Magnus, your passion and love for climbing is infectious! Thx for teaching me, an absolute honor!

@bloodninja2517

9 ай бұрын

You are a beast at climbing bro props to you

@Eorthstapa

9 ай бұрын

You did a heck of a job, Zach! I am terrified of heights and climbing has been slowly helping with that for me too, but I still haven't approached the top rope walls in my gym since they sit around 58ft. But seeing you face it head on is giving me a bit of encouragement to just try it!

@chibinecco1981

9 ай бұрын

To yourself and anyone considering trying climbing as a novice, other climbers will be MORE than happy to show you how to climb problems you can't figure out. Like that blue one you said you couldn't have done on your own without Magnus showing you? Ask someone who's climbing other problems of the same difficulty, "hey, can you help me? I want to climb this one, but don't know how." It's a workout, but it feels like running around a playground, but for adults. It's the best way to work out imo.

@duelort4856

9 ай бұрын

I have a few tips for you in case you wanna get better at climbing. 1st tip: Pull ups, pull ups, pull ups. A big part of climbing is pulling your body up with your arms (🤯). 2nd tip: Grip of steel. The best way to do this is to just get a grip trainer and use it (I’ll add a link to the one I use if anyone wants) for about 1-2 minutes on each arm. 3rd tip: Core like a giraffes neck. Often when climbing (mainly when dong an overhang problem) to carry and your legs and upper body. 4th tip: Chalk of Olympus. If your chalk is of bad quality, it’ll stick badly to your hands and be ripped off on the first hold. Bad chalk will also barely help with friction and your fingers will slip off as if you didn’t even use chalk. The chalk Magnus sells is (from what I’ve heard) extremely good and probably the best chalk out there. 5th tip: Shoes like spiders feet. At “16:44” you said that Magnus said that good shoes do nothing and it looked like his shoes definitely made a difference. Magnus said that on easier boulders it doesn’t make a difference as there is tons of amazing footing. You are right about the shoes making a difference. Having sticky/grippy shoes helps a LOT. A lot of boulders are impossible without good shoes as the holds/stepping stones aren’t very good for standing on or holding onto without grippy enough shoes. 6th tip: Tongue like flexibility. If you’re not flexible enough some problems can’t be done as you, for example need to set a foot on a hold you’re holding onto with your hand (🤯). If you can’t get your foot on the hold to use as footing so you can move on, it will be a problem. 7th tip: Technique and technicality. You’ll learn most of the technical stuff as you go. The main ones would be (imo) ankle hooking and toe hooking. These are very useful for control and balance. 8th and last tip: Calisthenics. Callisthenics is by far the best workout route for getting good at climbing as you mainly focus on your upper body and core. You should obviously still keep your legs in shape so they don’t become sticks. Last thing. While Magnus calls you a natural, I call you a disgrace. I’m only kidding, I’d say you’re an above average first timer. And as a climber myself, I hope you continue to enjoy climbing and recommend it to others so climbing as a sport can grow. Side note: Didn’t mean to make this a whole a** essay 💀

@maxfern5701

9 ай бұрын

@@chibinecco1981 Also don't be scared to go because of your weight. Want a strong motivator to lose weight? If you get hooked on climbing and want to find different ways to improve, that has to be up there in the best source of motivation to get in shape.

So good to see you get Zach psyched for climbing. You're making everyone in the world into a proper climber, one KZreadr at a time!

@shaneh7519

9 ай бұрын

Been doing your hangboarding program every day for several months now (warming up my fingers to do it now actually) . Finger strength is up!

@wrek3one308

9 ай бұрын

Isn't it awesome? Maybe soon we'll see other climbing youtubers doing the same wink wink nudge nudge please I'm begging you turn some non-climbing youtuber into a comp kid.

@ikarosdream5971

9 ай бұрын

Ain't that the truth! Hahaha you and magnus are literally why I climb! Both of you guys are pretty important figures in how my life has turned out. hahaha Its weird to think about that fact when you consider I haven't actually met either of you. Technology is a trip man!

@EmilAbrahamsson

9 ай бұрын

@@ikarosdream5971 Haha that's awesome to hear homie, thank you. If we ever meet at a gym/crag make sure you say hi!

@Aaron-xq6hv

9 ай бұрын

I just wanna say while I know who Emil is, I have absolutely no idea who Zach is.

i don't think Zack understands how absolutely insane it is to go from V0 to V5 from a single training session. Serious props! loves these collabs and seeing more representation of Los Angeles Gyms in your videos!!

