Worlds Strongest Climbers, Insane 1 Minute Knockout...

in this insane training event of Rock City and Hall none of us knew we were about to take part in a one minute knockout competition Miho naaka satat and Raku Yosh Yuki AATA D Sano yanek FL Alex Megos Jim Pope Max milm Aaron MCN Amish MacArthur Jack McDougle and myself Toby Roberts in my latest video thanks for all the feedback on that I spoke about how hard the boulders in Japan are and in particular B oih hubo which is owned by katsu a coach root Setter and an incredibly unique character so I was looking forward to two days training in Hull courtesy of rock Sissi who we were all incredibly grateful for for organizing an unbelievable training camp with B pump set as katsu and securu providing 15 blocks on the Rock City comple an incredible selection of holds thanks to Rock City and serious climbing distribution and a selection of World Cup climers that included six World Cup gold medalists after warming up we all couldn't wait to get started but suddenly as things were about to begin Catu announced an unexpected competition format isolation conditions which as with fun comps were sitting with your back to the climbing with some instructions half provided in Japanese we became Loosely familiar with the rules there were three styles of Boulders balance coordination and power each with level one to level five fail to top a level within 1 minute with a maximum of two tries and you're eliminated top the Boulder and then proceed to the next level the rules were sort of clear and the competition was on yes first up was balance or as most people know slab climbing eron MCN started the strange competition off a solid Flash and the tops of balance level one started rolling [Music] in soon it was my turn as a comp clamber you were used to being put under pressure I wouldn't have thought twice about this block if it was training here I'm thinking is it a static start a jump start what's high percentage what were the sets thinking how is the best way to do this Boulder you're quickly running through the options of making quick decisions about your beater in your head which is basically just over complicating it I didn't know what grade a level one slab was I just knew I didn't want to fall off after having so many seen so many other people flash it everyone made it through balance level one successfully and proceeded to level two let's go Aon again started with a solid Flash before the challenge the format suddenly became very apparent when losing a large UK [Music] contingent it's many many ukuk satu moved on to level three whilst Jack Alex Megos myself and Miho all suum Yanik was next with an impressive top [Music] followed by [Music] Max and Yosi Yuki impressively topped with under a second left on to level three but only one would make it to level four [Music] n [Music] Max with Incredible flash moving left across the Rock City macros this was very impressive level four was a striking problem on the new rock city Safari holds which Almost sure to make an appearance at the World Cups this year and Max now the only climber remaining did incredibly well to flash it this was a hard problem and one I was already excited to go on in the working session after [Music] level five finally claimed Max which was an incredibly hard slab with clear daylight between him and the rest of the field Max was a worthy champion of the balance round [Music] onto coordination and another five Boulders next coordination change the mind it quickly became clear that this was an incredible format for training some of these problems like level one coordination were really not that hard put in this format it was a complete test of execution and so relevant to the World Cups with competitions you're up against the clock whil trying to keep attempts low with flash onti climbing you only get one go so this is almost harder than the competitions onto coordination level two in training sessions like this no one is competing with each other and every climber has it was a different stage of their training or prep no one's competing directly with each other but also no one wants to fall off these borders were not easy trying them within a minute with some of the best climbers in the world was making this a full value training session [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] level three coordination was a great example the move itself wasn't incredibly hard but doing it within a minute and only two attempts was very hard and four climbers managed to top out and move on to level four [Music] [Music] on level four this was another excellent Boulder most climbers could easily hold The Jug you have to catch the end of the first move this would undoubtedly be the Zone in a competition however arrive with The Jug at speed after a lche and it suddenly becomes a totally different test that would leave only three climbers heading into the final round [Music] on to level five coordination borders on this level require a complex set of movements generally a combination of generating and stopping momentum in different ways with subtle body positions and finding a way that works for [Music] you an unbelievable flash by Jack to claim all five coordination Boulders and win the round the best training sessions are not competitions they are fun and collaborative with a great great collection of people and this training session was quickly becoming one of the best I'd ever had and it was on to the power Boulders it's safe to say the room did not lack powerful climbers and the first few power Boulders offered little opposition [Music] [Music] a [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] although I was grateful to Alex megal for pointing out the massive mint Rock City hold was in when I stupidly missed out a lot of things have changed over the last seven years but Alex's colorful shorts definitely wasn't one of them [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] everyone Advanced to level four power that's the thing with powerful Boulders and World Cups that you generally find that everyone's really strong that can do the power Boulders so it requires much more to split the field [Applause] [Applause] [Music] I didn't manage to Top This one which was the level four power but I was happy with how I was feeling being midway between the end of my harder aspects of physical winter training and the start of the comp [Music] [Music] season there are a range of impressive Styles and tops on display as seven climbers proceeded to the final level five power problem this was a great physical problem through the roof with a tough finish would anyone reach the top [Music] [Music] sorat the only climber to claim a top of level five power this guy's a legend 14 of the 15 borders were topped and each of the three rounds would have had separation if being scored based on a top or nothing scoring format climbing is so much more than the physical ability and competitions magnify this hugely in one of my previous videos I'd shown what training in Japan and especially B pump was like where both katsu and sukuru regularly set some of the world's hardest indoor Boulders at Rock City Catu was very much there in a role of coach as well as Setter as this format was his idea we weren't initially sure what to make of a one minute time limit with two attempts but in practice this became an incredible valuable test of execution in climbing execution is understanding the requirements and subtleties of a climb and piecing together performance exactly in line with what's required to top competition climbing is doing that with a time limit sometimes under immense pressure that's why so often you find it the strongest climber isn't the best comp climber whether or not you could do the boulder or not was Irrelevant this is not red pointing it's very hard to recreate real life comp scenarios in a training environment but this was done very well in this particular exercise the set of Boulders were was excellent with a great crew and energy and enthusiasm was high with everyone as an example of how relevant this format is at the bricks and bould World Cup in 2023 with just over 1 minute of the competition remaining this has to be one of my best climbing comp moments Toby on the match on hand on the slope and needs a bit more height than before gets it this time but can he bring the left up okay now he'll rest a little or not presses in with a Palm remember there's an incredible knee bar in there as well that is available if he could see it I don't think he has time for the knee bar no it it doesn't yeah true is this is this is it for Toby he's got to get it done now gets the right foot in presses in come on Toby come on okay he's got one press I'm holding my breath left hand up and now if he can drop over to the left he's a gold medalist if not fourth place Place holds it one move away from a medal massive moment for Toby one hand on he matches and he has done it and that is a gold medal for Toby Roberts oh my goodness unreal at the end of this competition well he's gone from not being a boulderer to making finals to getting a medal bronze and now getting a gold unreal the one minute comp will definitely be part of my training in the future this was day one of a two-day training camp keep a lookout for the day two video coming soon if you like the content remember to like subscribe and turn notifications on so they first to see the next video and yeah thank you so much for watching I hope you enjoyed

Channel: Toby Roberts

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Keywords: climbing, bouldering, competition climbing, competition climbers, strongest climbers, toby roberts, sorato anraku, miho nonaka, alex megos, yoshiyuki ogata, daiki sano, yannick flohe, max milne, hamish mcarthur, erin mcniece, jim pope, jack macdougall, world cup, olympics, training

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Length: 16min 9sec (969 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 23 2024