Post by jetjackson on Sept 1, 2019 0:55:54 GMT -7
Logging in to YouTube these days I'm continually seeing more and more of what I would see as spam training media.
When I first started training for strength in my early 20's about 10 years ago there was a lot of Broscience, Scam type media out there. Follow my program to 6 pack abs in just 10 minutes a day. Take this Mass Gain to put on bulk (really just whey protein isolate plus a whole lot of glucose). etc. I was quite stoked to find a couple of what I would see as 'no-nonsense, no-BS approaches' to weightlifting, notably a program called Starting Strength, by Mark Rippetoe, and a website by a guy called Scooby called Scooby's workshop. They would tell it like it is - that it's hard work and will take a long time to build strength and bulk (if the latter is what you're chasing).
When I switched to climbing I noted that there wasn't a lot of training media, and a fairly big absence of the kind of misinformation, and '6 pack short-cuts' type media. A big part of the appeal of the RPTM for me was that it was practical, no-nonsense, and it showed progress over a very long period. As far as YouTube went, back in 2015 when I started climbing there were really no big climbing 'YouTubers' and the only training videos that were on YT seemed to be those Neil Gresham masterclass ones - then Erik Karllson started posting those indoor bouldering videos daily, his channel took off and copy cats started picking up en masse. The pro's saw what was happening and Magnus Mitbo really kicked it off with his channel, now a significant number of pro's are doing YouTube channels.
Perhaps it's the level of competition, but now it seems we are really heading into similar territory for what you see with bodybuilding and cross fit. Lot's of video's on climbing footwork - "One simple trick to instantly improve your footwork".
Also over on instagram, lot's of pro's who are instagramming about nutritional supplements that have questionable, if any benefit - recently Alex Puccio posted about 'Dr Green Leaf Botanicals' touting cold pressed hemp benefits for inflammation, stress and sleep.
Has this always been the way, or do you think we are headed more in that direction? Am I being grumpy old man? Is any of this really new to climbing?
When I first started training for strength in my early 20's about 10 years ago there was a lot of Broscience, Scam type media out there. Follow my program to 6 pack abs in just 10 minutes a day. Take this Mass Gain to put on bulk (really just whey protein isolate plus a whole lot of glucose). etc. I was quite stoked to find a couple of what I would see as 'no-nonsense, no-BS approaches' to weightlifting, notably a program called Starting Strength, by Mark Rippetoe, and a website by a guy called Scooby called Scooby's workshop. They would tell it like it is - that it's hard work and will take a long time to build strength and bulk (if the latter is what you're chasing).
When I switched to climbing I noted that there wasn't a lot of training media, and a fairly big absence of the kind of misinformation, and '6 pack short-cuts' type media. A big part of the appeal of the RPTM for me was that it was practical, no-nonsense, and it showed progress over a very long period. As far as YouTube went, back in 2015 when I started climbing there were really no big climbing 'YouTubers' and the only training videos that were on YT seemed to be those Neil Gresham masterclass ones - then Erik Karllson started posting those indoor bouldering videos daily, his channel took off and copy cats started picking up en masse. The pro's saw what was happening and Magnus Mitbo really kicked it off with his channel, now a significant number of pro's are doing YouTube channels.
Perhaps it's the level of competition, but now it seems we are really heading into similar territory for what you see with bodybuilding and cross fit. Lot's of video's on climbing footwork - "One simple trick to instantly improve your footwork".
Also over on instagram, lot's of pro's who are instagramming about nutritional supplements that have questionable, if any benefit - recently Alex Puccio posted about 'Dr Green Leaf Botanicals' touting cold pressed hemp benefits for inflammation, stress and sleep.
Has this always been the way, or do you think we are headed more in that direction? Am I being grumpy old man? Is any of this really new to climbing?