@EspenX

9 ай бұрын

Zack is a magician, an important part of that is training on something and pretend you don't have a certain skill. At the end, Magnus smirks and says "I almost don't believe you haven't climbed before" and Zack cuts him off and avoids to answer it. He obviously has climbed before.

@misterx2133

9 ай бұрын

Well, he did a boulder with a V3-V5 tag on it. Doubtful that it was a V5 but obviously makes for a better title.

@minusblindfold40

9 ай бұрын

​@@misterx2133yea that definitely seemed more like a v3

@deltawashere7645

9 ай бұрын

I went to v4 on my first trading session but that was like pure luck for me

@60secondpages

9 ай бұрын

The title is quite cleverly worded 'showing how a beginner can go from v0 to V5' rather than 'beginner goes from v0 from V5'. Masterful misdirection.

"I almost don't believe that you haven't climbed before" Magnus out here being like "Am I getting Björned right now??"

@durabelle

9 ай бұрын

Yep, my thoughts exactly 🤣

@YYRTSO

3 ай бұрын

same xD@@durabelle

Just so everyone knows. The magdust has gotten top score over the premium brands by many climbers. That stuff is worth every penny.

@shaneh7519

9 ай бұрын

I’ve been on the fence about ordering it for a while now but finally pulled the trigger on a 3 pack and a couple of stickers to get that reduced shipping.

@samwes1065

9 ай бұрын

Chalk is chalk is chalk. The only difference is branding.

@vanmanivan

9 ай бұрын

I used to think this, until I did a side by side comparison. I think some chalks that claim to be pure may be lying.@@samwes1065

@MikeyBeDrumming

9 ай бұрын

@@samwes1065yeah I don’t know how people don’t understand that lmao

@absbread

9 ай бұрын

​@samwes1065 Well... yes. But you could also say "ice is ice is ice" but depending on what tray it came out of or if it's shaved or whatnot, you're going to have different preferences. Something as simple as a brand putting a bit more energy in mixing/blending to get the average particulate size down could make a tangible difference. Just talking out my ass, though

Yo I climb with beginners quite often and I've never seen anyone be even close to this good in the first session! It's magical really

@wsemenske

9 ай бұрын

Truth is an illusion

@SeanO-xk3ie

9 ай бұрын

Because this wasn’t his first time

@gezzapk

9 ай бұрын

It’s obviously not his first time lol

Magnus is the only person I click the notification for. An immediate watch every time.

@lelmdrWHO

9 ай бұрын

Same lol

Zach is like that one friend you take to the climbing gym that just flashes the problem you've been working on for weeks😂

There is no way you can convince me that Zach has never climbed before.

@rever6612

9 ай бұрын

I thought since the begining that Zach is doing a reverse Uno to Magnus with the "Magnus fakes to be a newbie" videos.

@Tobaman111

9 ай бұрын

I also don’t believe it. He claims in the beginning he’s never been in a climbing gym, then a minute or two later, says he bouldered once in college. He also appears to immediately understand terms like “match” and “smear.” Given the guy’s professional understanding of what gets clicks, I think he’s exaggerating the truth.

@AlexLmcool

9 ай бұрын

@@Tobaman111 Dude stop, he obviously has some advice before coming for the video, he even asked Magnus about a warmup they told him about. Of course he knows a bit but that's not lying.

@Slayyer.

9 ай бұрын

@@Tobaman111 Could it be that he's climbed outdoors in the past? It would explain his understanding and decent skill.

@Glenners

9 ай бұрын

"Teehee what's a pull up??" cranks out two perfect pullups lol. "high score? What's that mean? Did I break it?"

"If you always have two feet on, you're gonna naturally bend your arms more." That is an incredible piece of advice.

@davidalvarezgarcia3784

18 күн бұрын

that is literally what i do always xd is so helpfull :D

22:00 Magnus’s bs detector going off and Zach immediately uses misdirection to conceal his lie

Are we really surprised? Bro is a magician after all. Ps I love that Magnus is getting to do such cool collabs. Congrats dude! You’re becoming quite the content creation legend yourself 👍

This was a really fun video, and Zack is a natural athlete. Really great collab Magnus. I've really missed the content.

It’s been almost a year since I started climbing. Thanks to you magnus, I’ve bouldered, top roped, and lead, indoors and out. I hope I can continue to share the love of climbing like you!

Id love to see a first timer video where its just some absolutely random person who walks in for the first time and when they say its their first time they get the offer to do a session with Magnus and see what a real first time, average person, not an athlete or anything, can achieve in one session with a master.

@durabelle

9 ай бұрын

Yes, this would be cool!

