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Don't let Magnus fool you into thinking this sort of strength is at all normal for climbers. I climbed for 6 years, stayed shredded, did gym workouts on top of climbing, and Magnus is just an absolute freak of strength

Magnus is a genuine freak. I suspect he would have been world class at pretty much any sport he chose.

Magnus is great because he is prepared to fail and he listens well. His videos are watchable because they he doesn’t set out to show how great he is, in fact he has genuine doubt and fear about a lot of it. He learns what he is capable of at the same time we do. Just a great human.

This guy also free-climbed the Matterhorn, solo and without any alpine experience! That was one of the most unhinged things i´ve seen anybody do in my life....

The craziest part is, there are climbers that magnus thinks are WAY stronger than him. Some of these people are literally strong enough to break world records on a whilm, but they are generally more interested in climbing.

Magnus is freaking strong, even compared to active pro climbers. He’s done a lot of insane things that aren’t even related to climbing, like finishing the Norseman Xtreme Triathlon.

Magnus is awesome! Wish you guys could have reacted to his insane Ironman triathlon on 2 weeks of training... or his French Foreign Legion training test. Mind-blowing .

His endurance is also insane he did the Norseman, a 4km swim followed by a 180km bike ride followed by a marathon up a mountain with like 4 weeks training and did extremely well in it. He is the definition of ‘built different’

What you call the "grind mentality" Magnus has is 100% a product of his background as a sport (lead) climber. Imagine running a long distance run, you get tired towards the end, but in climbing you cant "run slower", you have to keep pushing at the same pace despite the exhaustion, and you either finish the race or fall down trying.
Point is, those last 4 reps is what magnus has been training for his whole life, to give that last push before failure. Each climb is an exercise to failure until you manage to top the route.

The biggest paradox is that MM is NOT well known in Norway. I doubt my father, brother or my sister would know his name. My neighbors too btw. We know what’s he capable of doing. Once, some 10 years ago  I was working out in the local gym, Bergen/Norway.
I needed a spotter for my bench press and literally asked the dude who was closest. That guy was so nice and helpful followed every move, my narrow grip etc and commented. He pushed me for another 2-3 reps. Full control. THEN I realized who was spotting me. Mr MM! Scream to me if you’ll have another set he said. WOW ! He’s such a nice guy. This happened before he actually had his channel and became a world wide celebrity. My claim to fame ! 😂

Please do a video collab with him! 🙂

I’ve watched Magnus for years. Not only is he freakishly strong, he clearly has a tolerance for pain that would make most people pass out. Only a crazy person could smile his way through all that. Every Norwegian I’ve ever met is mad as a hatter.

Also that one time he did one of the hardest triathlons in the world with minimal prep and not only finished, but I believe finished in the upper 50%

Magnus btw is also a genuinely very nice guy.  Very humble.  Very kind, very talented.   When you've seen years and years of his video you can just see how incredibly honest and humble he is.  He likes seeing others around him succeed and definitely knows his own limits.

Another YouTube climber, I can't remember his name, went to Magnus' house to see what he does for at home training. Halfway through the video or something like that they were doing those grip exercises shown at 10:20 and afterwards they realized Magnus nonchalantly and without realizing broke the world record for that lift. Dude is fuckin nuts.

15:40 brother you're around too many tren junkies to call magnus not jacked

He is way more interesting and impressive than gym bro gear heads. Crazy functional strength. My man

The crazy thing about Magnus is he's done a silly amount of training in his life and hasn't had a single injury... like at all... he's mental!

The thing I like about Magnus, putting his talent to one side, is that he seems to just be a really nice guy.