Two Climbers Try Viral Mobility Challenges ft. @AnnaHazelnutt

This week Louis is joined by the one and only ANNA HAZELNUTT!! They are trying out some crazy mobility challenges so see how they do!!
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[@ryansnook9080]

Anna and Louis radiate chaotic sibling energy

[@Turnpost2552]

If he was taller, you would have thought they were a couple.

[@outandabout259]

@@Turnpost2552 if he was taller? What does height have to do with anything?

[@leschopinesns100]

@@outandabout259 I think this guy wants to start an online cock fight using a typical dumb stereotype to trigger normal people like me and you.

[@ss2miraitrunks]

🤣@@Turnpost2552

[@milikoshki]

Anna and Louis are the best combo :)

[@pirukiddingme1908]

Such happy and fun people

[@mystishio]

That energy is infectious😆

[@driesvanoosten4417]

Best part was Anna judgingly asking: you wanna count that? 😂😂

[@derekryden6574]

So I tried the "back to the wall challenge" and found it easy. This morning I can hardly walk and have tweaked my hip...oops. Lesson 1. At 66, good flexibility is no substitute for a good warm-up. Lesson 2. At 66, don't automatically try stuff which you see 20somethings doing!

[@carina-nonbinary]

I'm 20 but i had the same experience with this one haha

[@rixdalerheptads1505]

I feel like the yoga block one really depends on the type of yoga block. I consider myself fairly unflexible but I flashed this one. However, the yoga block that I used is a bit more dense so I think it would not fall off so easily. The one you used is a bit bigger and lighter and it almost looked like it would fall off if you just blowed at it.

[@therealmamamellow]

This is exactly the kind of energy I need to watch whilst I’m lying on the sofa icing a climbing injury 😂 Love it!

[@portentouslad5051]

07:16 "I would definitely have counted that if I was me" 😂

[@kravenarts9953]

For the 3rd one, the back against the wall rotation, how much of your back needs to stay touching the wall? Like is maintaining contact with one shoulder count? or do I need both touching the wall during the whole rotation? It was certainly fun to try though. Haha. The cat's thought I looked ridiculous.

[@outandabout259]

I'd say both because if one shoulder touching is enough it can be done in a way that doesn't look at all like the challenge is supposed to.

[@DrunkenDemon]

The bench in the background looked both cool and crummy at the Same time

[@johnsutherland1568]

Well that was a hugely enjoyable video! I'll be trying those out over the weekend...

[@sarahaddy1746]

That was so much fun to watch! 😍

[@matteobecchi1210]

This was so fun! Hope to see you together again :)

[@westarchildren7197]

Jaw is on the floor from that 4th one, go Anna.. wow.

Loved this! You guys are fun

[@kieran7655]

Great, fun content as usual. 👍

[@lytiweed4257]

My old climbing coach had us try the yoga block one, but with magazines on all 4 of our limbs. that’s a toughy

[@Turnpost2552]

This video is so organic the guy is sort of self defeating but jice energy there both quite strong.

[@TimboIsHimbo]

Your laughs are so contagious lol

[@rebeccathomas6865]

Leg wrestling is a traditional Inuit game. There is the Northern Games Society that runs annual comps for youth. :)

[@ShroomAndMoss]

Wow 😶 Incredible !!!

[@serenaw8639]

10:16 "I think you should turn your upper and lower body in the same direction"

[@AB-fh9zh]

10s in, best video ever.

[@sknot08]

Righteous!

[@nsiepmann]

now that's how to intro a video

[@roxannejoncas]

The block rollover felt easier for me rolling on your belly via the side the bloc was on.

[@elizabethvanek3164]

Why does the stick one hurt my calf muscles when it's behind my knee. 😵😵 I feel like I don't have a regulation length stick either. 😂 Only got a short one! 😅😅😅

[@LoveAndClimbing]

I feel like a lot of the stick dabs could have been avoided by using a shorter stick.

[@CookieCreamCrumble]

im not really sure what the end result of the first one was supposed to be but i flashed all the rest

[@slapthesloper]

You guys should try the harder version of the block rollover where you have 4 of them one on each limb. Managed to get it after a few tries myself on day 😅

[@Mindofliz]

I LOVE YALL

[@shadowcat6832]

As a very inflexible person, can confirm that you guys are just really flexible lol

[@Watchback]

Anyone seen the movie Anna has been in

[@leonakadir3833]

how many people googled "yoga block mobility challenge" while this was playing?

[@Painsoreal]

☀☀☀

[@stellafrischkase8299]

well i tried the stick thing with a broomstick that is as long as me what makes it really fucking ifficukt to not touch the ground XD

[@snababo3914]

Surely the matting isn't helping with the yoga block

[@craigbritton1089]

Train like a woman; climb like a woman. I wonder if as many women climbed as men; would women actually be the majority of the top performers in everything except short steep power boulders and sport routes? My guess is yes.

[@zacharylaschober]

Guess this all depends on what you mean by train like a woman and climb like a woman. My female and nonbinary clients often short themselves for strength training, but after an assessment session realize intensities they could use. If you train that way, sure will slow some progress and have limitations for strict strength sequences, and women and nonbinary climbers seem to more often, though the gym of a climbing gym is not the most welcoming space.

[@craigbritton1089]

@@zacharylaschober sorry your gym is that way; the gyms I coached at were very welcoming to all. And in youth teams, very often girls were the better climbers. But I agree that often the female orientation did not enjoy training for strength as much; they got more psyched when I would do all comparisons as a percentage of body weight. Then they usually were as strong as a percentage as the males. Training them with pyramids worked the best. Male and females got to where they could stack the machine on lat pulldowns and rows. I would have them piano their fingers on the bar as they did pulldowns to work a bigger range of motion. Females in particular got stronger faster by starting with a light enough weight to do a set of 32. Almost everyone could break their PR of they did a set of 32 that left them with 4/5 reps in the tank. ( Usually one third to one half of their previous max) Next session set of 32 and 16: and add ten or twenty pounds depending on level of fitness; at least a day of rest between all sessions. Next session " 32/16/8: then repeat the pattern to 1. then try a set of one at five to ten pounds more Two days rest ; then start the set of 32 with the five to ten pounds more ( some very fit and or quick gainers can add twenty/ but about a five percent increase per week is best) Three people doing it at a time seems to give good rest between sets. While waiting; do a one minute squat.

[@zacharylaschober]

@@craigbritton1089 not about not wanting to strength train, more about assessment for the numbers to appropriately strength train and the manner of most gyms being heavily male dominated. Most women and nonbinary climbers I know have thrived in affinity groups or in small group settings in lower traffic times, and once given an idea of how hard they can actually work will continue to work that way. Not to start a side argument, but the description of what you had athletes do is unclear but a set of 32 is of little value, and having 4/5 rir means you are far away from strength training where we generally want to perform only 4 reps with a possible 1 in reserve. Flatly, a set of 32 is arbitrary and excessive, leaving the athlete unnecessarily fatigued without proper mechanical tension.

[@craigbritton1089]

@@zacharylaschober sixty percent went to Nationals. And it works by getting more efficient complete recruitment. I have checked it with multiple physiotherapist; and used it for decades with kids training for football and sports at the treatment facility I worked at. It built many up to 32 pull ups with no injuries. And where I am getting PT for a back problem caused by catching someone from thirty feet up; they use lots of sets of thirty for some exercises. Both as a warmup and for improving nerve pathways. IE nerve muscle recruitment. But glad you are such an expert on something you have never tried

[@asantos704]

We only needed to see your first attempt on these.