@FishOnRock

9 ай бұрын

Isn’t that basically what this video was? Lol

@RaGe0rge

9 ай бұрын

​@@FishOnRockYah, except that he 100% has climbed before.

@AMJ22222

9 ай бұрын

Master or not finger and forearm strength will be their limit. I remember my first session my arms felt shot after 3 Boulders which makes this video so much more impressive how great his endurance already is.

@SeanO-xk3ie

9 ай бұрын

Yeah or one where it’s ACTUALLY someone’s first time

The fact that this guy has the forearm endurance to flash a 10.c on his first day is unbelievable, by which I mean I don’t believe it’s his first time climbing

I love how humble they both are, this is an unexpected collab but a great one 🎉

I'd love to see an entire video on route reading - like common patterns/arrangements, hold orientations, etc. and what moves they might indicate as well your overall process when attempting to read a problem, easy or hard. I've been stalled on a couple problems at the top of my current skill level, but I think the next step is just KNOWING what to do so I can go in with confidence.

Nicely done. Looks like he's climbed before. I've never seen a beginner hop on the wall and move like that: using tip of big toe only and not mid sole, crossing center line with feet and flagging to the outside, placing toes on holds with precision and softness, rock overs, straight arms, no frog stepping, etc. Either Magnus explained all of this stuff to him before rolling, or he's been on a climbing wall before. Because nobody's instincts are that good where they can nail techniques like that on day one that usually take 3-5 months to "click".

@kylem8127

9 ай бұрын

exactly. no way dude is a beginner. even the way he asks Mangus if he's ready to "top-rope" - as a newbie you aren't differentiating bouldering and top-roping unless you've been in that world. kinda corny for Zach to mis-represent.

@FourT6and22

9 ай бұрын

@@kylem8127 Yeah. And there's something I noticed that really gives it away. EVERY beginner I've ever seen, when they step, they place their foot high above the foothold by at least 6 inches and then flop down onto the hold with their foot because they haven't developed the hand-foot coordination yet. Climbers with experience place their toe precisely and gently on the hold. That takes time to learn the muscle memory. Even if they're athletic in other ways.

@TSR5000

9 ай бұрын

@@kylem8127 There is a video on Zach's channel where he explains that he climbed in college and stopped after he and his friend got stuck and had to be airlifted off. Maybe he hasn't climbed in a gym, but he has been mountain climbing before.

@LiamDePaux

9 ай бұрын

As a long time climbing coach, I can vouch for what you are saying to a degree. I've had many breakthroughs with first timers. For the most part, if they have any experience in dance they are good at technique really fast - goes for boxers as well. Kids often have a lot of breakthroughs in one session as well

@swordchaos1181

9 ай бұрын

​@@TSR5000maybe that's what it is.. Zach said he hasn't been in a bouldering gym before, which would simply be true if all he's done is climb outdoors.

Hey Magnus, I wanted to thank you for all of your videos. Ive struggled with chronic pain for the past decade. And it took me years to start moving again. But I build it up slowly with walking 20 mins everyday untill I could do more. And also 5 push ups everyother day and build that up overtime. 3 months ago I finally felt strong enough to start climbing myself! In that time I started really slow by climbing only once a week, doing easy routes and resting alot. But by doing so consitently ive now been able to climb a few 6b routes and even a 6c route! Im extremely excited to keep improving and see where I can go! So thank you for the extra motivation I got thanks to your videos, it has been very helpful and fun!

@lisasnotes

3 ай бұрын

Wow, that is great! Keep going if climbing fits you so well and you can enjoy it! 😊

Bro Zach just cranked up for a first time climber, also I've seen many people trying to "coach" people but this is one of those times where your advice was so on point for every part you could tell how much it helped him even if he didn't know the terminology he still adjusted right! Great video as always Magnus!

This video was literally made for me. I’m someone who has been watching your vids for a while thinking about getting into Rock Climbing, and my name is literally Zack King. If that isn’t a sign to start then I don’t know what is.

@cjwvols

9 ай бұрын

Do it bro!

@MarcusH...

9 ай бұрын

@@cjwvols you mean stepbro

@cjwvols

9 ай бұрын

@@MarcusH... 😂😂

@korok2619

9 ай бұрын

let's go!

Man, the way Magnus immediately gauged his skill was crazy! When he suggested the top rope, I was like “yeah what is Magnus thinking, no way he can take a 5.10c.” But Zach crushed it easily. What a beast!

I just wanna thank you magnus, youve made me want to get off my lazy ass and finally put some work in in the gym. I was 235, and within In a month and a half ive lost 10 lbs so far. I wanna thank you for giving me motivation man. Genuinely.. thank you bro...

