150 mg of tren lmao

I think that's because they are (and they know they are) *actually* strong men, and they have no need to prove anything to anyone. And definitely have no need or desire to belittle anyone else.

I feel these "tests" are biased af... The guy was shown little to no technique, climbing with his chest way far from the wall for too long and with improper shoes...

@@Mythricia1988 yeah, same with high level fighters

@@josee.1709 well in the beginning Magnus asks if he has his own shoes and Larry says no and gets rentals, also I'm pretty sure the whole point of these types of videos is to see how guys perform outside of their comfort zone and how impressive they are considering they are very very heavy and outside of their expertise without any training, techniques or anything and just using raw strength mostly, that's usually why I'd assume Magnus encourages them to try it again

@@Mythricia1988 Yeah I agree but I also think it's the complete opposite from what random people would assume they're like, I had a bodybuilder uncle growing up and he was the kindest guy to everyone lol

When you have to lift yourself being light helps a ton haha

It isn't massive muscles just massive strength, they aren't bodybuilders

@@Oatmea1L that is true, but massive muscled also may decrease mobility/flexibility. And it also makes you a lot heavier. That's why climbers tend to have a leaner build.

​@@Oatmea1Lprofessional bodybuilders are strong. If you watch them train they lift more than 99.9% of people. Mostly with climbing it's a combination of technique and power to weight. The best climbers like Adam Ondra are all skinny guys, if you're heavier it's going to make your grip work a lot harder.

@@Sabin41 professional bodybuilders aren't nearly as strong as powerlifters or Strongmen. There very few exceptions

Looking forward to the segment where Magnus takes up Larry’s invitation to the arm wrestling gym .

They appear to be on the more analyical side. Eddie didn't really break anything down - just listened - Larry liked explaining and dissecting in the same way Magnus explains...I found Magnus' explanations in this video were of higher quality, probably for the compatibility factor.

was looking for a comment about the slight awkwardness lmao

Weird though, I re-read your comment I didn't even notice a single awkward moment...They seemed on the same wavelength and to be basically completely each other's thought processes, seems like a great dance to me... Can you give a timestamp? Maybe I just thrive in this type of awkward and don't realize how awkward I am...

We are all awkward🤣stop pretending like we ain't, Larry has the geek in him just like Magnus and the rest of us in here:)

Yeah a big reason why so many people like Larry is because he is so genuine and always transparent about everything

@@MatteoBaldi 100% he’s so real. No bs. Very nice guy

Yeah, he's a nice guy but I'm not sure there's much interesting in getting more of these really strong guys to try climbing. It's the same thing every time. They're super heavy, so it makes it super hard for them to climb. That's basically it. I think it'd be more interesting to get people on who specialise in similar disciplines to climbing, or in disciplines which are helpful for climbing. Flexibility is really helpful in climbing, so get a contortionist on to see how they get up the wall or something. Could be interesting.

@@georgestone8099 In that vein, could also be interesting to see a skateboarder or football player (not u.s. football, actual football) on the wall, and see if the foot control and balance from those disciplines translates to climbing.

@@georgestone8099 I think there were two gymnasts in the past on he had on his channel, they did better obviously, but they still struggled with gripping the holds and doing dynos (keep in mind they're the top 5% of athleticism). Also Anton (the ninja warrior) actually climbs pretty well. He's pretty powerful and has insane strength

@Mark Pečar Why?

@Mark Pečar what’s cringy. Apart from the last sentence, the majority of this comment was whole some

Nothing cringe here, got something you’re projecting here?

​@markpecar6580 you're probably an edgy kid that calls everything cringe

​@@markpecar6580this is why you don't have friends mark

HAHAHAHAHA, you foolish mortal 😈😈

I think he did it to get back at him for the "old Spiderman" comment... :D

another banger by magnus, idk how he does it

and devon larratt

​@@flavioxy i wanna see devon climb with only his pumpkin Training arm hah

I need a series of these videos. Invite all the great athletes from all kinds of sport :)

Imagine next collab gonna be Chris Bumstead

What’s he do??

@shane jupp power lift. I thought that clear.

@@GumbyGoons lol he’s no record holder

@shane jupp ??? He literally is a record holder but even if he wasn't he could still be a power lifter. Are you trying to be confusing?

@@GumbyGoons no not at all, just the worlds strongest power lifter is a way of description

He does do that I thought

His second channel is just that

So humble huh 🤔

@@spudo6 send evidence contradicting my statement if you have any.

so there's your evidence mate. you dont fake your position and fake weights sometimes and then get to be called humble because ya got some charisma... cuz thats what it is.

