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First off, congrats on getting your project! In my home gym, it would be a regular v4. Now, the rest of this comment will just get into the nitty gritty of climbing. As Lucroz94 said, body tension seems to be the main issue at hand here, which is common for v3-v5 climbers at 60 degree wall. The heel hooks you placed at 12:03 for example is fantastic. Good reading, good placement. However, if your flexibility allows to, you could keep the heel there while pivoting ur toes counter clockwise (since its your left heel) then use your hips + glutes to pull in and do the move statically or pull in and explode and do the move explosively. Example: the move from 12:20 to 12:21, you could do it statically as you are doing it, but notice how your right heel isn't pulling --> That move was mainly based off of your left bicep and left leg; you could have passively hung there for a bit, and exploded to the next hold by pulling on your Right Heel. For heel hooks you can watch this video here ua-cam.com/video/PI6eigr-oWY/v-deo.html or this one ua-cam.com/video/wY2Tt0dwYwk/v-deo.html (which covers all kinds of footwork) from Richardson Climbing (YT channel of 2 Candian National Climbers). For heel hooks, really focus on the hips! Especially on steep walls like this, it should look like you are pretty much "humping" into the wall. To increase toe tension, like at 12:26 where your toe suddenly lets out, you can watch Hooper's beta on Leg workouts (ua-cam.com/video/_XONhxQ-Gbk/v-deo.html ) and watch bossclimbs who talks about footwork and warming up your posterior chain: ua-cam.com/video/0ZL8elIP9uo/v-deo.html . I would also suggests softer shoes (not super soft and downturned, those would hurt) since they 1. have better grip, 2. you can feel the hold way better. More footwork can be learnt from Richardson Climbing such as here: ua-cam.com/video/SgVhbGBbeeQ/v-deo.html . If not, I'm certain Lattice has a bunch of this too. The rest of the climb went somewhat smoothly. Obviously, it still looks mega burly and could be smoothen out, but I won't delve too far into it. Final mention: Try using climbing boards! Tension boards, Kilter Boards, whatever you fancy. Of course start at an easier angle (15-25 Degrees), only delve into the harsher angles later. The climbs set on these boards were set with the goal of practicing body tension! And of course, don't slack off on finger strength training!

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The fun part is also seeing your progression, like you can climb the same rock for years and still make progress, and its just permanently there, and they are everywhere. its basically infinite :D you never get the same fatigue as in the Gym imo, like there is always something new you can do when it comes to climbing. youre not just lifting something in a monotone fashion

£160 to ship the Fricticious System to the UK - no thanks!

Great video! Loved the content and the story you told about your interactions with each climber! I thought the lighting in the "narrator" sections was a bit distracting because your face was almost half shadowed, but it was a very engaging and well made video!

How is Mike become a better climbing youtuber than Magnus. This is insane.

I am actually also being coached by Matt, and I noticed a lot of very similar things. To me, one of the most impressive things is elite climbers attention to the mental side of training. They understand the right mindset in addition to mental fatigue and the need to deload or have fun days where you try to remind yourself why you love climbing to begin with. But in general, their attention to detail is really crazy and I do agree that they are generally psyched about climbing even us mere mortals when we send our projects.

v0 campus watmup in my gym 😤 jk my first thought was easy v5, but v4 makes conplete sense. its not complicated or technical imo, a strong person who has never climbed could definitely climb that. v5 to me means more technical, thoughtful body positioning, bad feet, body tension through toes. at girst i thought most the holds were crimps, but it seemed pretty juggy imo. good climb tho!

Please give a choice for the languages,I'm Italian but I want your voice not a Google translate one. (No offenses just a feedback)

Scottish winter 3 ...?

Another excellent video, Mike, and so relatable to me, as even more of a gumby than yourself 😅 (although i think you do yourself a disservice). All four of these human treasures demonstrate what I see at my local wall all the time - genuine psyche at seeing someone else trying hard, learning, succeeding and getting enjoyment out of the same thing they're so passionate about. The sharing of joy and supportiveness between climbers at all ability levels is one of the things i love most about this weird and wonderful sport of ours. 🥰

I'd say V5, max V6.

+10kgs is A LOT! (My results with 3 months of Max hangs were half of it or less each time). also, I would like to point out that you probably overdid it (as has everyone who tried the protocol lol). 80% bw for Emil at the time represented roughly 40% of his max. for you it's much more! and the 80% only correspond to the strongest grip type. Every grip type has a different max. and you should aim at 40ish% for each. I'm actually surprissed you didn't get injured. I personally think 40% is even a little high and that we could prablably get away with much less weight. I'm currently doing lifts with 10kgs, which is <20% for me and it feels lilke I'm still getting a good stimulus. Let's see what happens ;)

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Very interesting video with 4 greats 👍🏻 lots to work on…

Il be happy when i climb a big wall 🫡 my partner not ready yet

What I do think Mike is not saying is that he is also a receptive student, a lot of people get told many pieces of advice and even pay for coaching and end up in the same spot. I't doesn't surprise me though after your main channel was literally you learning skills over the past.. decade?

Coaching less experienced climbers is one of the most enjoyable things you can do. There's something about helping a person overcome their doubts and fears that just fills the soul with joy. Keep it up Mike!

I think it makes it a freeway solo

Definitely a free solo!!

Another great video, keep it up mate

Really good video man.

Great video, Mike. What an amazing experience to climb with these guys. On top of all the insights you mentioned, Isn't it interesting how not one of them looks down on beginners elative beginners?

Niceeee Mike!! Thanks for the kind words. Always inspiring to see someone push out their comfort zone whatever level they are at. I certainly witnessed that on our Norway trip 😅 nicely done! Catch you soon

Great video! You should really try ice climbing, its like learning climbing all over again!

