I Trained Like A Pro Climber for 40 DAYS (Amazing Results!)

As I’ve been climbing, I’ve looked up to professional climbers and admired not only their strength and skill, but also their dedication to mastery, and the discipline they maintain to pursue climbing at the elite level.

With that said, for as long as I’ve been climbing, I have never followed a strict training plan, or prioritised structured training for any long period of time.

I was curious, could I - a novice climber with no training history - complete a 6 week training regimen and see big strength gains, and climbing performance results?

With the help of some of the pro climbers and coaches I’ve worked with this year, I set out to spend the first part of my year training for climbing in a way that I haven’t before. Could I increase my strength and climbing performance with any significance?

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00:00 - My Climbing Journey So Far
00:45 Why I'm Training Like A Pro Climber
02:00 Advice From Anna Hazelnutt and Jonathan Sin
03:12 Day 1: Strength Testing
05:50 Week One: Training Starts
07:03 Week Two: Training Increases
07:50 Week Three: Training Progress
08:55 Week Four: New Gym Visits
09:22 Week Five: Losing Motivation
11:42 Week Six: Final Week of Training
12:40 Day 40: Strength Testing and Results

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[OliverBatchelor]

I trained like a professional climber for 2 days and got tendinitis

[nilsp]

One piece of wisdom I have heard from a climbing coach is: people overestimate how much they can improve in a month and underestimate how much they can improve in a year. Just imagine what you can achieve if you do at least part of the training for a prolonged period of time!

[Crimpd]

Love how this video captures the experience and challenges of balancing training with life. It's one topic that is all too often glossed over in most training media, but the reality is this is the hardest part of any program. You did an amazing job of showcasing this and I'm happy we had the opportunity to sponsor this video ❤

[livesh]

“Committing to commitment” really hit me hard 😂😂😂

[tommeyer]

Jesus, how many different clips did you include in this video. Must have been a hussle to edit. But it absolutely pays off in terms of a fast-paced, yet understandable and immersing training diary. Kudos on the progression :)

[NathanBetts]

Keep hustling - I can feel the V9 is coming! 💚

[nathanrice]

Hi Hannah! One of my biggest struggles is that my full-time career is NOT climbing related. It's very difficult to be consistently on the wall, or even consistently training at home. Even if I do train consistently, my recovery time swings wildly due to work stress. Would be a cool video concept if you could explore ways to consistently improve climbing when life gets in the way.

[weensawful]

wow!! Even your confidence + focus compared between 1st testing session and final results is massively different! I love seeing you add in the reality of how the training fits into your life. and especially that you were still saying “yes” to things that normally excite you about climbing (trips, collabs), which work to reinforce your motivation! The way you structured the challenge for yourself + your life makes the discipline feel like a supportive bolster rather than an intimidating challenge. thank you Hannah, all of your videos are so inspiring, beautifully made and informative ❤

[_alex_y.not_]

I love how much tryhard energy this video has and I mean that in only an extremely positive way. Very strong efforts and insane results to show for it. 💪

[lalalex]

Wow doubling pullups in such a short time that's amazing! Thanks for documenting and sharing! I always learn a lot from your videos! Rooting for you and your progression!

[Dave]

A novice climber with a decade of experience under her belt, sure 🤣 Great video again, Hannah, and looking forward to some Fontainebleau videos :)

[kidswhodostuff]

Awesome video yet again! Always bring Sir Catalyst back on whenever you can. I miss the combo already

[stanhunterclimbing]

SOlid gains and appreciated the summary that it's much more holistic than just the sessions. I think we spend wayy to much time looking at what pro climbers train now vs looking at what pro climbers did to progress when they were at our level - much more applicable!

[jacoba]

Keep it going!!!! In 40 days, let’s see the 80 day

[Natalanium]

Loved this video! Been wanting to add more off the wall training to my routine to help me get over a plateau, so if anyone knows of any similar protocols for v3 climbers lmk!

[GUIDE_Nico]

very inspring Hannah!! you make me want to go climb!

[TheJustinConnor]

Loving the quality of the content! Super inspiring, keep it up

[LauraTryUK]

6 pull-ups! Go Hannah!!! Loved the video! You guys are AWESOME!

[MtaPhyical]

Great video Hannah! very inspiring and well done for going through the training program!

[curiouslycory]

Great tip on mixing the things you're strong with along with the weaknesses to keep the motivation (and confidence) high! I've been feeling like I've plateaued in my climbing lately and had been considering some training but didn't really know where to start, so finding your video here today was exactly what I needed. Thanks for sharing!