Stefano Ghisolfi Broke Our Test!

Stefano Ghisolfi is undoubtably one of the best rock climbers in the world and is on top form at the moment, having recently established his hardest first accent ever - Excaliber 9b+, one of the hardest climbs in the world! On his trip over to the UK, Stefano Ghisolfi dropped in to join Lattice Training for a digital assessment. In this episode we get to see just how strong and fit a climber can be at the top of the top. So much so that our assessment wasn't ready 🤯.

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[steghiso]

Thanks for tests! I'll be back stronger and hopefully more flexible! 😂

[EmilAbrahamsson]

This Stefano guy seems pretty strong... maybe he should fiNALLY BOOK A TICKET TO FINLAND AND CLIMB BURDEN OF DREAMS WITH WILL!

[syindrome]

13:14 Better than 51% of 9c route climbers: Adam Ondra and Seb Bouin start sweating.

[fearlessfiend]

Can't believe how motivating it is to see a professional climber be somewhat inflexible, there is hope for the rest of us!

[Sepp]

Stefano's level of flexibility really gives me hope :D

[kulas]

Happy to see I've already achieved an elite-climber level of flexibility. Now to the gym to improve power, endurance and techique :D

[Tan]

If he ever manages to send both a V17 boulder and 9C route within a relatively small timeframe I feel like that would have to put him in the running for best all-around climber in history.

[geoffswyka]

The numbers and jackets get bigger every vid. Very hype to see where this goes

[AB-fhzh]

Thanks for including the science bits. As an endurance athlete and coach, I'm familiar with Critical Power and W', but I had not seen the model applied to strength based performance/exercise. It's incredible that Stefano doesn't just produce more force than basically anyone, but that after 4 minutes of repeats, that's still the case.

[xinsanedefeatx]

Love what Lattice is doing for the climbing community

I really think we're going to see the sport taken to the next level over the next 20 years. Population size of the sport is exploding, so it'll be more and more likely to see genetic freaks pushing their limits

Add the shift we're starting to see towards applying exercise science to optimize training and recovery and who knows where the sport will be in just a few more years

[TristanCleveland]

Wow, so insightful. The distinction between critical force and max strength really explains Stefano's unique climbing ability on hard endurance problems.

[apg]

Love hoe you guys are trying to get as much scientifically proven methods into climbing coaching. Really cool (and nerdy) stuff!

[emilholck]

I just love Stefano, great to see him on the tests !

[chewedsausage]

Pumped you got him on the show! What a cool guy! Is it just me or does anyone else wish for a massive training montage from these pros not just the climbing?! 🎉

[sjonsjon]

Cool video! I recently did the remote assessment myself with my boyfriend. Cool to see how Stefano did on these tests.

Would loovee to see a female professional climber do this test on your channel, to see the difference! 🤩

[Xylian]

I'd be curious to see tests of hip external rotation as that seems important to be able to stay close to the wall in a lot of different movements.

[quarq]

surprised to see the chisel to be his favourite grip! Fascinating

[iggimoore]

That was awesome... and so gentle and humble 💪

[philipegoulet]

You should avoid having tons of empty space around the charts like at 12:51, it makes the charts very very hard to read!
I really enjoyed this one otherwise!

[evanmaclean]

As someone who climbs and thinks that my downfall is flexibility, after seeing Stefano stretching I think I can continue to build with my strength still.
Just all that dynamic competition style climbs kill me.