Hey Manie, great channel ! I'm a professional classical guitarist and new at callisthenics. I really envy your home gymn. If you type 'For Maggie and Moreno' you can hear me improvise gypsy jazz on a flamenco guitar. You can be jealous of my guitar and acoustics. AWESOME super baby video by the way ! A month or so ago I showed a guy how to set up for a one arm press up in the park and after he failed his nine year old daughter popped out ten or so PERFECT reps which put me to shame. All the best from Scotland. I take it Monkey was one of your childhood nicknames, I had that too, preferred spiderman though.
Well documented analysis, although the linear regression at 11:49 may be a little too forced for the long term (looks log/sqrt which agrees with a sense of deminishing returns).
Mani do you have an ebook on diet and nutrition or one on an exercise routine I could follow to gain strength for climbing? I have a weight vest, pull up bar, fingerboard and gymnastic rings. I need a specific routine to follow and I've always been impressed by your strength. Thank you!
Thanks for your interest, well I don't have an ebook on rock climbing yet, but I write customized training regimens, in the meantime I've got quite some experience with that. If you're interested in more details hit me up at plantbasedclimbing@gmail.com
Interesting thing for you to trial in regards to harder skin, is rhino spit - I really like it when I feel like I can’t stick to things when my skin is too hard. And it smells nice, so it’s a win win
I'm curious about how you said that bar one arm pullups aren't correlated with climbing performance, but hangboard one arm pullups are. surely they're both pretty similar?
Somewhat similar, but the difference in the shape and size of the edge vs a bar changes it significantly. If you don't have access to a hangboard or can't hang off one arm very well/at all on an edge, but you can on a bar, then it's better than nothing. But one could argue if you do have access to a hangboard/edge, it might be a better use of time to train either hanging from one arm with assistance from a pulley, or one arm pullups with pulley assistance
For the people who might be concerned. Mani seems to frequently post new stuff (podcasts, mobile home etc) on his patreon. So seems like he’s well and has some exciting stuff to talk about in the future!
Your two peak conclusions point interestingly at some other sport stuff. 1- taking a break sometimes allows for more gains. 2 working from MEV (minimum effective volume) to MRV (maximum recoverable volume) Might be a good strategy for fnigerboarding too. Another thing I've noticed with your experiments is the amount of volume/session. Strength gains have been shown to occur with high intensity but relatively low volume approaches. I wonder whether an experiment with much lower volumes: 1-3 hangs/pulls per grip type (and no more than two types/session) maximum for example. Thanks for sharing!
Fantastic analysis Mani. I noticed your 1-arm pull-ups are at 90 degrees to the board. Have you tried being square to the board and cross compared results? The biomechanics are obviously different but might translate into bigger gains on rock. Or not!
For me, doing one armers square to a bar - or a board, feels quite weird. Can't really say why. But I think that goes for most people (or not?), I never saw someone perfectly square on a one armer.
You're out of balance so the one arm becomes useless in that position. What would be better to train what you're thinking is 2 arm front on with alot of weight added. Most people prefer what mani is doing because the massive amount of weight takes a toll on your spine and the weights are a hussle.
Dude, nicely done on the documentation and analysis!! Could it be time to use a 21st-century technique such as Excel ? :D (would be nice for plotting and fits)
Now that's a great training video! love all the detailed analysis and graphic visualization! It is also so good to see your 'side training', which so many people tend to ignore, but it is just as important. Question: Did you also do other sort of training meanwhile? (calisthenics, weights, rings, etc?) If so, at what frequency? Thank you for the content, Mani!!
So far, i don‘t think i have ever improved at hangboarding at all. It‘s surprising to me that you improve at the beginning so much. My current strategy is to train my forearms every 2-3 days, with curls and other exercises, and doing crimp block sessions with 80-85% of my max once or twice per week. Thats what feels the most healthy for me recently, also considering that i don‘t have any access to climbing at the moment. I‘ll see if after keeping this up for a few months, my wrists and fingers at least feel a little more robust. I‘ll see if i can build a hangboard somewhere and train assisted one armers one it too.
Hi Mani, I’m not a doctor and I searched for the muscle recently because I’m injured while climbing😢 So please correct me if I’m wrong:) I think in 11:00 discussing about phalanges, maybe you made a mistake. If your intermediate phalanges are stronger than distal phalanges, that means your Flexor digitorum superficialis is stronger than Flexor digitorum profundus. Cuz FDP is attached to the end of the finger. Btw, Thank you for your lots of high quality, interesting and inspiring videos. I always want to thank you because as a 2year V4 climber from Taiwan, you really help me a lot! Keep going Mani!
Thanks for the great feedback, you're right! Of course, the profundus goes to the finger tip, so that one is disproportionally WEAKER in my right (or STRONGER in my left). Well spotted.
I remember Lattice said in a video hangboarding once per week is not enough, but this may not be true as Mani states. Also, for me board training board training is quite hard on the body and additional hangboarding really starts getting close to overtraining/injuries.
Hey Mani! Hope all is well, missing your vids loads! Take care, climb hard!
Where is Mani?
Hey man, please come backkk
Hellllloooo whereeee areee youuuu
Dude, are you ok? I miss your insight and good energy. Its been a while since you uploaded. Take care.
I was wondering the same thing
If you are interested he uploads regular on his patreon, maybe he should promote that more.
Came here to wonder what happened to Mani?!
Where you at bruh?
Wow ganz stark Mani! danke fürs teilen.
Gerne!
