Pro coaches pro should become a series Id love to see this sort of thing with some other climbers of different styles like Pete Whitaker or Shawn/Brooke raboutou who also have there own unique ways of climbing. Its really interesting to see the small changes that each climber does differently in detail
Matilda brings up such a good point about Adam's movement. It doesn't have to be this dichotomy of speed vs. efficiency. You can have both! Definitely something to address in my own climbing too.
These collabs are so so good because each of you have so much to learn from each other and such a great understanding of your own unique movement styles! Matilda is great at explaining things and I love the two of your working together!
Bouldering sometimes feels like it can have a bias towards explosive movement. This is a great example of how different styles can not only be incredibly useful, but are so damned hard if you're not used to them! I find explosive movement really difficult and feel like I'm not strong enough for it, though can slowly move and balance on small crimps absolutely fine. Other climbers think I'm inhumanly strong because I can hold those positions, but I think they're inhumanly strong for doing a massive dyno; both sides feel like their opposite style requires way more strength. Different techniques, different styles, different people. Great video!
More of these please! Seeing a really great climber learn new technique and styles is so helpful to find weaknesses in our own climbing. Keep it up Emil!
It does look like a bit of a flexibility/mobility difference. Great video. I think this highlights why it’s so meaningful to climb with good climbers who have a different style than your own.
Just had a "HOLY! SH*T!" moment watching the last 2 seconds teaser of matildes balance/strength/mobility... I quit literately said (very loudly) those words out loud as I was watching the last few seconds of the video:D
Yea ive also been trying to do a more controlled style and i run into very similar computation errors (although at a lot lower level) but ive had a TON of fun trying a more meticulous style of climbing
Really cool video. It would be interesting to know how much proportions play into climbing style. Even though Matilda and Emil are roughly the same height on paper their height is quite differently distributed. It looks like due to a combination of having a shorter torso and much better knee mobility Matilda is easily able to get her body into heinous dropknee positions that Emil struggles with. Equally, knowing that she has a massive wingspan it must surely play a part in why she finds explosive power moves like Emil's beta on the second problem so hard (i.e. longer arms mean a much bigger lock off).
Really awesome video Emil & Matilda! Climbing is so complex and diverse - to a climb or a boulder problem there are heaps of different styles and therefore different solutions. Showcasing that it is worthwhile exploring different methods and styles that make us more complete climbers 🤙
sweet vid. maybe one difference is knee flexibility too. lookin at the black climb’s side-by-side comparison i noticed the matilda’s knee is much more externally rotated-you both have the same “heel angle” (just heel position with respect to the vertical), while matilda’s thigh is more parallel to the volume. on emil’s later attempts where he tries to replicate matilda’s positions, it seems as though he’s putting more weight over his left foot, since his hips appear to be closer. also note that (14:42) matilda’s left knee is obtusely bent-so her weight is more centered-while (16:19) emil’s left knee is acutely bent-so he’s rocking over the left foot more. i tested out the body positions: so for a variety of knee bend angles (knee flexion), creating a “heel angle” can be done with some varying combination of hip external rotation and knee external rotation; but to maintain the “heel angle” AND to keep the hips near the wall, that would need some more extreme external knee rotation. god save the knees
what a great video. I could see myself trying to apply mathilda's technical tips. thank you! also super funny when you got to try the boulder in your style - i thought the video was sped up because you breezed through it with so much gusto!
That was really interesting! Loved the video! Matilda is really good explaining it. I love the fact that she forgets the camera and looks at you and the route. :)
Really great video. It's got me thinking about my technique. As a beginner I can already see how finger strength and conserving energy while climbing are so important.
Lovely collab! Matilda is always so lovely and friendly! Also Emil, that "hip mobility/flexibility" you're talking about missing is a specific type: knee internal rotation. Check the angle between the hip and the knee. Matilda has much more rotation and that allows her to get the hips much closer when lower.
Super insightful and I'm so glad I saw this now! I think these skills are gonna be a huge help with the project that's currently kicking my butt! Keep up the awesome content! Also, I love seeing Pro-climbers get stuck on a climb and start making strange baby-dinosaur noises of pain and confusion like the rest of us!
