Your breath is the fastest, most reliable guide to effort, recovery, and focus on the wall. The Pranaclimb RBA is a field-based system that gives climbers clear, actionable insights into performance and recovery — without lab equipment.
Real-time effort signal — the fastest marker of intensity on the wall.
Internal effort perception, tightly correlated with breathing rate.
Recovery speed — your readiness signal for the next attempt.
This protocol blends cutting-edge physiology with practical breathwork coaching, helping you recognise thresholds (CP & RCP) through breathing patterns, train smarter, recover faster, and build resilience through targeted breathwork tools. Breathe strong. Love, Breathe, Climb.
The foundation of everything. Your breathing is recorded during a maximal-effort climb — capturing every breath, hold, grunt, and scream to build a complete picture of your physiological response to effort.
What's measured in the real world
Your raw data is translated into meaningful performance insights. Annie maps your breathing patterns to your personal physiological thresholds — identifying exactly where you are relative to CP and RCP.
What it means
Every climber has specific limiters — the hidden factors that make effort feel harder than it should. Your RBA reveals exactly which ones are holding you back.
Why effort feels harder than it should
Your RBA findings become a personalised coaching programme. Annie builds breathing cues, pacing strategies, and recovery protocols tailored precisely to your limiters and goals.
What to do differently
With consistent practice of your personalised programme, breathing patterns change — and performance follows. The changes are measurable, progressive, and lasting.
Change becomes automatic
The result is a climber who understands their own physiology — who can read their breath, manage their energy, and perform with precision at their limit.
✨ Love. Breathe. Climb.
Ideal for field use (projecting), coaching sessions, or post-climb reviews. No lab equipment needed.
Calm nasal breathing before the effort. Establishes your resting BR and parasympathetic state as a reference point.
A maximal-effort route with a focused 1-minute crux segment. BR is tracked via microphone or smartphone audio. CP identified near BR ~45 BPM / RPE 8. RCP near BR >55 BPM / RPE 10.
Passive recovery. Record HRR₆₀ (heart rate drop) and BR return to ≤30 BPM. This is your recovery fingerprint.
Optional extended markers that build a complete Respiratory Resilience Profile (RRP).
Peak Expiratory Flow Rate — expiratory strength & airflow power. Strong exhale delays respiratory fatigue.
Pranaclimb MBT — breath-hold control & composure under rising CO₂. Delays hyperventilation on the crux.
Oxygenation + circulation quality. SpO₂ ≥95% & PI >1% = strong recovery signal.
Breathing IQ — thoracic mobility & rib mechanics. Larger tidal volume = lower breathing cost.
Neural Recovery Protocol — parasympathetic reset. Faster W′ recharge & emotional regulation.
Coaches seeking real-time on-the-wall diagnostics
Climbers of all levels connecting breath with performance
Breathwork practitioners integrating physiology into sport
Researchers exploring field-based respiratory energetics
Athletes in other intermittent or tactical sports
Work directly with Annie Anderson — researcher, breathwork specialist, and lifelong climber — to map your breathing thresholds and build a programme that transforms how you climb.
Available remote (video call) and in-person (Cornwall).
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