody try their paid climbing courses? I follow both of them on YouTube and have definitely learned some great stuff over the years. I was thinking of trying one of these courses out, probably towards the end of the year. A little expensive (I think around 200 for either), but could be worth it learning from the best. 

Your money is probably better spent on a session or two with a solid coach. 

I haven't taken their courses but the internet is already insanely saturated with self help climbing content. None of it can address your movement patterns. 

Just my two cents. 

This is a terrific book on the movement of climbing. One of those resources I've gone back to over and over. Lots of practical info around the center of gravity, momentum, etc. 

https://www.amazon.com/Self-Coached-Climber-Movement-Training-Performance/dp/0811733394

I paid for Dave’s course.  In my opinion, it would be worth it for a newer climber (Ive been climbing for 48 years).

I haven't. 

I enjoyed V-Diffs courses and felt they were worth the price. I also enjoyed Neil Greshem's Masterclass (Part 1 and 2) which are free on Youtube.

I was ready to spend the money on Dave’s course but was turned off by the gimmicky marketing tactic of “better buy now, only available for a few days!” Which is literally just to create artificial FOMO for a course that is entirely independent and has no interaction with Dave or anyone else.

I generally find that kind of thing distasteful and avoid spending money on them. If a product is worthwhile you shouldn’t need to manipulate me into buying it.

Of course I understand that it’s the marketing company that does this and it’s mostly independent of the quality of the course but it’s still enough that I did not purchase it.

Regarding Ward’s feedback, when you say a newer climber do you mean ‘less than 48 years climbing’ or more like ‘less than 2 years’? I think most of these courses are likely to be purchased by established climbers that want to improve but tend to be mostly information that is really only useful for much newer climbers. Was there anything in the course that helped you?

I had no intention of buying the course even though I'm a big fan of Dave MacLeod. Like Nate, I did find the limited availability a turn off and so obviously manufactured to the point of being tacky.

I actually re read the ad several times trying to figure out some reason for it to be limited and came to the conclusion that it could only be manufactured FOMO.