I've commented a few times but I wanna say as someone who religiously watched everything climbing related they could get their hands on for a while, this has ended up being the only climbing content I still watch. I love how honest, excited and detailed you are about the process. Enjoy this way more then the fabrication we see on most channels, or the promises that with this one training technique you will go from vwhatever to vwhatever+10
Hey Zach, new subscriber here and just wanted to give you a shoutout for making such detailed, informational, and up-beat vids. Can’t imagine the amount of time, energy, and effort that goes into recording and editing all this content and putting it out at such a consistent pace. Your vid’s always get me psyched to go climb! Headed to the gym now and excited to put the “thumbs down” technique into use. Keep up the good work my man!
I've been using this totd quite unconsciously myself and getting it pointed out is very neat. I guess, another factor (probably the very very minimal) that comes into play with this technique is that the commitment to staying close to the wall is emphasized. Like, your hands cannot directly push yourself off the wall, you cannot grab something by 'accident' and so on. You're just 100% committed to being no hands
Honestly the only secret to my split is that I committed to a long term process! I did 3 sets of 1m splits and it took me 2 years to go from nothing to achieving the full split. And yes it was just static- but I made sure to put the effort into going as low as possible for all my reps!
Hi Zach, when I saw the totd i thought about using it dynamically, like when you need to stand up turn your thumbs down while you standing up to help move your weight a bit closer to the wall. Because sometimes I find it hard to stay close to the wall by the end of the movement if I started really close to the wall
TOTD idea: I notice you kip your body by bending at the knee instead of at the hip when you want to readjust your grip? Examples at 7:31, 8:46 and 8:55. It’d be interesting to hear you elaborate on that!
If you can do 8b and lots of 8a+ on the kilter, why wouldn't you be strong enough to flash v12? Most moves are about pulling really hard anyway and not that complex. I don't see any reason you couldn't have done "Soy direct" first try
Hard kilterboard boulders arent as hard as their grade suggests.. at least not on 40° kilter. Im a 7a+ climber, never done a 7b. Except on kilter where ive flashed a few 7b+, and where some 7c+/8a even feel workable
@@stijnvannoort8401yeah 50 degrees is probably the most accurate grading on the kilter and even then half the climbs can be soft so imagine how soft 40 degrees climbs would be
Yeah the kilter board grading is tricky, and I don’t have a lot of experience climbing outside to be the best judge of objective grades. And it seems that the general consensus of the upper kilter grades is that they’re a bit soft- and I don’t feel qualified to say otherwise lol
My comment was more about the fact that it seemed like Zach was implying that him flashing a hard boulder automatically makes the grade easier, not that kilter grades are soft in general, which I would agree on
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I've commented a few times but I wanna say as someone who religiously watched everything climbing related they could get their hands on for a while, this has ended up being the only climbing content I still watch. I love how honest, excited and detailed you are about the process. Enjoy this way more then the fabrication we see on most channels, or the promises that with this one training technique you will go from vwhatever to vwhatever+10
Aw man, messages like this are what keep me motivated to make these videos ❤️
Thanks for trying my climb Zach! glad you enjoyed the funky movement 😅
Aww yeahh
woah, 1 whole hour of amazing content
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This channel is hands down the best advanced climbing content on YT. Awesome work Zach.
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seeing you crush the 2 comp 7b+ plus the blue ones. absolutely humbling. ive done like 2-3 moves max but not the coordo
Good luck with your comming competitions!
This video is the best one yet, I continue to watch all your videos and always use your amazing TOTD's. Keep um coming Zach!
Ahh nice that’s great to hear :)
Sick video as always!
great vid
Hey Zach, new subscriber here and just wanted to give you a shoutout for making such detailed, informational, and up-beat vids. Can’t imagine the amount of time, energy, and effort that goes into recording and editing all this content and putting it out at such a consistent pace. Your vid’s always get me psyched to go climb! Headed to the gym now and excited to put the “thumbs down” technique into use. Keep up the good work my man!
Ayy that means a lot :) ❤️
Nice hope you find a good no-hands slab 😎
definitely a hall of fame vid!
great to watch you in the nacs boulder finals yesterday :)
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I've been using this totd quite unconsciously myself and getting it pointed out is very neat.
I guess, another factor (probably the very very minimal) that comes into play with this technique is that the commitment to staying close to the wall is emphasized. Like, your hands cannot directly push yourself off the wall, you cannot grab something by 'accident' and so on. You're just 100% committed to being no hands
Oh yeah that makes a lot of sense! Super cool elaboration 👍
watched you on the nacs livestream yesterday, heads up bro, you're a great climber
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Hey, Zach. Did you find progress on your split by doing just static stretching?
Curious about this too. Felt like I've hit a hurdle in my side split and can't go any lower due to my tight hamstrings...
Honestly the only secret to my split is that I committed to a long term process! I did 3 sets of 1m splits and it took me 2 years to go from nothing to achieving the full split. And yes it was just static- but I made sure to put the effort into going as low as possible for all my reps!
Stood on my toes against a wall to test the tip of the day. I looked like an idiot, but... it definitely works!
Ayyy let’s go 😆
Hi Zach, when I saw the totd i thought about using it dynamically, like when you need to stand up turn your thumbs down while you standing up to help move your weight a bit closer to the wall. Because sometimes I find it hard to stay close to the wall by the end of the movement if I started really close to the wall
Yeah that’s a good point! I will have to try it 👍
man im a weak climber
I think that's the way we all feel after watching Zach climb 😂
Haha I try my best
TOTD idea: I notice you kip your body by bending at the knee instead of at the hip when you want to readjust your grip? Examples at 7:31, 8:46 and 8:55. It’d be interesting to hear you elaborate on that!
+1 to this idea
Ahh yes I’ve been meaning to get to this one! Great catch!!
how long did it take you to have 2 boulder sessions in one day? im trying 2 days in a row now but im so fried XD
For sure! I think this one is about breaking the trend and practicing the situation!
Is there a reason you do multiple sessions per day, instead of one longer session?
Yeah I just get too tired if I try to climb for multiple hours at a time! I wish I could have 3hr+ mega sessions lol
@@richardsonsclimbing That's interesting. I usually really get going after about 90 minutes. All of my sessions are 3hr+ "mega sessions" lol
If you can do 8b and lots of 8a+ on the kilter, why wouldn't you be strong enough to flash v12? Most moves are about pulling really hard anyway and not that complex. I don't see any reason you couldn't have done "Soy direct" first try
Hard kilterboard boulders arent as hard as their grade suggests.. at least not on 40° kilter. Im a 7a+ climber, never done a 7b. Except on kilter where ive flashed a few 7b+, and where some 7c+/8a even feel workable
@@stijnvannoort8401yeah 50 degrees is probably the most accurate grading on the kilter and even then half the climbs can be soft so imagine how soft 40 degrees climbs would be
Yeah the kilter board grading is tricky, and I don’t have a lot of experience climbing outside to be the best judge of objective grades. And it seems that the general consensus of the upper kilter grades is that they’re a bit soft- and I don’t feel qualified to say otherwise lol
My comment was more about the fact that it seemed like Zach was implying that him flashing a hard boulder automatically makes the grade easier, not that kilter grades are soft in general, which I would agree on