Louis Parkinson recently did a similar video comparing technique side by side. I feel really lucky to have such high quality climbing content and this style of video makes absorbing technique through a screen far more effective for me. Dave McCleod (#1 for climbing content imo) makes a good point that learning technique is less effective through a screen unless you are really actively trying to visualise and apply what you are seeing to your own movement patterns. As I said on Louis' video, movement quality is utterly fascinating to me. Thanks for another awesome video
Those fingercurls are so good! And I see these tension difference with my wife all the time😂 Mobility & flexibility is so underrated in climbing, especially for men.
It's interesting how different sport climbers and boulderers tend to tackle the same problem. Assuming each problem has an optimal way to climb it, I would've bet two elite climbers would converge on the same beta. But clearly you and Matilda climb the same problem in much different ways. Is it more important to climb a problem the optimal way or to climb a problem the easiest way for yourself? I would imagine for training purposes, trying to find the optimal way is better, but if you're just trying to send then leveraging whatever strengths you have is more important. Just some rambly thoughts.
It's really funny hearing Emil's Swenglish pronunciations on Swedish names. I get it, I do the same. It's just really funny when you hear people mispronouncing their own name
It was a small point, but I think this is the first time I've heard someone mention in a video, you have to have good finger strength to be able to 'hang' and relax your body. As a beginner, it was difficult to learn to climb 'correctly' with arms straight, not pulling bc I didn't have the grip strength yet, it was easier to rush through moves with poor technique bc it was faster.
I couldn’t figure out what the crux was of the black problem at the end. On video it looked like a ~6B to me, so I’m clearly missing something big. Is the second crimp that you bump up to (and sometimes cross over to) so much worse than it looks? At my gym these are 2 cm wide with great friction, but maybe these are more worn down? Or is the wall overhanging?
personally, I think the very best climbers are usually great at utilising each style, as and when required. sometimes the holds are too small to hold with cutting loose, other times they are just too far & you have to pop! sick video, Emil!
This is a bit off -topic, I hope you don't mind. I wanted to ask you regarding periodization and programming for weighted pull ups. I'm trying to get OAP, and as a prerequisite, a ~80%+ bodyweight orm pull up. I don't want to add too much fatigue so I can still focus on bouldering, but I'm unsure what sort of rep x set scheme and loading frequency to do... I am starting to do 5x5 rpe 8 1x a week, I'm not sure if that's enough/too much. I do it on rings. I got to this level of strength through just bouldering so I assume progression from focus will come fast. Any insight would be appreciated! Thanks for your videos.
Seemed to me that for a lot of the movement on the last boulder you were really locking off the left arm more which makes moving the hips around and weighting the feet harder versus Matilda being relaxed in the hand straight arm setting up the hips then rotating deeper into the position and pulling with the back then finally bicep at the last moment Also of course you’re physically larger and heavier and maybe less flexible but this move is way below your level you should be able to execute it in different ways.
I think there's a lot of truth to what you say here. It's strange though, something about forcing my body into a position like that just doesn't compute. Like you say, the move is "below" my level, but probably just from a "make-it-through" type of way. I think I would've done it fairly easy if I just exploded into the position by pulling on the crimp and double clutching the two gastons, but it's interesting just how much harder (more difficult) it becomes for me to force a more controlled method like Matilda's. Definitely something I want to explore more of in the future
After the first Boulder Matilda says the center of gravity is at the hips. I think thats correct for her and most woman. But because of eay smaller hips and compared to that very broad shoulders the center of gravity for man (that arent overweight) is more in the upper body i think.
🗽I like Mathilda! 👌 5:40 Mathilda has a much lower weight, so the drop knee would probably be the better (enrgy saving) option. I'm interested in more of such technical lessons. 🙏 .
@@EmilAbrahamsson its like a chicken and egg question. Does the climbing style shape your physic or your physic shapes your climbing style? Can you have best of both?
Email @14:41 your interior hip flexion is waaaay less than Matilda's which causes your hips to be several inches further out (as I'm sure you noticed while editing this).
