welcome to the Slab Lab 😵‍💫

[@jmb9701]

I like the simplicity of the delivery here. This is problem, this is my thought process, this is me doing it. Also, the drawings absolutely kill me, hilarious.

[@danielsigursson8512]

I think you nailed the "how to slab" aspect because that is exactly what slab should be, fun with friends.

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

haha yesss love this

[@breezyillo2101]

I feel like I most often encounter slab is when I'm at least 90 ft above my friends, 30 ft from my last piece, and at least 1,500 mi from where I really want to be, which is my mom's house, wrapped in a blanket while she makes me tea and tells me I'll be okay

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

@@breezyillo2101 😂 hahaha the truthhhh

[@EtherealGoSu]

As an old person slab is literally my favorite type of climbing. You can just sit there thinking and experimenting for hours and hours without overtaxing the body.

[@ioidt]

what do you mean "old person"? 30 yo range? 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 yo range? or "old" means falling = never climb again ?

[@mennonis]

I feel the exact opposite 🤔slab is a risk on my fingers, I have to limit my attempts

[@francescoesco123]

To me slabs are the worst because falling means scratching and bumping into the wall, while overhang are just a fall into the mattress

[@sergiodelrioreyes7655]

old person? "mf you look 30"

[@DanielDobbelstein]

Although I am a middle aged overweight man, who started bouldering 8 months ago I love slabs. My legs are strong enough even to get the 50kg of overweight at the start up the wall. My hands and fingers even after 30kg+ drop not so much. And I love balance ;-)

[@scrungly]

hell yeah, dan!!

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

YES!!! All of this! The technical skills you learn from slab will be invaluable too :)

[@RossPotts]

@@biomorphic go slow. 3 years ago, I came back to climbing and just assumed I could climb as hard 6 days a week at 51 as I could at 22. 3 years and many injuries later, I finally learned I gotta take it slow. Be patient.

[@RossPotts]

@@biomorphic it sucks. I had a chance to go last night, but I knew today I would be climbing with a friend, and I don’t want to ruin that. I had gone the previous night.

[@jeffkane221]

Exuding joy while teaching & learning. Wonderful.

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

Thank you! 😃

[@dave_h_8742]

Thanks

[@jannekpetersen2265]

The drawings had me laughing everytime, just amazing, pls continue doing those

[@lonlygnome]

I love your energy! Thanks for letting me find ways to still enjoy slab while I steer clear for a while after an injury from a slab top out.

[@nathanschotvanger5171]

I like your enthusiasm and the way how you do/tell things. enjoyed watching this.

[@onetwo9719]

Slab wall is great for improving technique and overall progression of seeing a problem, it makes climbing on the walls easier in my opinion

[@jaimseygirl2594]

Amazing vid! You are the one who inspired me to do slab again after i sprained my ankle on a slab climb a few months ago. I love your energy, thanks for sharing that with us!! ❤️❤️

[@climb.grimey]

The excitement this gave me... Anna Hazelnutt posting vids of the slab set at my gym? AMAZING!!! I can't get the last two :(

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

Last two are tough!! You can try our beta! It's nice cause Dan and I have two very distinct betas on them that you can give a whirl :)

[@malindarayallen]

Thank you for this primer on slab, and for the inspiring eye look! I'm going to wear something similar in blue today. 💙

[@cordeliajansson6251]

Yesss, more slab lessons from the slab queen pls❤️❤️❤️

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

Yes yes! More coming your way!

[@yohhhanna3326]

i am only ten seconds into the video but omg your makeup suits you so well, it's absolutely gorgeous

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

Omg thank you!!

[@MrTheHegemon]

Holy shiz that red climb with Dan was ridiculous! I had to rewatch it 5 times to figure out what the heck he was even steppin on. You definitely need him in future videos!

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

Your wish is my command! Dan will appear in yet another upcoming video 😋 Yeah ahha I love hoe differently we do that climb!

