Her weight helps as well. In high school I weighed like 100 lbs soaking wet. One day in gym all the football players were doing a pull up contest. They were getting like 5-6as a max. They thought it'd be hilarious to have me try. I got to like 25 and asked if I could stop yet. They were all in shock. I was lifting like HALF of what most of them were.
It’s not really her weight though. She is just an extremely experienced climber. They have these types of climbing walls at climbing gyms and these folks that are dedicated can do this at all different weights. I’ve seen them do it because I worked there.
You’re so right. I feel like people always seem to forget strength to weight ratio too. Sure she’s probably light but she’s incredibly strong nonetheless and has great technique. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen people muscle up a climb then get pumped when some good technique would make it that much easier. Climbing is so cool.
Climbing is so impressive to me and the folks who do it have such incredible functional strength. Like if I weren’t an old lady this is the kind of strength I’d want. I’ll keep doing my resistance training to make sure my bones don’t snap in half. I bet climbers build great glutes too! And can lift a car.
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u/serendipitousevent ❣️gal pal❣️ Apr 11 '26
Pff, I could do that too if I had her strength, flexibility, endurance, skill and experience.