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Sofya Yokoyama
Switzerland
Registrace 12. 07. 2016
A passionate climber representing Switzerland in coooomps !
How much does a weight vest affect my climbing?
Did a fun little challenge in this sesh and it was to climb with an extra 10% of my bodyweight! It doesn't seem like much but it does make quite a difference... Hope you enjoy the video!
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Video by Theo Benjamin: theobenjam
Follow me on instagram: sofya_yokoyama
Video by Theo Benjamin: theobenjam
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A day with me
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This video was filmed last winter... lol it's been a while but finally bringing you guys along with me to see how i eat and train. Hope you enjooyyy! Follow me on instagram: sofya_yokoyama Video by Theo Benjamin: theobenjam
Analysis of my finals at nationals
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Part 2 of my nationals with the final boulders! I try to give some insights of my thoughts and methods on each boulder. Hope you enjoooyyy :))) Follow me on instagram: sofya_yokoyama Video by Theo Benjamin: theobenjam
Come along with me to my National Cup
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Bringing you guys along with me to my second National Cup! Tried to talk a bit more about mindset and what I'm thinking whilst climbing. Hope you enjoyyyy! Follow me on instagram: sofya_yokoyama Video by Theo Benjamin: theobenjam
Our favourite campus exercises ft. Chloé Caulier
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My dear Belgium friend Chloé Caulier who I met on the international circuit was in Switzerland for a couple of days and we were able to do a few sessions together! Here's some of our favourite campusing exercises, hope you enjoy! Follow me on instagram: sofya_yokoyama Chloe Caulier's instagram: chloe_caulier Video by Theo Benjamin: theobenjam
A classic bouldering sesh
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Fun little bouldering sesh on some cool boulders I thought would be nice to share! Hope you enjooyy :) Follow me on instagram: sofya_yokoyama Video by Theo Benjamin: theobenjam
My go to exercises for warming up in bouldering
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First comp of the season part 2
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Here's the second part of my comp: finaaalsss! Hope you enjoyyyy :)) Follow me on instagram: sofya_yokoyama Video by Theo Benjamin: theobenjam
The start of my 2024 comp season
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I tried bringing you along with me during my first national comp! It's in two parts, this one being qualis. Hope you enjoy it and let me know what you think! Follow me on instagram: sofya_yokoyama Video by Theo Benjamin: theobenjam
Climbing a €20k route
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This gym burned down over a year ago and i had the pleasure of being able to try some of their routes including a €20k top rope before their opening. It's been a long time since i last did lead, i got pumped faaast but hope you enjoy! Follow me on instagram: sofya_yokoyama Video by Theo Benjamin: theobenjam 0:00 Intro 0:38 Warm-up route 3:48 Harder slabby route 7:37 ...
How to climb harder without being stronger (for beginners)
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Topping the gym ranking in one session
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Topping the gym ranking in one session
Swedish crew (and me) vs hard boulder
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Swedish crew (and me) vs hard boulder
Can I get a one arm pull-up back in a month?
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Can I get a one arm pull-up back in a month?
Coming back after a break onto comp style boulders
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Coming back after a break onto comp style boulders
Do you prefer Moonboard or Kilterboard?
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Do you prefer Moonboard or Kilterboard?
Same Boulder From 0° to 70° on the Kilter Board
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Same Boulder From 0° to 70° on the Kilter Board
Flash Challenge with Louis Parkinson, Hannah Morris and Josh Rundle
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Flash Challenge with Louis Parkinson, Hannah Morris and Josh Rundle
We set boulders on the Olympic Wall replica with Hannah Morris and Josh Rundle
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We set boulders on the Olympic Wall replica with Hannah Morris and Josh Rundle
Climbing on the hardest boulder circuit in the gym
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Climbing on the hardest boulder circuit in the gym
Climbing in competition style boulders
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Climbing in competition style boulders
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I some times do some weight vest training on some circuits on a spraywall. And knowing how hard that already is gives me so much respect to you! Holyshit
ahah thankss but i find it even more intense for circuits! I used to train a lot with the weight vest but only short boulders
How old were you when you started climbing? And how many climbing sessions do you have per week? 😊
I started when I was around 7 years old and climb 4 - 5 sessions per week!
Honestly it feels like the weight isn't really the issue with most of the moves, but more climbing in a large awkward vest, feeling it move around, having a different center of gravity, and just not being used to the balance. I suspect that if you gained the same 5kg in body weight over a longer period you wouldn't notice anywhere near as much. Especially if some of that weight was muscle too.