@glenmosher632

9 ай бұрын

Good Work !!!!!!!!!!! Keep it up !!!!!!

@GraniteGolem

9 ай бұрын

climbing burned mad fat from me. good shit homie!

Damn, I was just wondering what to watch on my way home! Thank you for the upload and for introducing me to the fascinating climbing world, Magnus! Keep up the good work! ❤

My favorite guest so far!! A natural and such a kind person

Been binging your vids for a minute Magnus, tremendous stuff. Your dedication is inspiring & jumps right off the screen. Highly motivational. "No time like the present" is what I'm getting from your vids. Another great one, I think it's going to be a banger.

Thanks to this channel I started bouldering 4 months ago, and have been in love with it ever since. I have never felt stronger in my life. It truly is an amazing sport. Recently topped my first 6b+ and currently working on a 6c+ project which I almost completed. Probably get it next session.

You already know this one is gonna be a banger! Great collab too, super fun to watch throughout the whole video!

I would have never expected this kind of colab.. Very epic vid!

This was such a cool collab! Zach is an absolute natural and you're a great first climbing partner.

Pretty funny how Zack was surprised that everyone going up to Magnus instead of him for once lol.

Love the vids Magnus! Thanks for everything!

I saw @magmidt and @zachking shooting this video at the Stronghold in LA a few months ago and my climbing buddies and I all thought something must have gone wrong at the shoot since the video never appeared. But here it is! We've been waiting!

This video was great! So good to see Magnus climbing and crushing it again. and Zack is such a natural its crazy!

I have been watching your videos for years even though I didn't boulder back then. You have inspired me and I finally started climbing a couple months ago and I'm really addicted to it now. Keep up the good work!

Great video magnus, I loved it like always keep up the good work❤

the way he handles his fear and speaks about it reminds me a ton of alex honnold

Amazing ❤️ I've been binge watching magnus's videos now, and I'm pretty pumped to try. I'm afraid of heights as well and think my upper body strength isn't enough, but well this video left no excuse for me haha

Love Zach helping Magnus with the YT retention tricks, calling out the crazy video at the end.

I love your philosophy of success at 10:25… what you focus on you connect with.

I used to be obsessed with Zach's videos, and recently I've wanted to get into climbing. So when I saw his name I was like huh, that's cool. This is a great video for me too, he asks so many great questions that answer a lot of mine. A great watch for someone like me.

I appreciate every single Magnus collab, his videos are great, and how he mixes his content up by introducing non climbers to the sport.

15:43 Also the puzzling solving is addictive too, like "how do I approach this?" also got me hooked.

i wanna see more of Zach, seriously. This is friggin amazing what mr Zach did here in my opinion.

You are both so amazing. Magnus, you inspired me to start climbing. So now, for the first time in my life, I'm training and smiling.

Yesss, now I can fold my laundry. This is my favourite channel for background motivation.

Zach seems so honest, I love that.

Zach scared of height is a classic example of not begin scared of begin high up but sacred of falling down from high up

MAGNUS YOUR BACK IVE WATCHED AROUND 20 OF YOUR OLD VIDEOS WHILE YOU WHERE GONE. GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK KEEP UP THE WORK❤

I'm a member at this gym and just now discovered this video lol. Stronghold is an incredible gym!

This was great to watch. You're a great instructor Magnus!

Being a climber and also a beginner vfx artist, seeing my two fav youtubers doing this surprise collab just blows my mind!!! Loved the short basic vfx trick at the start, and also Zach should defo keep on climbing from now on!!!!

kewl! I watched coz of the title plus new content from Magnus but didn't look at the thumbnail so totally didn't expect the beginner to be Zack!

You're great person for the sport of rock climbing. Because you take other celebrities and lead other audiences to the sport

such a fun video. growing up watching zach's vines and now seeing him put his foot into climbing is sick lol. thanks as always magnus for the video, ill be at your gym this thursday or friday!

Thank you Magnus love the Coolan videos and seeing other people rock climbing

It's just amazing how prepared for this Zach wasn't and even so he rocked that wall

Always great content Magnus, keep brining people to the climbing world! and damn Zack, what a natural, crazy it was his first time!! Would be awesome to climb with you at the new parthian gym in london Magnus, i heard Pete Whittaker came to visit a couple days ago to set a route (but i have crack-oh-phobia lol), keen to try some Magnus style bolders.

I have never seen a beginner climb that well. I've been climbing for a year and I wouldn't stand a chance against Zach. loved this collab!