Does anyone know if something happened to Mani? Hope he and his family are well
Hey Manie, great channel ! I'm a professional classical guitarist and new at callisthenics. I really envy your home gymn. If you type 'For Maggie and Moreno' you can hear me improvise gypsy jazz on a flamenco guitar. You can be jealous of my guitar and acoustics. AWESOME super baby video by the way ! A month or so ago I showed a guy how to set up for a one arm press up in the park and after he failed his nine year old daughter popped out ten or so PERFECT reps which put me to shame. All the best from Scotland. I take it Monkey was one of your childhood nicknames, I had that too, preferred spiderman though.
Well documented analysis, although the linear regression at 11:49 may be a little too forced for the long term (looks log/sqrt which agrees with a sense of deminishing returns).
Bravo! I love your scientific method
Yo Mani, when will you do another livestream? There's a lot of crazy shit going on in the world to talk about haha
11:15 Dave MacLeod called, said you’re cheating
i like this vid. so motivationed.
Mani do you have an ebook on diet and nutrition or one on an exercise routine I could follow to gain strength for climbing? I have a weight vest, pull up bar, fingerboard and gymnastic rings. I need a specific routine to follow and I've always been impressed by your strength. Thank you!
Thanks for your interest, well I don't have an ebook on rock climbing yet, but I write customized training regimens, in the meantime I've got quite some experience with that. If you're interested in more details hit me up at plantbasedclimbing@gmail.com
Excellent
thanks
Interesting thing for you to trial in regards to harder skin, is rhino spit - I really like it when I feel like I can’t stick to things when my skin is too hard. And it smells nice, so it’s a win win
Have you ever done the 9c strength test?
not yet
Nearly 100k subs. How will you celebrate ?
I'm curious about how you said that bar one arm pullups aren't correlated with climbing performance, but hangboard one arm pullups are. surely they're both pretty similar?
Somewhat similar, but the difference in the shape and size of the edge vs a bar changes it significantly. If you don't have access to a hangboard or can't hang off one arm very well/at all on an edge, but you can on a bar, then it's better than nothing. But one could argue if you do have access to a hangboard/edge, it might be a better use of time to train either hanging from one arm with assistance from a pulley, or one arm pullups with pulley assistance
Nice
Bist du immer noch ab und zu am (dry) Fasten?
yep, ich probier immer wieder mal verschiedene Dinge um zum Performancegewicht zu kommen :P
💪💪
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Mountain gorilla forearm?
For the people who might be concerned. Mani seems to frequently post new stuff (podcasts, mobile home etc) on his patreon. So seems like he’s well and has some exciting stuff to talk about in the future!
Good to know
Your two peak conclusions point interestingly at some other sport stuff. 1- taking a break sometimes allows for more gains. 2 working from MEV (minimum effective volume) to MRV (maximum recoverable volume) Might be a good strategy for fnigerboarding too. Another thing I've noticed with your experiments is the amount of volume/session. Strength gains have been shown to occur with high intensity but relatively low volume approaches. I wonder whether an experiment with much lower volumes: 1-3 hangs/pulls per grip type (and no more than two types/session) maximum for example. Thanks for sharing!
Hallo, Mani? Are you alive? Are you working and quite YT?
Hope you are OK. Missing your videos. Greetings from Germany.
Fantastic analysis Mani. I noticed your 1-arm pull-ups are at 90 degrees to the board. Have you tried being square to the board and cross compared results? The biomechanics are obviously different but might translate into bigger gains on rock. Or not!
For me, doing one armers square to a bar - or a board, feels quite weird. Can't really say why. But I think that goes for most people (or not?), I never saw someone perfectly square on a one armer.
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You're out of balance so the one arm becomes useless in that position. What would be better to train what you're thinking is 2 arm front on with alot of weight added. Most people prefer what mani is doing because the massive amount of weight takes a toll on your spine and the weights are a hussle.
Dude, nicely done on the documentation and analysis!!
Could it be time to use a 21st-century technique such as Excel ? :D (would be nice for plotting and fits)
Now that's a great training video! love all the detailed analysis and graphic visualization! It is also so good to see your 'side training', which so many people tend to ignore, but it is just as important. Question: Did you also do other sort of training meanwhile? (calisthenics, weights, rings, etc?) If so, at what frequency?
Thank you for the content, Mani!!
Thanks! Nope, I did no other training whatsoever during that time, not even stretching or evening runs or anything alike.
So far, i don‘t think i have ever improved at hangboarding at all. It‘s surprising to me that you improve at the beginning so much.
My current strategy is to train my forearms every 2-3 days, with curls and other exercises, and doing crimp block sessions with 80-85% of my max once or twice per week. Thats what feels the most healthy for me recently, also considering that i don‘t have any access to climbing at the moment.
I‘ll see if after keeping this up for a few months, my wrists and fingers at least feel a little more robust.
I‘ll see if i can build a hangboard somewhere and train assisted one armers one it too.
Mani, have you noticed that deadhang times differ when using a straight arm to hang vs. a 90 bent arm?
Are you ok? Please respond
Do you still climb, bro?
Hi Mani,
I’m not a doctor and I searched for the muscle recently because I’m injured while climbing😢 So please correct me if I’m wrong:)
I think in 11:00 discussing about phalanges, maybe you made a mistake.
If your intermediate phalanges are stronger than distal phalanges, that means your Flexor digitorum superficialis is stronger than Flexor digitorum profundus. Cuz FDP is attached to the end of the finger.
Btw, Thank you for your lots of high quality, interesting and inspiring videos. I always want to thank you because as a 2year V4 climber from Taiwan, you really help me a lot! Keep going Mani!
Thanks for the great feedback, you're right! Of course, the profundus goes to the finger tip, so that one is disproportionally WEAKER in my right (or STRONGER in my left). Well spotted.
Can you open these terms: fhc and fdr. :)
I remember Lattice said in a video hangboarding once per week is not enough, but this may not be true as Mani states. Also, for me board training board training is quite hard on the body and additional hangboarding really starts getting close to overtraining/injuries.