I was 150lb and gained 20lbs/ 10kg slowly over the course of two years. I feel like I climb about the same as my lighter self and can even climb slightly harder grades now from the training. I do sometimes wonder if I suddenly lost the 20lbs if I would magically move up a few climbing grades though. Also agree I think Sofya was more having an issue of confidence/ hesitation than actually the extra 5g.
Oh for sure! The weight vest made things much more awkward and as I said in the video, made me hesitate a bit more in my movements. I also put on 6kg in the span of a couple of years, i'm the heaviest i've ever been now whilst competing and i've never felt stronger!
that's a sick topout feature on the purple cool gym setup
Rqndom question, feel free to ignore, but at 5:39 you sound really Aussie. Did you hang around a bunch of Aussies at some stage, or is it just an oddity of being a global person? Anyway the main thing is that you look like you were having fun.
I believe she hangs out a lot with Oceana Mackenzie whos from Australia :)
Yeah my accent changes a bit depending on who i'm talking to... Oceania Mackenzie and my coach are both Australian and I feel like that has affected me a bit too ahaha
I have a permanent built in weight vest. It was easily made by eating vast quantities of junk food.
What's the point of this video? Climbing is easier when you're lighter? Great, thanks...
I don’t get it, am I losing weight in this video? I said this two comments down but this idea that climbing is easier when lighter needs to die. Since I started competing at a high level, I've gained around 6kg and I've never felt stronger!! Losing weight to climb stronger is complete bulls***. You NEED food to fuel your body, so that you have energy to train harder and more often. You NEED food if you want to gain muscle. You NEED food for your muscles to recuperate from all the training AND avoid injuries,... the list goes on. Can we please stop bringing up losing weight as THE way to climb better when it's actually training and fuelling your body that does that.
+5kg would basically be me climbing after dinner 😂
ahaha but it's normal to have some weight variation throughout the day, especially in the evening. But since the weight from eating is more or less distributed proportionally in the body, it doesn't affect your climbing as much! Or at least that's how it feels for me compared to the not so stable 5kg weight vest
Em, so what, for good climbing we should lose weight? Kinda feel Rogoras wibes..
That's a bit of an overreaction, no? Discussing the role of weight in climbing is not an automatism that leads to disordered eating. In fact, in order to tackle disordered eating in climbing we should be honest about the role of weight in the sport. People will automatically find the advantages of lower bodyweight, while the disadvantages are often overlooked because of some dumb taboo.
No, for good climbing, you need to train... why jump to the conclusion that you need to lose weight? Especially when this video isn't about me losing weight and climbing better but actually putting on weight and climbing almost EXACTLY THE SAME! Since I started competing at a high level, I've put on around 6kg and I've never felt stronger!! This idea of needing to lose weight to climb stronger is complete bulls***. You NEED food to fuel your body, so that you have energy to train harder and more often. You NEED food if you want to gain muscle. You NEED food for your muscles to recuperate from all the training AND avoid injuries,... the list goes on. Can we please stop bringing up losing weight as THE way to climb better when it's actually training and fuelling your body that does that.
Damn that purple climb looked gnarrrrrrly
it really was ahaha
Siik video I think this would be cool to do again but climb normal first then add weight so you have the same confidence in the moves you had in this video
Yeess, i was also thinking of doing another video but the other way round and see how it goes!
Cool video! I liked the comparison before and after. Your training videos are fun to watch!!
j'adore tes vidéos, merci encore !!
Those who want see more videos like this 👇 Not forcing
Cool video idea hope to see more videos like this❤
Cool idea and great video!
really interesting! for the next experiment: attach balloons to @EmilAbrahamsson to see what he can do at 50kg :D but seriously, i weigh 85kg and kind of wonder, how i even get up any wall. you are x times stronger and better than me in any possible way but already notice 5kg. what do you think, would happen, if you tried to climb with +35kg? i assume you can do plenty of pullups with this, so the issue lies somehwere else?
Great video but i defenetly wont be trying this sice i already weigh 100kg
Cool idea! Looking forward to watching this. I use the natural weight vest method - every christmas I gain about 5 kgs of weight on sweets alone. :D
ahaha don't worry, happens to me too, got to enjoy the holidays :P
Really interesting and fun to see the kind of exercises that pros do, nice video.
Sofía, investing in a larger knife will improve your "miss en place" for cooking. A 6'" Santoko will do the job. It works great for me. I found the 8 or 10" to large for my cooking. Cheers.
I’ll have a look into it! But anything that cuts properly is usually fine for me 🥲
13:38 That’s a great reason not to stretch! So great, in fact, that I’ll use it too😊 Thanks for the video Sofya!
Do you take any supplements? If not, are there any very common among other climbers?