I've been watching Magnus for a couple months and today I just went to the climbing gym for the first time in my life. I feel like I was WAY better at it because of watching these videos. It was really fun

As a mediocre climber that has been climbing for couple of years seeing his first session is like me in months, what a natural!, soo awesome!

What kind of editing magic is this? He's so good!

Stronghold ❤ Great to see you both there!

Youre a great coach magnus

The whole time I was wondering if Magnus was getting reverse pranked, and at the end there Zach was so impressive Magnus was legitimately unsure if Zach had climbed before.

He’s not lying about that chalk

Magnus, I love your climbing videos. They are my favorite. I see the trend on your channel right now: non climbing videos getting more views, but I would love it if you still continued to make climbing videos, even if they’re less frequent (I still enjoy your others too). Thanks brother! Stay safe 🙏

Love it when you post climbing videos Magnus

I've just started bouldering. I'm day 2. Seeing Zach do the climb at 15:05 was inspirational. I wouldn't have even thought to do something like that yesterday. Maybe I'll give some harder grades a go today.

Congratulations on your duet with ZachKing, which is simply incredible. Me and my friends have been following you for three years now, and you've inspired us all! We started climbing thanks to you, we've just created a channel thanks to you. Thanks for the videos and thanks for everything. You really are too good!!!

The video I never knew I needed, but am thankful of. Cheers!

The view from setting the camera at the top of the wall was AMAZING. You guys should totally do it again!!!😃

The collab we never expected

Super fun. More videos with Zach!

Zach's asking really smart questions. My friend took me climbing for the first time a month ago and I'm hooked, but damn some of the things Zach's asking no one's ever really told me and I didn't realize to ask 😄 very helpful

that was really awesome for a first climbing day!!!! a natural indeed!!

More climbing content woo!! This is awesome

Great video and colab, always entertaining to watch!

I love how he can say it is the stickiest, he knows thanks to climbing stuff

I love this collaboration!

Oh my goodness! This is such an awesome collab! Can't wait to watch this video 🎉😍

I've been climbing for two years now, and with my wife we opened our own small climbing gym and I think partly we should blame Magnus for this 😁

I did my first day of climbing today (motivated by your videos) and couldn't even get past a V2. 😂 10/10 would try again! Keep up the awesome climbing content!

This felt like one of your videos where you dress up and pretend you’ve never climbed before, but in reverse

@boogaloo4640

9 ай бұрын

Smurfer got smurfed?

Zach is such a natural! And Magnus is the best coach, great video thanks ❤

More climbing videos is an auto watch. Thank you Magnus!

I'd love to see you in my local gym in Toulouse (France). They have boulders so hard they seem impossible to send (and some of them actually sit there undefeated even by the strongest climbers that frequent this gym). Anyway awesome video, as always !

He is a serious natural! My first time I would not have gotten to the top that easily let alone be next to an edge and over hang lol

How is that a 6B? 🤔 In my gym it would probably be a 5B… or maybe I’m just jealous of zach climbing it in his first session 😂🤷🏼‍♂️ well done!

@transitguy

9 ай бұрын

It's not a 6b!

@elie8194

9 ай бұрын

I also think this is quite strange. Maybe we're all wrong and it's actually 6b but... Especially the yellow one, looks definitely a bit easy for 6b. But I don't know I hope we're wrong and Zack is actually really strong. Would be wonderful

@KanaMedia101

9 ай бұрын

looks like 6a in my gym

Amazing video as always Magnus, thank you for all the great content!

That first “5.10c” literally looks like 5.8/9 at my gym. Those holds are so big and juggy

i've been waiting for a video for soo long, i was worried. Glad you are fine:)

always a great day when magnus uploads!

I've seen people in my days as an athlete that were doing well the first time but as they go through it repeatedly, they become somewhat natural in every movement and technique. Some people are just built different and they adapt very quickly. It's like their body is built for everything and can do anything with a little practice. If they put their mind to it, they suddenly become great at it.

Keep it up magnus, great video

Magnus brings in Olympic gymnasts, and this humble guy who does video editing tricks is doing better than any of them. I hope he keeps climbing after making this video.

Zach saying how bouldering is like a fun version of working out is so me. I hate going to a regular gym but love climbing

Så snilt av deg å ta med litt mindre kjente youtubere på kanalen Magnus.😂 Elsker videoene dine og spesielt disse, forsett å gjør oss nordmenn stolte❤

Tried a climbing gym for the first time this weekend, would be amazing to have someone to help with what the route is up the wall. After having watched your videos for a while I could often find the path for my hands but don't have the strength to push through without legs, and I had no idea where those were going on many of the routes we tried. Unfortunately it was 2 beginners no one in my friend group that climbs to help us out.