Training like a PRO CLIMBER for A Day (Amateur vs Expert)

[@TheJackawock]

As a semi-competitive climber who also is queer and has been watching you for years, this crossover I didn’t realise how much I wanted but, now I have it, I want more. Great stuff

[@AlaynaJoyOfficial]

Audio got a little messy here SORRY SORRY I DID MY BEST

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

We know you did your best, we saw it. ;-)

[@elliotrichards6948]

Steven seems like such a genuine guy!

[@AlaynaJoyOfficial]

SO genuine. 10/10

[@noa4068]

I started climbing not too long ago because I saw you and Mak climibing on your socials. I've been loving it since! Thanks for introducing me to this wonderful sport

[@AlaynaJoyOfficial]

welcome welcome!!

[@moordt]

Steven is such a delight! I have no interest in climbing at all, but this video made me smile and I learned something. And I kept being in love with the interaction between Steven and Alayna. Just as happened with the pole dance class. I think this is your strength! I love all the videos you do by yourself too, but this is next level. I think it's because you bring out the best in people. Thank you for that! Lots of love, Marieke ❤

[@miraaa19]

How cute is Steven! Such a joy to watch the two of you. I'm not even into climbing but this was so much fun! 😊

[@marppppa]

This was such a helpful video for a fellow climber! I'm a bit worse grade-wise but I feel like the tips that Steven gave are very useful for my climbing as well. So cool to see what a coaching session at this level of climbing could look like! And I loved the banter, it was entertaining and educational at the same time. ☺

[@bigmac6033]

So cool to see Steven on video. He’s obliviously very skilled at climbing but he has a great sense of communication that I admire.

[@theadventuresofpolyphony8032]

It feels so humanising and kinda helpful in a way to see you get kinda scared for a bit and then manage to breathe and take yourself through it, I love climbing and never expect my anxiety to hit me when I'm up the wall, but it does and it hits real hard sometimes so it's really reassuring to see that that's probably just totally normal. Also I feel like that commitment joke comes up so much when me and my mate are climbing so that was hilarious. Amazing video as always, thank you to you and anyone else involved for bringing us the great content ❤‍🔥💛

[@danielletilliepoledance]

As a straight woman who enjoys the education and fun on this channel I’d like to thank you for the unexpected lovely, um, scenery of this video. 😆

[@emmabunch-benson4795]

Pretty sure she liked the scenery too lol but doesn’t make her any less gay. We can all appreciate a good looking dude

[@thezandarkside]

It's one of these days that I need your videos to get me through the day. I was already in your yt channel when this video popped up

[@um6098]

Alayna is the only person who can make me sit through a 22 minute CLIMBING video. and actually enjoyed it

[@aj27turquoiseskies]

Wow! Love this video concept! It's really interesting to see what a professional climber does to maintain their level of skill!

[@dilupus]

I started climbing 2 1/2 months ago, partially thanks to you and partially thanks to a friend in a different hobby. I'm into V3-V4 now, and this is definitely a helpful video for me. Best hobby I could have picked up. I'm now taking better care of myself than I ever have before, purely to help myself improve in climbing.

[@michael_the.girl.]

Aww, I actually got a little emotional at the part where you were focusing on breathing and did the hard part! Yay Alayna! 🎉🥰

[@pepito2368]

Steven is such a nice guy and what a lovely interaction between the two of you! Don't climb but find it fascinating

[@charliewesthoff1904]

alayna AND steven????? oh my, my day just got SO much brighter

[@nubesvaporosas7191]

I love how Alayna gets platonically flirty when she's with someone with a skill she admires, i do that a lot too so i just might be projecting but she's so cute that's the thing 💞

[@bruadarach9758]

Lass has rizz for days

[@anxious_ismymiddlename2094]

Alayna with her hair up is a vibe 😍

[@kaia8167]

Oh man, I am HERE for the climbing videos. I decided to give climbing a try in large part because of you, and now it's my lifeline. Being able to go to the gym is getting me through some really rough times, and when I'm not able to go to the gym, I love watching climbing content. Combining climbing content with gay content - Yes. Good. Please continue.