Flexibility, Strength to weight ratio, Hand size to hold ratio, Body size to hold spacing ratio, and then to lesser extents the tension, technique and power cause variance.
I respectfully disagree! From my perspective, every elite level climber I’ve met has had their strengths developed depending on their background. I’ve neglected this part of climbing for many years as it’s held little relevance to my preferred climbs, much like your average trad climber neglects big powerful moves. I could agree that your point stands for beginner/intermediate climbers though, as there you haven’t been as moulded by your climbing environment yet.
I am pretty sure Emil climbs harder then both of us but I agree with your Statement completly. I quess your point is that physical attributes are more important then the „climbing environment“ (what is Emils point). Even though I think both is true, the fact that there is a certain bodytype that dominates climbing and bouldering at elite level kinda shows me that physical attributes are a main factor.
@@antons.7632 I do agree that physical attributes make up the most dominant factor to how good one can become as a climber. I would just argue that hand size and body size to hold to hold spacing are both incredibly much less relevant than power, technique and tension, unless we take it to the absolute extreme. The reason Tomoa can jump better than Ondra and Ondra climb harder routes than Tomoa isn't because of their difference in size/dimensions, it's because of how and from where they've developed as climbers over the years. Don't get me wrong, genetics and body composition plays a MASSIVE role in any athletic performance, but it's definitely not the biggest. You can have the perfect genetic predisposition for climbing and still get stuck on the pink V2 in the corner.
@@antons.7632ut there isnt really. Best bodytype depends on style and style depends on your bodytype. E.g. Emil and Magnus are significantly bigger than most top climbers and they seem to prefer powerful climbing on slopers to so called "techniqual" slow moves on tiny crimps (quotation marks refering to them not being any more techniqual and not really requiring more moving skills than others imo) UPD: also, Emil's point tends to stand anecdotally with Aidan Roberts being not that small and using specific upperbody strength and very specific fingerstrength for moving on small crimps
@@EmilAbrahamsson do you think that if u were smaller then the position would be easier to hold. ive found it harder for me to get into certain boxes because im taller. would be cool to see a video just on boxes and how climbers manipulate their size if that makes sense. ik that kai lightner works on small boxes a lot because hes tall and its hard for him. could be cool to see what moves are near impossible for short/tall people
Nonono Cordi’s often behind the camera!! Long story short she’s just been extremely busy with her master’s degree, so hasn’t really been fitting to have her in the videos. Usually there’s a bit of pressure to perform n stuff when filming, so in her free time it’s best to just chill, climb and hang together
Nah mate, we’re both happily together with our respective others. My girlfriend Cordi is often behind the camera, and Matilda’s partner helped film this episode
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Pro coaches pro should become a series
Id love to see this sort of thing with some other climbers of different styles like Pete Whitaker or Shawn/Brooke raboutou who also have there own unique ways of climbing.
Its really interesting to see the small changes that each climber does differently in detail
love that y'all are trying to learn from each other's differences, seems like a great way to get better
Matilda brings up such a good point about Adam's movement. It doesn't have to be this dichotomy of speed vs. efficiency. You can have both! Definitely something to address in my own climbing too.
These collabs are so so good because each of you have so much to learn from each other and such a great understanding of your own unique movement styles! Matilda is great at explaining things and I love the two of your working together!
Cheers mate, I appreciate you saying so .-)
Bouldering sometimes feels like it can have a bias towards explosive movement. This is a great example of how different styles can not only be incredibly useful, but are so damned hard if you're not used to them!
I find explosive movement really difficult and feel like I'm not strong enough for it, though can slowly move and balance on small crimps absolutely fine. Other climbers think I'm inhumanly strong because I can hold those positions, but I think they're inhumanly strong for doing a massive dyno; both sides feel like their opposite style requires way more strength. Different techniques, different styles, different people. Great video!
Extremely instructional. I like seeing a pro on pro instruct, its alot more precise on whats happening between movements.
More of these please! Seeing a really great climber learn new technique and styles is so helpful to find weaknesses in our own climbing. Keep it up Emil!