[@TylerCheeseman]

first video I've seen from your channel. instant sub after that intro. can't wait to watch more

[@gaiaiulia]

We have a small slab wall in our slab gym. It's always the first climb of my session. I do like slab but at a very beginner level. Underhangs are a real challenge though! Great work, Anna. Always enjoy your videos.

[@stephengladieux7380]

I'll always love your energy. Glad you are having fun down there :-)

[@rayrattan4594]

flight of the conchords business time plays…i’m subscribing

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

😤🙏🏽

[@wiggenvan]

Ayyy that's my gym!! Slab is my favorite climbing, and slab lab is my favorite part of that gym!

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

I lOVE the slab lab!

[@aidancox2774]

You did a move that showed me how to do a problem I have been struggling with thanks!

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

Oh that’s sick! Hells yeah!

[@mndyD9]

Slab is actually kind of fun, wish my home gym did more slab sets. Balance is like the only real skill I’ve got going for me at the moment 😂 lol

[@JMorris1]

that high foot on the red was mental. I definitely need to have a fun with friends slab session!

[@daniellelblackwell]

I love your eye make up Anna!

[@lkrauss100]

The look and little shimmy at 9:34 after falling were amazing

[@EmileModesitt]

Dan falling off at the end 😂 such a perfect outro

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

😂😂 it’s so perfect. The fan cool off was essential this chaotic session

[@SellusionStar]

The last sent crimp of you was craaazy! 😮

[@sonibhalla5453]

slabs are my fav!!!! love this

[@Noskur]

love your energy! :D

[@Madbird95]

Man, I really hope my gym has a slab wall. This looks super fun!

[@doorhammer]

other climber: "Crimpy slab is my jam" me: "I love sketchy smeary might-eat-a-volume slab" other climber: "We are different people" there's a slab for everyone

[@TomDufall]

I love a bit of slab at my local gym - it saves my arms and lets me take the time to focus on technique like footwork and balance and has helped me improve so much. I also feel a lot safer going for a hard reach when I'm on a slab than when I'm hanging off the wall. I went a bit too far towards slab last session, though - I ended up with fairly fresh arms and exhausted fingers.

[@BigBoiClimbs]

This video was CUH-LEAN! Loved the vid, Anna! Today I sent my first v3 on the slab wall, I think your love of slab has been infectious!

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

hell yeah!!

[@dojanglesclimb]

Hell yeah dude. Anna the Slab Slayer.

[@iv0447]

Always good to reunite with your shenanigans Anna. : )

[@MasthaX]

Avoiding the slab?! Hell no, it's the main reason I'm watching this channel!

[@hannibal3143]

Loved the video! I can't wait to see some videos on your trip with Tom!

[@rahsaanpringle3583]

I love the fact that you had Flight of the Conchords playing.❤

[@BenLe42]

great slab video thanks, and your make up looks great

[@Musical_Sweetness]

Juicy and delicious 😂 You totally nailed the last one. Well done girl for not giving up and no letting frustration to take place. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@nicmelnechenko973]

This is why coffee and climbing are good

[@ReaperUnreal]

You've inspired me, going to try all the hard slab at the gym tonight.

[@schizoidonmars9877]

i really wish the gyms closest to me had more slab stuff but it’s always makes slab a little bit more fun when i do climb some of it

[@partykrew666]

I love slab! Especially outside

[@EdBordin]

I appreciated the flight of the conchords song you snuck in 😂

[@devote]

Love the slab wall at my gym.

[@dalivanwyngarden3204]

I love slabs cuz I got no finger strength no more, I'm just happy to stick to it and do my fav sport. It also good for meditational blindfolded bouldering to get a feeling of your movements and body on the wall.