[@HomoSimpson]

I’ve watched this video 3 times already, I broke my ankle last week so I’m living my bouldering dreams through you at the moment

[@shadowcat6832]

Really been wanting to do more climbing stuff, this video was great!!

[@Lion-ik6lv]

I'm going to take his warm-up routine (but definitely lower grades cause of skill level). I also find it cool seeing this video after you mentioned it on the pod.

[@cariiinen]

Steve was so lovely and supportive! Loved it

[@dododans]

The breathing excersize was so impressive! Totally crushed the mental block!

[@pictureofimpracticalidealist]

yay more climbing content! You should make another bouldering with Mak and Ashley video, that's probably my favourite video of yours

[@gil8548]

This was a great video. Loads of great tips. Alayna always looks so smooth when she flags whilst climbing. I find that really hard 💜

[@12hat7]

Your climbing has inspired my wife and I to start climbing too - loving it so far and these videos are super helpful! 🥰

[@mel4896]

Thank you Alayna for showing me bouldering and making me highly obsessed with it 🥹

[@Akuma-ui8ym]

I think your already pretty talented at rock climbing. It's cool being able to see a pro

[@matthijsclaessen8152]

Awesome. Alayna AND climbing. We want more!

[@MiguelSantos-vf5yn]

Great job out there climbing, stay STRONG.

[@Felix_Buffay]

Love this already! 💙

[@RemyRat_420]

I kind of want to start climbing

[@2nd3rd1st]

the career ladder

[@RemyRat_420]

@@2nd3rd1st huh?

[@NotPMHarper]

So exciting that you had Steven on the channel!

[@ejl74]

Yay! Steven is awesome. I love his podcast. Great colab.

[@PastelSolar]

This is so fun I would love more climbing content!

[@louiskat1900s]

This was really helpful. I did a couple sessions of inside bouldering last year, but didnt know where to begin to get into it more, this was a good start thank y’all ❤

[@sarser8089]

This was a joy to watch, you two could've been friends for years. "Okay now i don't wanna do it either" he said, lmao

[@zhyv0n]

This is so wild! I don't climb but I've been watching the various 10 minute segments from Steven's Alex Honnold interview, because I love Alex's pragmatism towards the actual life or death things he does, and the second I saw who the titular pro climber was, I was like, "Oh it's him!" This was a cool video!

[@el_2904]

Loved this! As a beginner climber these tips were really helpful 😊❤

[@eyeseajujubee]

Love to see two of my favorite channels work together! I’ve been listening to the Nugget Climbing podcast for years. Alayna is so strong! 🧗‍♀️ Climbing is for everyone and anyone can be a climber.

[@brookeiskewl]

@15:28 Alayna saying "I'm like dis, and ur like dis" is so cute and funny.

[@veronikamiklikova2444]

omg this was so so so much fun, thank you for this!!!

[@michellerbn]

I love these videos so much! I also love how he has the best personality!!! Please do moreee of theseeee

[@lxckin]

He said “finish the warm up” and I thought we were already fully in

[@gazwj]

Gosh suddenly i need a drink! 👀🤣 Stay hydrated everyone

[@twildabuckingham]

Haha he's so sweet. I loved when you went in for a high five midway thru the vid and he was right there for it, even went in for a second and you like looked away so he just low fived his own thigh lol

[@amyc9257]

this was great. i used to climb a few years ago until i injured my knee. now i'm getting back into it. fun!

[@sunflowerspirited4974]

Love the climbing content always! Eventually I will work up the courage to go to my local place and try a class💖

[@emmanuellefontaine2978]

steve is so adorable omfg

[@NEIYUWN]

Love this dynamic ❤️‍🔥💖❤️‍🔥💖❤️‍🔥💖

[@zacharylaschober]

14:59 figuring out the essential difference between full dynamic movement and the deadpoint: hips in then stand. Great to have noticed since the next handhold is carved in such a way to need precision and is not positive enough to allow much physical compensation.

