This was legitimately his first time climbing. He has a background in MMA and football. He is wearing a mask because when this was recorded masks were required to enter the building. He’s fine from the landing, but it truly is the most Gumby of landings.
@@NETAAAMUSIC If you fall on a padded surface with locked joints, you can still seriously mess yourself up. I've witnessed it myself a number of times.
This actually wasn’t supposed to be a short YT video, his kneecaps imploding actually created a sonic boom that disabled all electronic devices within a 15 yard radius
I was thinking there's no way this dude hasn't climbed before. He's heel hooking and using the tips of his toes and creating leverage for himself... And then I saw his drop
@@LocalConArtist Who said anything about arms? I’m talking about using the fingers in a climbing grip… a skill that exists nowhere in gymnastics. Unless you care to enlighten me
@@MisterClimber Lmao is that you're the one filming? You guys just switch up when one is healed and the other is next to be injured and so on. Seems like good tactic
One thing that isn’t often discussed in climbing for beginners is the importance of landing correctly, my back is out for a week just watching that landing.
Once I went climbing with a friend who didn’t have much experience, and forgot to mention how important it is to fall properly (normally I always bring it up, but it slipped my mind). 15 minutes in she fell off a V0 and completely shattered her ankle. She had to get surgery, but because of covid there was a huge backlog and she had to wait for 5 days in the hospital. I couldn’t even go to visit her to try and cheer her up bc of covid restrictions. Damn, I felt so bad 🫣
@@FushiguroTojlit feels like common sense not to land on stiff legs, but it is less common to know how do you sctually land. i jumped from anything approaching 2m just once in my life, back in 1977. Still remember :)
@@JamesLinenX No youre just not athletic. Its a pretty intuitive movement. I took my friend who does calisthenics and benches 315+ and he figured out a heel hook on the first V2 he tried on his own, it wasn't even needed for the climb, just made it easier. You are jealous because you arent fit so you cope and tell yourself there must be things at play.
@@wiilli4471 I climb outdoor v7s lol, I'm no athlete, but I am athletic. Why would I be jealous of anyone at all? Dumbest thing I have ever read. Stop projecting, bud.
My reaction to this: "Oh okay dude looks pretty strong... yup technique isn't great but he's gonna be pretty good once he sorts that out... ooh he's even campusing damn. Oookay nice finish now he just drops down and land- OMG HE JUST DIED."
@@younicbic no offense, but how much do you climb if that looks technical? He did great for a beginner but I would expect to see better footwork from anyone who's climbed more than twice. Edit: Also ouch I've only seen that kind of landing from first timers
@@AntonAdelson I was overtraining and my tendon sort of broke my shin (I can't really explain it), it's called osteochondrosis and sadly it's now incurable 😐. It's really hard to make progress and if I feel pain I have to stop right away. The worst part is that I want to be a personal trainer in the future and I'm afraid it will affect also my career
@@AntonAdelson In conclusion, it wasn't because of an accident, it was because I didn't take care of myself. I created it even though I did nothing wrong during my training. After all it first occurred while running rather than jumping, so yeah, it's kinda sad
Ending it soon made the fall look worse that it was. The hips are definatley those of a new climber. It's nice that he is so fit starting out. When his technique improves he will shoot up in difficulty quickly to the next plateau. Finger strength. Good luck and keep it up.
I think everyone here is just mentioning that landing. Please tell your friend how to do that and like roll back. I’d hate for him to lose his knees or elbows.
This is so like me, I can do most over hang v4 easily since I can just power through, but when the holds are smaller and it's more about technique rather than just upper body strength I struggle to do v3s
I’d say this one was probably a V2. Definitely work with a climber trainer if your gym has one available. I am myself and I’m slightly better with crimps and technique a month into it.
@@MisterClimber ye, I'm talking about the way he climbed it not the actual climb which I realize would be around v2. I'm not able to get a trainer rn although I am thinking about it. Most of what I know comes from RU-vid for now😅 but oh well we need to start somewhere.
@@MisterClimber I wish someone shared my passion like that😭 Ive been tryna get some friends into it, but it's been hard to actually organise anything especially that most people Cba driving 40 minutes to somewhere they're not fussed about going. But I'm keeping on it, I've come to love it too much to stop now
Every mental note I could have possibly followed through with went out the window when I saw that landing. Just jumped straight to the comments to see what would be said about it lol. Glad he’s all good!
Lol V2-V4?!!! Ummm those are VB-V0 holds. The best way to compress your vertebrae while simultaneously risking blown ACL's to both knees is to use his landing beta😂😂😂
I just started climbing, my 2nd time actually as of yesterday. And i could climb walls you wouldn't expect a newbie to be able to. But honestly, it's all strenght and 0 technique. I cleared quite a bit of obstacles but couldn't do it the 2nd time when i ran out of strength. I was on the contrary, surprised seeing many of my friends consistently reaching a certain level of the obstacle despite not being able to clear it. After my strength gave out, i couldn't even make 30% of the climb 😂