[@felixwells9751]

Glad to hear some flight of the concords :)

[@100TenaciousD]

The drawing always makes me laugh

[@crimsonleavesfalling5224]

Mira mesa ? In my recommendations ? 🤣 brb using your beta

[@timjkoala7556]

Watching you and feeling your positive energy makes me miss being able to climb

[@maxski6093]

You should check out red rock canyon across from the garden of the g ds in Colorado Springs. So many slab routes on sandstone. I think you would dig that place!

[@dominicmanzella5493]

That red looked rather gnarly, good effort! I must say, while I'm on ok terms with slab, I wouldn't touch a nail biter problem like that with a ten foot pole 😅. Completely a skill issue tho lol. I'd say my relationship with slab would be a bit more rocky tho if not for the fact that a little over a year ago on my 21st birthday I got my first V6 on a crimpy slab problem.

[@ShoppingEagle13]

Awesome vid again! And thanks for letting me say a quick “hi” that day. -the dude with the same name as your brother

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

😂 oh hells yes HHaha

[@heruilin4404]

A darn nice sess! Just getting over slab-avoidance after failing and hitting a volume with my ankle over a year and a half ago. Still tape the ankle and am back on the slab wall slowly moving up the grades.

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

I have this permanent scar on my shin from a slab gone wrong... but for some reason I always go back haha. Get it!!

[@ScratchRick]

I definitely need to work on my Slab work :-/ these youtube videos do help!

[@doorhammer]

I LOVE BACKWARDS SLAB

[@jamesnapier3802]

You rock!

[@samuelwaxman7404]

Good afternoon Anna and God bless you... ❤❤❤... #3

[@johnbell7802]

Ah one of my home gyms! Slab lab is so fun!

[@chill0314]

You make it look so easy.

[@ST-vt4nu]

My wrists were hurting last week, so I started trying some more balancy slab routes that didn't require a lot of wrist strength. It's been fun, but not the most successful haha. Slabs can be pretty scary though

[@ten8468]

Such energy! so fun! :))

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

Thank you!! 😁

[@mattdebenham1924]

Slab is the way 😁

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@NotPMHarper]

I find slab with no-hands step-ups tricky because I'm 5ft so everything turns into a no-hands pistol squat 😅 but I've learned to love slab even though my first love are dynos

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

It's just so difficult to set this indoors! And a lot of gyms put up in the last 10 years or so didn't see the need for legit slab wall sections because it's a style that heavily went out of vogue. Hoping that in some small way slab starts being sexy again and you'll see this reflected in gyms and sets as well 🤞🏽

[@lui5gif]

I don't avoid the slab wall, but they only set one intermediate there, and for the rest I can't even get into the start position 😢 I still really enjoy slab and always look for it, hopefully one day I'll rival our slab queen

[@crimpchimp]

“I tend to not be dynamic” - immediately jumps into hard starting position🤷‍♂️💪 Have you used the new shaman pro yet? Really eager to give them a try but they’re hard to find where I’m at..

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

😂😂 Im trying to be more dynamic! Lolz. I’ve used the new shaman pros but they’re a bit aggressive for the style of climbing I tend to do! But they’re nice :)

[@slidewineder3953]

dope, good info here for me (a new climber). ty!!

[@8randal6]

thumbs up for flight of the concords... and your slab lesson

[@morgz789]

I love slab it's my jam

[@Preset1]

The gym I climb at has 6 colour grades, my first 3rd colour grade was a lot like the first climb in your video! I don't understand climbing lexicon, that said, slabs look really rewarding

[@BasicThought]

its the ms paint for me. Slab gang.

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

🙏🏽

[@StellarLlama]

hell yeah girls rock

[@autoprefecture6591]

I've only started bouldering in the last few months and way prefer these technical slab climbs, i can only do a handful attempts at caves an more powerful problems as i just don't have the endurance an keep ripping skin off my fingers

[@westarchildren7197]

good one!

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

Thanks!

[@estherpark3443]

how do you go to all the gyms in SoCal? Do you just have memberships with every gym franchise?