[@sbybo]

Omg this is the gym I climb at!!!! Super cool to see you do warm up climbs on ones I remember projecting hahah

[@MartFischer-sm8to]

I am 10 and I have a friend who does v6 and as been climbing for 3 Years and both of you amaz me

[@tomduke1297]

that was really fun and interesting! maybe i should check out climbing as a hobby.

[@TransGuyShane]

I chuckled at stickyhands Stickyfeet, because Stickyfeet is the name of my grung pc in dnd ♡ I am having a really shitty time atm but this video made me smile so thank you x Happy pride season x

[@potato2337]

This video is everything 😍 thank you so much Alayna 💕

[@Pospolitniejszy]

This was so fun to watch.

[@dragade101]

Alayna, most gyms dont have v11 lols Maybe a few but v8 or v9 as they are plenty hard. That jump to v10 or harder is real (and costly cause you cannot have too many routes overlapping for a given area of bouldering. If no one is climbing the highest grades, why use up your precious gym space.)

[@blackcap111]

I enjoyed this so much. Thank you Alayna!!

[@BHCLIMBING]

U should make this a series!! U should try to do one w Magnus Midtbø

[@sarahhokanson5391]

Love this!!

[@jamesfv1]

I would so love to try climbing, I just first have to be able to move around thanks to chronic pain 😅 I really love these videos!!

[@Bloxeh]

Hope you can try soon! ❤ All the best!

[@aquamarine3699]

no jokes allowed🤣 loved this collab so much! so excited for more climbing vids!

[@Digidot1992]

I love the climbing content. More please!

[@H.Wotton]

I loved the vibe you guys had! I will need you to be friends now. Thanks!

[@Arrowgrab]

It's great to see you in your happy place, i.e. the climbing gym!

[@Rachel-nq1et]

i want to start getting into climbing but my social anxiety has been through the roof for a bit now and I can't even get myself in the building lol 😭😭😭 I'm a broken gal lmao

[@evercuriousmichelle]

Baby steps, you got this! Work your way up to it slowly!

[@tntdynama6303]

Climbing is Gay! Makes me even more excited for when I get to the gym next :))

[@markus_benjamin]

Please make more vids with Steven

[@Charlotte-hv6ll]

Leaving a comment for the algorithm

[@irradiated_woman8016]

_>I'm straight but climbing is gay_ Strong start.

[@dominiqueeden]

"I'm like this" **pose** "and you're like this" **pose** button. (15:29) You're welcome for all the shits and giggles this brings you just keep pressing it never gets old.

[@joriemitchell2069]

Aw this guy seems lovely.

[@amyizzylou]

Question for climbers in the chat - would it be realistic to try climbing/bouldering with absolutely no upper body strength? I'm curious to try it, but I've never been able to do press ups, let alone anything else. Would I build strength as I went along?

[@ttumasanon]

yes, as a beginner it's important to learn how to to use your legs and proper technique rather than strength

[@MochaBloke]

Absolutely! The easiest top rope climbs are less like pull-ups and more like climbing a ladder! Me and a bunch of friends (male and female) have successfully climbed despite having no strength foundation at all. You should go for it!

[@dragade101]

@11:18, What a MASSIVE foot hold! Its time for new shoes (or the toes to be repaired)

[@Ayalatgd]

Put a noise gate on your wireless lapel mics. It will prevent one of you talking from being picked up on the other persons mic and eliminate the weird echoing 👍🙂

[@obliviate1953]

Commenting for the holy algorithm

[@iamirinakolmakova]

OMG Alayna, you look so good

[@Rising_Pho3nix_23]

Me: it's just vertical crawling This video: Me: Oh. My bad lol

[@mariameunome]

I LOVE HIM

[@ArtichokeHunter]

I used to occasionally try but the chronic neck and shoulder pain are arguing against anyone-can-do-it these days.