This should become an entire series as the instruction level is off the charts!
It does look like a bit of a flexibility/mobility difference. Great video. I think this highlights why it’s so meaningful to climb with good climbers who have a different style than your own.
Lat engagement at 17:06 on full display. Fascinating video! Matilda is very insightful.
Just had a "HOLY! SH*T!" moment watching the last 2 seconds teaser of matildes balance/strength/mobility... I quit literately said (very loudly) those words out loud as I was watching the last few seconds of the video:D
Matilda's span is absolutely crazy. Combined with super good hip mobility she's still able to become really compact when needed. Crazy..
This difference is insane: 16:18 vs 17:06
It's like she's fused to the wall!
Nice comparison video!
Yea ive also been trying to do a more controlled style and i run into very similar computation errors (although at a lot lower level) but ive had a TON of fun trying a more meticulous style of climbing
Nice mate. Good luck with your journey on it! Learning new styles of climbing can be incredibly rewarding
Best climbing channel for me right now.
So much to learn for everyone.
Really cool video. It would be interesting to know how much proportions play into climbing style. Even though Matilda and Emil are roughly the same height on paper their height is quite differently distributed. It looks like due to a combination of having a shorter torso and much better knee mobility Matilda is easily able to get her body into heinous dropknee positions that Emil struggles with.
Equally, knowing that she has a massive wingspan it must surely play a part in why she finds explosive power moves like Emil's beta on the second problem so hard (i.e. longer arms mean a much bigger lock off).
Really awesome video Emil & Matilda!
Climbing is so complex and diverse - to a climb or a boulder problem there are heaps of different styles and therefore different solutions.
Showcasing that it is worthwhile exploring different methods and styles that make us more complete climbers 🤙
I haven’t watched the video yet but I already know I’m gonna learn so much. Thanks for the great videos!
sweet vid. maybe one difference is knee flexibility too. lookin at the black climb’s side-by-side comparison i noticed the matilda’s knee is much more externally rotated-you both have the same “heel angle” (just heel position with respect to the vertical), while matilda’s thigh is more parallel to the volume. on emil’s later attempts where he tries to replicate matilda’s positions, it seems as though he’s putting more weight over his left foot, since his hips appear to be closer. also note that (14:42) matilda’s left knee is obtusely bent-so her weight is more centered-while (16:19) emil’s left knee is acutely bent-so he’s rocking over the left foot more. i tested out the body positions: so for a variety of knee bend angles (knee flexion), creating a “heel angle” can be done with some varying combination of hip external rotation and knee external rotation; but to maintain the “heel angle” AND to keep the hips near the wall, that would need some more extreme external knee rotation. god save the knees
what a great video. I could see myself trying to apply mathilda's technical tips. thank you! also super funny when you got to try the boulder in your style - i thought the video was sped up because you breezed through it with so much gusto!
The ondra example with the robe climb in, before flowing into the no-hands rest knee bar, was a really nice example of his movement.
The end of the video was the best part!
That was really interesting! Loved the video! Matilda is really good explaining it. I love the fact that she forgets the camera and looks at you and the route. :)
Super valuable to watch two completely different high level athletes like this! more, more more!
Really great video. It's got me thinking about my technique. As a beginner I can already see how finger strength and conserving energy while climbing are so important.
Great format and very helpful, things i work on a lot but excellent to reinforce with your breakdown and comparison
That move and all the things behind it was amazing,
im so looking forward to your mini documentary!
Cheers! I'm putting a lot of work and time into it, so I hope it'll be appreciated
This collalba are easily turning into my favorite climbing videos, it’s so cool
Lovely collab! Matilda is always so lovely and friendly! Also Emil, that "hip mobility/flexibility" you're talking about missing is a specific type: knee internal rotation. Check the angle between the hip and the knee. Matilda has much more rotation and that allows her to get the hips much closer when lower.
That last exercise for the next movement lookeed like some real ninja stuff
This was excellent! Would love to see Pro Coaches Pro become a series on your channel!