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

I use friend guest passes mainly, or the gym lets me in for filming :) Plus I'm in the industry so I get the industry discount (look into this if you work in the climbing industry-- LA gym passes for a day if no one gets me in are $5)

[@Rockmaster867]

Slab is the only thing I can climb above my grade because I got weak arms, but good balance :)

[@tallndorky]

It was hard to force myself to climb slabs…until I moved to Bishop.

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

LOVE the bishop slabs omg. This is a fun foreshadowing for my next episode as well...

[@guardrailbiter]

If she was a superhero, her moniker would be Cappuccino Overdose.

[@Alphare33]

My gym has three slab walls, 3 vertical and 3 inclined (varying). I love my gym because I am bad at overhangs. 😁

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

Ooooo that’s amazing, where is your gym? Haha

[@Alphare33]

@@AnnaHazelnutt It's in Lyon, France. If you ever come by, I'm sure you'd have some fun on the slabs, they're usually quite technical

[@ramwilkinson]

Love Mesa Rim Mira Mesa....I've be able to do 1-4 on their slab....you make it look too easy 🤦

[@Nuadin]

How do you recognize a climb as slab? I oddly keep seeing this as a huge debate in my gym so it'd be cool to know.

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

Slabs are walls any degree last vertical (in the positive direction). It shifts weight more onto your feet the more “slabby” the wall gets.

[@ZoniacMan]

I wish the text font u use had some darker border. it sometimes really hard to read when its on top of a bright background.. otherwise an exellent video..

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

Ahh good to know! I'll keep it in mind for future videos, sorry it's hard to read!

[@dwaynekoblitz6032]

Spider woman!! 💯💯❤️

[@pashamarki1370]

Now do this for outdoor slab boulders.

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

Outdoor slab video coming up next 👀

[@seanstops10s82]

do you do lessons or group training

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

Sometimes I reach slab clinics! Mainly outdoors though

[@narcispolorosYT]

I long the slab, I pray to the slab I lick the slab " I AM THE SLAB"

[@asterixzm]

👍👍

[@chibiparadox]

that song around 7:00 has me turning on mute thow 😵‍💫

[@nuttm3gg]

Am I the only young guy that likes slabs? I've climbed v5s and v6s when I can barely do v4 on any other degree of angle.

[@riker1701D]

Am I the only one who wonders all the time how Anna attached the microphone transmitter to her leggings?

[@AB-fh9zh]

Imagine avoiding the slab wall.

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

😂😂😂 ikr

[@adventureawaits6923]

I love slab! It’s fuckin awesome and I think it’s funny as shit that everyone is afraid of slab falls. Watching you on slab makes me so jelly, you’re a monster!

[@jermitol]

Encourage Mesa Rim to add more tough slabs

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

Yeeees next time I'm around :P

[@WyandWombat]

I do avoid the slab wall at my gym. It is just crazy high (tallest wall in the gym) and it is dangerous. People seriously injure themselves there on a regular basis and I watch someone gettting carried out of there by paramedics at least once a month. Last time was two weeks a go and it was a lady who ended up having her foot bent 180° the wrong direction. I liked the slab wall at my old gym, which was half the height and also set in a way that you wouldn't fall as shitty.

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

Ahh well the risk assessment is a valuable skill! Sometimes it’s better to skip out on it if you’ll get hurt!

[@dr-rer-nat-jonathan]

"we've reached no 11" wait aren't there some numbers missing?

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

Skipped around a bit whoOoops

[@alwaysmpe]

Me, an ADHD climber: this is totally normal climbing.

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

😂 yeeep just a normal normal sesh for me ahhaha

[@6996Gunslinger]

i noticed at my bouldering gym mostly alot of girls avoid the slab wall because they dont trust their feet

[@AnnaHazelnutt]

I notice women actually tend to like/do better with slabs generally. I find that most beginners, of every gender, tend not to trust their feet.

[@Hydrosized]

Have you climbed with Magnus?