I some times do some weight vest training on some circuits on a spraywall. And knowing how hard that already is gives me so much respect to you! Holyshit
Very interesting material. I have started supplementing creatine 3 weeks ago and gained 4 kg of body mass because of it (62->66 kg). I noticed that my climbing performance went down. I have very similar feelings like you during using a vest, I feel less coordinated and a bit like I'm learning to climb again.
It’s for sure normal to feel that way at first, but with time your body will definitely get used to it and start to feel stronger with all the extra training & muscle mass!
Siik video I think this would be cool to do again but climb normal first then add weight so you have the same confidence in the moves you had in this video
Honestly it feels like the weight isn't really the issue with most of the moves, but more climbing in a large awkward vest, feeling it move around, having a different center of gravity, and just not being used to the balance. I suspect that if you gained the same 5kg in body weight over a longer period you wouldn't notice anywhere near as much. Especially if some of that weight was muscle too.
I was 150lb and gained 20lbs/ 10kg slowly over the course of two years. I feel like I climb about the same as my lighter self and can even climb slightly harder grades now from the training. I do sometimes wonder if I suddenly lost the 20lbs if I would magically move up a few climbing grades though. Also agree I think Sofya was more having an issue of confidence/ hesitation than actually the extra 5g.
Oh for sure! The weight vest made things much more awkward and as I said in the video, made me hesitate a bit more in my movements. I also put on 6kg in the span of a couple of years, i'm the heaviest i've ever been now whilst competing and i've never felt stronger!
Rqndom question, feel free to ignore, but at 5:39 you sound really Aussie. Did you hang around a bunch of Aussies at some stage, or is it just an oddity of being a global person? Anyway the main thing is that you look like you were having fun.
Yeah my accent changes a bit depending on who i'm talking to... Oceania Mackenzie and my coach are both Australian and I feel like that has affected me a bit too ahaha
ahaha but it's normal to have some weight variation throughout the day, especially in the evening. But since the weight from eating is more or less distributed proportionally in the body, it doesn't affect your climbing as much! Or at least that's how it feels for me compared to the not so stable 5kg weight vest
I don’t get it, am I losing weight in this video? I said this two comments down but this idea that climbing is easier when lighter needs to die. Since I started competing at a high level, I've gained around 6kg and I've never felt stronger!! Losing weight to climb stronger is complete bulls***. You NEED food to fuel your body, so that you have energy to train harder and more often. You NEED food if you want to gain muscle. You NEED food for your muscles to recuperate from all the training AND avoid injuries,... the list goes on. Can we please stop bringing up losing weight as THE way to climb better when it's actually training and fuelling your body that does that.
That's a bit of an overreaction, no? Discussing the role of weight in climbing is not an automatism that leads to disordered eating. In fact, in order to tackle disordered eating in climbing we should be honest about the role of weight in the sport. People will automatically find the advantages of lower bodyweight, while the disadvantages are often overlooked because of some dumb taboo.
No, for good climbing, you need to train... why jump to the conclusion that you need to lose weight? Especially when this video isn't about me losing weight and climbing better but actually putting on weight and climbing almost EXACTLY THE SAME! Since I started competing at a high level, I've put on around 6kg and I've never felt stronger!! This idea of needing to lose weight to climb stronger is complete bulls***. You NEED food to fuel your body, so that you have energy to train harder and more often. You NEED food if you want to gain muscle. You NEED food for your muscles to recuperate from all the training AND avoid injuries,... the list goes on. Can we please stop bringing up losing weight as THE way to climb better when it's actually training and fuelling your body that does that.