Did the following video referenced at the end get removed? Wanted to go check that one out again but can't find it anymore
Super insightful and I'm so glad I saw this now! I think these skills are gonna be a huge help with the project that's currently kicking my butt! Keep up the awesome content!
Also, I love seeing Pro-climbers get stuck on a climb and start making strange baby-dinosaur noises of pain and confusion like the rest of us!
Louis Parkinson recently did a similar video comparing technique side by side. I feel really lucky to have such high quality climbing content and this style of video makes absorbing technique through a screen far more effective for me. Dave McCleod (#1 for climbing content imo) makes a good point that learning technique is less effective through a screen unless you are really actively trying to visualise and apply what you are seeing to your own movement patterns. As I said on Louis' video, movement quality is utterly fascinating to me. Thanks for another awesome video
Those fingercurls are so good! And I see these tension difference with my wife all the time😂 Mobility & flexibility is so underrated in climbing, especially for men.
It's interesting how different sport climbers and boulderers tend to tackle the same problem. Assuming each problem has an optimal way to climb it, I would've bet two elite climbers would converge on the same beta. But clearly you and Matilda climb the same problem in much different ways.
Is it more important to climb a problem the optimal way or to climb a problem the easiest way for yourself? I would imagine for training purposes, trying to find the optimal way is better, but if you're just trying to send then leveraging whatever strengths you have is more important. Just some rambly thoughts.
It's really funny hearing Emil's Swenglish pronunciations on Swedish names. I get it, I do the same. It's just really funny when you hear people mispronouncing their own name
It was a small point, but I think this is the first time I've heard someone mention in a video, you have to have good finger strength to be able to 'hang' and relax your body. As a beginner, it was difficult to learn to climb 'correctly' with arms straight, not pulling bc I didn't have the grip strength yet, it was easier to rush through moves with poor technique bc it was faster.
Really enjoyed that!
I couldn’t figure out what the crux was of the black problem at the end. On video it looked like a ~6B to me, so I’m clearly missing something big. Is the second crimp that you bump up to (and sometimes cross over to) so much worse than it looks? At my gym these are 2 cm wide with great friction, but maybe these are more worn down? Or is the wall overhanging?
This is epic, more please! 🙏🤙
personally, I think the very best climbers are usually great at utilising each style, as and when required. sometimes the holds are too small to hold with cutting loose, other times they are just too far & you have to pop!
sick video, Emil!
Extremely interesting video 👏
Loved the video!
Hoopers beta analysis incoming for the finger curls? Would love to see it!
Would love to see a bit more split-screen side by side analysis, would really add to the visuals.
So humbling to hear "keep your hips closer to the wall" at their levels of climbing.
Real
great video, climbing is such a fun sport :D
This is a bit off -topic, I hope you don't mind. I wanted to ask you regarding periodization and programming for weighted pull ups. I'm trying to get OAP, and as a prerequisite, a ~80%+ bodyweight orm pull up. I don't want to add too much fatigue so I can still focus on bouldering, but I'm unsure what sort of rep x set scheme and loading frequency to do... I am starting to do 5x5 rpe 8 1x a week, I'm not sure if that's enough/too much. I do it on rings. I got to this level of strength through just bouldering so I assume progression from focus will come fast. Any insight would be appreciated! Thanks for your videos.
Seemed to me that for a lot of the movement on the last boulder you were really locking off the left arm more which makes moving the hips around and weighting the feet harder versus Matilda being relaxed in the hand straight arm setting up the hips then rotating deeper into the position and pulling with the back then finally bicep at the last moment
Also of course you’re physically larger and heavier and maybe less flexible but this move is way below your level you should be able to execute it in different ways.
I think there's a lot of truth to what you say here. It's strange though, something about forcing my body into a position like that just doesn't compute. Like you say, the move is "below" my level, but probably just from a "make-it-through" type of way. I think I would've done it fairly easy if I just exploded into the position by pulling on the crimp and double clutching the two gastons, but it's interesting just how much harder (more difficult) it becomes for me to force a more controlled method like Matilda's. Definitely something I want to explore more of in the future
Nice video ! Looks like you rode your bike to the gym that day!!