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Precise and silent footwork is easy when you are climbing far below your level. Where it get’s difficult and chaotic is when you are under pressure.

That was such a great climb! Pushing through your fears is quite amazing. Your channel is awesome and inspiring!

Just wanted to say that I've absolutely LOVED your climbing videos, your passion for climbing is one of the things that inspired me to get in the sport a few months ago, and now I'm projecting v6 boulders and absolutely ADORE everything about climbing. Your passion for the sport really shows!! Can't wait to dee where your climbing journey will go from here :)

nice climbing lessons, mike boyd! amazing climbers!

Great video mate! I truly enjoyed your authenticity! Congrats on the hard project!

Climbing is a sport where athletes with any level of experience are always exposed to one another. I believe that this is part of how even the best in the field maintain the psych about a beginners achievement and understand and remember what it is like to be a beginner.

Great video :)

Mate when you first started i was like here we go again another utube knob but I have become a massive fan keep the good work up the last time I enjoyed a average climber vid was a guy climbing regent street they were called endless climbing watch that please just amazing

Fantastic story telling here!!! I love that we've gotten to see you develop so many random skills over the years in short periods of time, and now we get to watch you delve into a long-form skill with the same verve and thoughtfulness. Climbing is the perfect puzzle to keep unlocking. Absolutely love this introspective piece and the new channel is a joy!

Im new too, been climbing indoor for about a month or two now and im stuck trying to get my first v4 boulder and in the 6a/5c on the ropes at my gym. Great sport, im hoping i can learn enough to climb outside before im too old, starting at 41 :)

Thank you, Mike, for another excellent video. For a 6b+ climber like me, this has become perhaps the best, or the most revevant climbing related channel on the internet. Keep it going :)

Idk why but Dave at @6:30 going "oh no" made me laugh. It's like the nicest way to say, oh man this is shit. lol

I frequently think that you’re strong enough to climb harder than you do. I gotta imagine it’s both encouraging and discouraging to hear that reflected from pros. Remember that the progress you’ve achieved in 2 years is badass, but the reason you’re climbing isn’t to become a pro, it’s just fun and great exercise. Also I think another great coach for you would be Louis Párkinson at Catalyst Climbing in the UK. His coaching sessions are a sight to behold.

@Mike So nice to hear you struggle in the gym and see the 'pro' do it in pure silence. Had a similar experience and it can be very disheartening. Started climbing after watching you, did my frist 6b+ indoor, loving it. Thanks.

I'd really love to see you do a collab with Louis Parkinson/Catalyst, he's such a good teacher. I think it would work as a main channel video even, since your main channel is all about learning skills there's an interesting angle in there for how do you teach people skills and what are key things for learning new skills. Edit: The supportiveness and the excitement others share if you send your project is my favourite part about climbing.

Very nice video, enjoyed it a lot. I actually just got home from a very nice climbing session and I guess it is somewhat related to overall mindset part of things, so figured I would share, maybe someone finds it interesting. Anyways about 1.5 years ago I had an injury that took me out for 6 months and the related issues in follow-up made it almost a full year or misery and problems. The injury occurred when attempting a boulder problem my ego felt like I should be able to do, but I was failing. So I decided that my problem was that I wasn't simply trying hard enough, that I was half-assing it and I just needed to pick myself together and properly try hard. So with that mindset I just ended up doing something really stupid and got really injured. Anyways fast forward 1.5 years and I'm at the gym early, slept really well and feeling good because I have free day today from work due to blizzard(I work roof stuff outside) and I decided to make it a hard high quality and(then) quantity moonboard day. In moonboard I recently had to make new user because I couldn't log into my old account any more, so I decided to just restart with everything blank slate. But the session seems to be the same old, I struggle with stuff I used to flash before the injury, I end up like hard projecting stuff that should be warm-up'ish. Everything just seemed to have a move that shut me down and felt impossible. At some point I started thinking that maybe my brain is just playing tricks on me, there was this problem with tricky hard first move that felt impossible. But I knew I had done that problem in past and I shouldn't actually be much weaker overall than I was before any more. So I actually whispered it loud to myself 'you are actually fucking strong, you can do it' and I cruised the problem. Did that again for few more problems until I got it by default and ended up just destroying the board today(for my meek levels aye). I've been suspecting for a while that my brain is playing tricks on me not letting me to try properly hard and it is a problem, maybe out of fear or trying to protect itself or whatnot, but only today I realized just how big of a problem/factor it actually is.

goosebumps @17:42 really love this video

This channel is hands down the best climbing-channel for me as a 6a-6b+ climber. I´ve followed you from your other channel for about 2 years now and I love every climbing-video you do. Just the focus on what climbing is all about is really lovely. Keep doing what you do!

Lovely video! (also your thumbnail is still missing)

Thanks for that video. Good stuff to hear for someone who started climbing this year, and who's 60yrs soon. Grade goals low, but fun expectations high. cheers.

Another bloody heartwarming video! So good, and inspiring. I can’t think of another stranger that I would rather climb with. Keep it going, Mike!

What I learned from better climbers: 1) Just go up 2) Just reach for it 3) No shirt = +10% power

@13:40 Tom showing some questionable belay technique

Fantastic video Mike. I’ve been climbing with Dave Cuthbertson a few times and it was his footwork that changed my own climbing the most. Seeing a really amazing climber work a route, even if it’s easy for them, is a bit of a revelation. Mileage is also a big win… you can have a play on E1 or E2s but being a broad onsight Severe leader is actually a more impressive feat in my mind. I just climbed Quiver Rib and Agag’s Groove and they were more challenging than a few of the E1, E2 and even an E3 I’ve been on - you can milk good days and climbs that suit you but walking up to onsight a mountain multi pitch severe is a damn, find mental challenge and so satisfying to manage it all well.