It depends on how i feel and what my blood tests say when i have my medical check-ups! So maybe see if you can do one and check if you’re low on anything! Right now i take b12 and a supplement that has a bit of everything. Otherwise spiruline, magnesium and omega 3s are quite common to help with tiredness and muscle/ tendon recuperation and general body health :)
For someone who doesn't like pepper, that's a pretty committing pepper shaker 😂
hi sofya, je me demandais si vous pourriez aussi faire plus de vidéos en français :). Je me souviens que vous avez fait quelques-uns il ya quelque temps. J'apprends le français depuis environ un an maintenant, et je peux enfin comprendre certains contenus "natifs"- c'est très motivant. merci pour cette vidéo 🫡
Je vais malheureusement faire tout en anglais mais il y aura parfois des commentaires par ci par là en français!
Your training facility looked so dope, I’m envious.
I thought I'd share the video. We have a nice series of long videos about common climbing injuries and how to prevent them. The videos are unique in a sence that a physio himself is a climber. So he knows common issues and even tells what kind of training to avoid if smth hurts. The main cons are - its in russian :) and it is pretty long. Links in the comments are not alowed, so I'll post a video id 2QCEgeHVs8c, you can swap it in the url. The main point of the videos there are just a couple of simple exercises you can add into your routine that will reduce a lot of injuries. If you don't want to watch long videos, the short idea of the series - is to train antagonist muscles. Main shoulder problems are caused by strong delts, that raise the joint and a muscle is pinched between the bones. The same thing with fingers, we climb and train fingers to bend and not to extend.
I have a complete stupid question, but, it trully interest me. Do you realize sometimes "how strong" you're, compare to "normal people" ? I mean, in your daily life. Not to compare you, but, just realizing what your body is able to do (due to your hard work). Wish a lot of fun and success !!!! Hop suisse 😛
Ahahah it’s not a thought that i think of often but i do realize sometimes
@@sofya_yokoyama Merci pour la réponse, et continu d'être génie !!
Thanks for sharing.
ive always thought you have a slight australian twang and now i see youre spending time with Oceana, have you spent time in Aus?
Noo never been yet :((
sofya’s cooking channel coming soon?🤩
😏😏😏
When david goggins is asking whos carrying the logs. Hes talking about 12:30
WTF THAT PEPPER GRINDER CAN BE USED TO KILL PEOPLE
Ahhaha haven’t needed it yet in that way 😂
SPOILER: Swiss team training seems to pretty good considering Oceana made it to the Olympic finals!
You're an awesome cook! Thats surprising :) Do you do finger extensions? Good for finger health.
I really enjoy cooking! And yess i do, for warm up!
love the videos sofya!
Random cooking recommendation: put the zucchini and mushrooms in first, and when they are done, put the shrimp in, they need very little time to cook and not be hard. I love these types of videos!
Thankss, will remember it for next time!
for not liking pepper that's quite a grinder u got there! also more cooking pls, its motivating to eat healther :>
Ahahaha it’s because of how cool the pepper grinder is, that i use it 😝 and yeess will try to, i really enjoy cooking!
Is this your normal climbing gym? 1.5 hours away is crazy considering it’s a big part of your life! Are you considering moving closer, or is this just a one-off location to see friends, etc?
She said it's a Swiss team training facility.
Yeah it’s quite far… but i’m usually at this gym only 2x/week. Otherwise i’m in gyms around my place!
Is "shitty hold" official climbing language?
I guess?
U should open additional channel with cooking 😊
Took some time to finally post this video but filmed this last winter, also why I'm wearing long sleeves and pants ahaha
Those top matches are pretty illegal xD
Please do some analysis of IFSC bouldering comps
i don't think i can use the boulders from ifsc comps anymore due to tv rights :(
'A wild Father appeared' xD
Great job Sofya! Nice comp.
Congrats, nice video!
Aromat is full of MSG. That stuff should be avoided at all costs. I know it tastes great, but it is slowly taking minutes off the end of your life each time you eat it. Regular sea salt + some dried garlic granules or something is a good substitute
MSG is perfectly fine for the vast majority of people and the moral panic around "chinese restaurant syndrome" from several decades ago has been thorpughly scientifically debunked. If you react negatively to it, you probably have an MSG sensitivity, and should avoid it. That advice doesn't transfer to the rest of the population, though.
I rarely use aromat, only if i'm ever having plain pasta or eggs for extra taste (which isn't often) and otherwise use salt for cooking :)
Ah cool. And yeah, the single ingredient spices certainly do have a lot less taste, so it is definitely practical. Thanks for the response and good luck with future competitions 🤘
Aromat FTW