Am I right?
what breed is the cute van doggie?
After the first Boulder Matilda says the center of gravity is at the hips. I think thats correct for her and most woman. But because of eay smaller hips and compared to that very broad shoulders the center of gravity for man (that arent overweight) is more in the upper body i think.
🗽I like Mathilda! 👌
5:40 Mathilda has a much lower weight, so the drop knee would probably be the better (enrgy saving) option.
I'm interested in more of such technical lessons. 🙏
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What is the weight difference between you and Matilda?
20-25kg ish I believe? Could be slightly more/less, neither of us have measured very recently
@@EmilAbrahamsson its like a chicken and egg question. Does the climbing style shape your physic or your physic shapes your climbing style? Can you have best of both?
Email @14:41 your interior hip flexion is waaaay less than Matilda's which causes your hips to be several inches further out (as I'm sure you noticed while editing this).
How tall are you and Matilda?
nice!
"I tend to avoid them, because they are slower" he says while climbing significantly slower than Mathilda
Slower for him, maybe?
Flexibility, Strength to weight ratio, Hand size to hold ratio, Body size to hold spacing ratio, and then to lesser extents the tension, technique and power cause variance.
I respectfully disagree! From my perspective, every elite level climber I’ve met has had their strengths developed depending on their background. I’ve neglected this part of climbing for many years as it’s held little relevance to my preferred climbs, much like your average trad climber neglects big powerful moves.
I could agree that your point stands for beginner/intermediate climbers though, as there you haven’t been as moulded by your climbing environment yet.
I am pretty sure Emil climbs harder then both of us but I agree with your Statement completly. I quess your point is that physical attributes are more important then the „climbing environment“ (what is Emils point). Even though I think both is true, the fact that there is a certain bodytype that dominates climbing and bouldering at elite level kinda shows me that physical attributes are a main factor.
@@antons.7632 I do agree that physical attributes make up the most dominant factor to how good one can become as a climber. I would just argue that hand size and body size to hold to hold spacing are both incredibly much less relevant than power, technique and tension, unless we take it to the absolute extreme. The reason Tomoa can jump better than Ondra and Ondra climb harder routes than Tomoa isn't because of their difference in size/dimensions, it's because of how and from where they've developed as climbers over the years.
Don't get me wrong, genetics and body composition plays a MASSIVE role in any athletic performance, but it's definitely not the biggest. You can have the perfect genetic predisposition for climbing and still get stuck on the pink V2 in the corner.
@@antons.7632ut there isnt really. Best bodytype depends on style and style depends on your bodytype. E.g. Emil and Magnus are significantly bigger than most top climbers and they seem to prefer powerful climbing on slopers to so called "techniqual" slow moves on tiny crimps (quotation marks refering to them not being any more techniqual and not really requiring more moving skills than others imo)
UPD: also, Emil's point tends to stand anecdotally with Aidan Roberts being not that small and using specific upperbody strength and very specific fingerstrength for moving on small crimps
@@EmilAbrahamsson do you think that if u were smaller then the position would be easier to hold. ive found it harder for me to get into certain boxes because im taller. would be cool to see a video just on boxes and how climbers manipulate their size if that makes sense. ik that kai lightner works on small boxes a lot because hes tall and its hard for him. could be cool to see what moves are near impossible for short/tall people
woox of climbing
Haven't seen much about Cordelia in a long time. I wonder if they broke up or something.
Nonono Cordi’s often behind the camera!! Long story short she’s just been extremely busy with her master’s degree, so hasn’t really been fitting to have her in the videos. Usually there’s a bit of pressure to perform n stuff when filming, so in her free time it’s best to just chill, climb and hang together
The gravity board has got to be the worst thing I’ve seen lol
That’s just how short people climb.
First
Welcome!
Please marry her
they’re most def dating I’m convinced
Nah mate, we’re both happily together with our respective others. My girlfriend Cordi is often behind the camera, and Matilda’s partner helped film this episode
@@EmilAbrahamsson oh didn’t know but glad to hear!
Excellent video but one of those videos that leaves me thinking I understand climbing even less 🫡