[@jdavisjohnson3380]

I used to take some rock climbing classes, and I miss it so much. Thanks for making me jealous but also for motivating me to try to find a cheap climbing gym. (Why are they so expensive? 😢)

[@ST-vt4nu]

I've been climbing for 6 months now and it's kinda nice to see Alayna have commitment issues and fear issues similar to mine. I could climb 6A's in my gym with ease if it wasn't for the fear factor (and me being 5'2 sometimes takes them up to a 6B lmao). I should try the breathing thing though! There's 3 6A's I'd like to finish on monday, I just need to commit to one move on each of them. My hight makes these moves a lot further than for other people, which makes it scarier to commit (I'm also dutch, so the average person is like 5'9 here).

[@Bloxeh]

Haha, I'm the same height as you and I sometimes wonder what tall people would say, when there was a copy of the climbs but upscaled. So thatthey get the same experience. Other than that, I'm telling myself "I get more climbing moves for my money" :) I did take a class specifically for small females (and I was one of the tallest people there) and it really helped me. Would totally recommend, if available!

[@ST-vt4nu]

@@Bloxeh There's currently one at my gym where the first move is so much harder because I can't keep my foot on the foothold for it haha. Before that one there was one where I couldn't reach the last hold from the place you were supposed to, making it 2 grades harder. My gym luckily sets climbs that are specifically for shorter people, but those often get under graded because tall people can skip half the hold. but sometimes they're harder if you're tall because you end up very bunched up. I don't think there would be a big market for a course like that here, since most people are so tall 😅I do feel like I've developed better climbing skill from not being able to cheat my way through anything though.

[@Bloxeh]

@ST-vt4nu That's true, good point! Tall and/or strong people get away with bad technique for quite some time in the gym. It's great that they have climbs for smaller people at your gym, that's very thoughtful. Do they have female route setters? I do like the kids section at my gym - some climbs are tough as nails and I'm experiencing the "bunched up" feeling for once :). Have you tried sport climbing? I don't know if it's a local thing, but routes flow for me much better, as the moves aren't as extreme that often. And I learned that I can do more moves than I thought I could originally when I was only bouldering. When being belayed I feel much safer. Good luck with your projects! You can do it! 🤞

[@ST-vt4nu]

@@Bloxeh thank you! Good luck to you as well. I've done some toproping, but in that gym the moves towards the end were all really far for me, so I wasnt even able to do the easiers routes, but that was before I started bouldering. I think my gym does have female routesetters, but they're pretty tall from what I've seen 😂

[@Bloxeh]

@@ST-vt4nu Thanks! And thanks for the nice chat :).

[@johnvelas70]

You're braver than me. I don't like heights. But when I get roped into teaching rope climb, I go up legs out toes pointed & EYES CLOSED.

[@AdamL_18]

where is that delire gym ? we got 4 of them in Quebec city, but never heard that there was other delire outside Quebec city.

[@LisaDonaldson246]

😊 you are doing amazing 😊 I am terrified of heights👏👏 13:26

[@Kat-nv9cp]

Hey Alayna i love ur vids! But i need help. Do you have any tips or advice for a lesbian teen to come out to parents? They are not homophobic but im scared they will dismiss it or tell me im not old enough to know that even though im 100% sure. THX ❤💛💚💙💜

[@allaroundnona]

“gonna try to get my fingers in there so I can get my thumb up” yea sure why not

[@esmfamil5086]

8:48 lmao I just know the gay in her was dreading the assist 🤣

[@Lolajoy27]

Ashley's gonna have something to say about sticky hands sticky feet 😂😂😂😂

[@hmmcms1]

Looks so fun, but my left leg is very spastic and limited range of motion so this kinda stuff feels impossible 🙃

[@emirane5598]

Am i the only one who thought "Steven DIGIT" would be a good nockname ?

[@aimeeking687]

What a lovely guy 😍

[@jordanbroadhead7388]

Hive Poco! Does this mean Steven is going to be climbing in Squamish for a while??

[@palexanderrice]

Now close your eyes and listen to this again 🥵

[@mitchducky962]

Good morning 🌄🌞 hello how you feeling about this forward point something else ever important good special different climeberrd

[@wilgarcia1]

nice job =)

[@dsmeier6270]

Girl you need new shoes! 😂 Resole!