Elite climber Magnus Midtbø shares his struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game. He discusses his dominance in the climbing world, impressive accomplishments, and details of his climbing journey. Magnus opens up about his fears, dreams, and reveals personal insights into his challenges and learnings. The podcast covers various chapters like training, nutrition, tactics, and the mental game, providing a comprehensive look into Magnus' climbing career.
Prioritizing technique over quantity in climbing training is essential for improvement.
Developing confidence in one's abilities can lead to significant improvements in climbing performance.
Filming climbs can provide pressure and motivation, leading to surpassing personal expectations in climbing.
Deep dives
Importance of Quality over Quantity in Climbing Training
Focusing on quality rather than quantity in climbing training is crucial for improvement. Climbers, like Magnus Mitbo, emphasize the need to prioritize technique and form over simply doing more repetitions. This shift in focus can be challenging, especially when climbing is a profession, but it leads to more effective skill development and growth.
Building Confidence and Overcoming Mental Blocks in Climbing
Confidence plays a significant role in climbing progress. Many climbers, even at beginner to intermediate levels, often underestimate their strength and capabilities. Developing confidence in one's abilities, being willing to try harder routes, breaking down climbs into manageable sections, and understanding muscle memory can lead to significant improvements in climbing performance.
The Impact of Filming on Climbing Performance
The influence of being filmed while climbing can have a positive impact on performance. Climbers like Magnus have experienced instances where attempting a difficult climb in front of a camera led to better outcomes. The pressure and motivation brought about by filming can sometimes push climbers to surpass their own expectations and challenges.
The Advantages of Climbing with Stronger Partners
Climbing with individuals who are more skilled and experienced can greatly accelerate one's progress in the sport. Surrounding oneself with climbers who are better than them exposes individuals to advanced techniques, higher levels of motivation, and a mindset where challenging climbs become more attainable. Success and improvement in climbing are often accelerated when learning and training alongside stronger partners.
Overcoming Fear of Failure and Embracing Optimism
The podcast episode delves into the speaker's personal struggles with mindset, particularly in competitive situations where nervousness and a fear of failure hinder performance. The speaker acknowledges a tendency towards negativity and self-criticism, highlighting the desire to shift towards a more positive and optimistic outlook. The conversation emphasizes the importance of relaxation, optimism, and finding a balance between ambition and enjoying the process.
Navigating Success on YouTube and Beyond Climbing
The episode explores the speaker's journey on YouTube, detailing initial challenges and eventual success through collaborations and strategic content expansion. The speaker emphasizes the role of editing in creating engaging videos and discusses branching out to different content genres to attract a wider audience. Furthermore, the conversation touches on the speaker's investments in climbing gyms, highlighting the interconnectedness of YouTube success and ventures beyond climbing.
Elite climber Magnus Midtbø shares his struggles and breakthroughs in Training, Nutrition, Tactics, and Mental Game
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Magnus is a wildly successful YouTuber, with more than two million subs at the time of this recording, and his videos – a mix of climbing content and general feats of strength and resilience – have amassed hundreds of millions of views. He's also an elite climber with incredible accomplishments indoors and out. In his teens and twenties, Magnus was a dominant force on the IFSC circuit, logging over a dozen wins including Youth World Champion. He was, and still is, one of the strongest climbers in the world – with sport ascents up to 5.15b (9b), and onishghts up to 5.14c (8c+). He’s also notched many 9a and 9a+ routes, including Thor’s Hammer in Flatanger. These days you’re more likely to find Magnus climbing impressively hard boulders in his gym in Oslo, sometimes on video with crusher guests including Adam Ondra and Will Bosi… and sometimes just by himself, no cameras, to unwind after a hard day of editing his latest million-view video. In this conversation, Magnus opens up fully about his struggles, learnings, fears, and dreams.
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This show is produced and hosted by Ryan Devlin. The Struggle is a proud member of the Plug Tone Audio Collective, a diverse group of the best, most impactful podcasts in the outdoor industry.
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