@@forget2bhuman993 I don’t see any evidence? I don’t have a problem changing my opinion if someone provides a good counter argument to anything I believe. Feel free to provide video evidence instead of personal opinion and I’ll take it into account. Little dick

He is a beast but i always found it questionable that big parts of his success were based on taking insane amounts of different steroids. I know that all pro athletes at top level where strength matters are on PEDs but i still have a hard time admiring someone who took as much as Larry. Think about it : "His success is build on becoming strong by taking all kind of peds in absurd amounts" not really someone i personally can look up to. IN some Sports PED users get witchhunts for being dirty cheaters and in powerlifting everybody is just fine with it. Feels odd to me .

He's famously strong for his bodyweight though.

@@Fabianwewclimbing is a lot different from what he trains for

Oh he is for sure. He's always honest and super friendly. Always encourages people and he's really humble. Just a grade A dude.

Really? I've seen him working out in "the zone" as you put it and in between sets he seems VERY chill. I'd be curious to see the ones you're talking about, because he is a gentle giant.

for sure, but Larry is proportioned so differently its like in-comparable almost

Larry is a lot more stiff for sure, not as athletics. That's how body builders are since they don't train like athletes. Strong men do things that are more athletic.

@@Aaron86v I don't know Larry's background, but I do know that Eddie Hall was a champion swimmer when he was a teenager and still has a sub 30-second 50 meter freestyle. He's big but is very athletic despite his size.

@@Aaron86v Yeah, Larry needs to work on his muscle group integration... Absolutely from his discipline which only has synthetic and disjoint forms... His body is pretty godlike, but there's nothing better than power to weight flexible functionality...But if he has that body already, he's only a few months away from becoming unstoppable...imagine if someone like Larry went full on with things like climbing, swimming, gymnastics, or MMA without modifying their other training...The body would naturally find the best average between the two tasks... If you look at the moment in the video where he was gripping that purple start and magnus said to rotate around the shoulder - not pull - you can see Larry is probably doing 10x the effort just for trying his naive way...Definitely goes to show Eddie's more natural strongman applied... I think Eddie is a "just doer" too, I've found most of the intuitive atheletes can't explain what they do, they just do it - Larry is more cerebral, and being that way myself, I know that one's mind can rule the body simply by frayed consternation. You hear Larry explaining what and why..he's processing too much, Eddie seemed to just be a bull that tried being concerned with why he's struggling. It's almost like for beng able to explain, that conscious awareness impinges upon the speed at which you can be dexterous and thus the quality of your rapid decision making. It's like a watched pot never boils... Things that should happen instantly and subconscious get explained with your iteration and in that focus you wasted precious thought processing that should have been just utilized to move, not think about moving, why it's struggling, etc... I compare it to using a debugger in programming development.

​@@Aaron86v Eddie hall learned to generate momentum out of positions incredibly quickly, I was really impressed with his natural athleticism. He was swinging and deadpointing to catch holds within just a few climbs. There were climbs where he was squeezing two footholds in opposite directions at times too, something you'll never see a beginner do, and his pace of moving feet was really good. Its really cool seeing the caliber of athlete there is underneath that much muscle with the WSM guys.

I came here for this comment 😂

Or really _any_ vaguely atheletics-related channel, now I think on it 0_0

Imagine Larry pull a prank on someone at dark doing a evil laugh in his voice while holding a chainsaw

This was very specific

I used to be athletic whole life too, and chronic stress and BS crippled me as well. Not physically crippled but many health issues now. Nice to meet you.

So happy for you! Coming from someone who has always had social anxiety, especially surrounding athletics, bouldering has been so welcoming! Most gyms the people are really nice and open to giving advice and conversation

heights*

Nice! I hope you'll have a lot of fun. I'd like to give you one tip if you don't mind. Find a comfortable hold for your hands and just practice placing your feet effectively. All different angles etc and learn how much grip those shoes have in these angles. Might save a lot of energy. 💪

Good on ya, Nia. Magnus does have this effect, doesn't he! I'm 64, been climbing a few years and totally love it. Every bouldering gym I go to I find people really friendly and always willing to give advice if I ask for it, from people my level to really top climbers. Super friendly and supportive. Aim to have fun, watch others and learn, and the progress will follow. The only failure is not trying!