#149 Emil Abrahamsson — Avoiding Audience Capture, Winning The Arnold Classic, Why He’s A “Lunatic”, and Gaining The Right Kind Of Weight from The Testpiece Podcast

#149 Emil Abrahamsson — Avoiding Audience Capture, Winning The Arnold Classic, Why He’s A “Lunatic”, and Gaining The Right Kind Of Weight

1 hour 35 minutes Posted Mar 24, 2025 at 12:00 pm.

Intro

BTS On Making YouTube Videos

Being Famous

How Emil Got Started On YouTube

How Emil Chooses What Content To Make

Why Emil Loves The Big Island (V15)

Emil’s Love Of Training Vs Rock Climbing

Winning The Arnold Classic!

How Training For The Arnold Affected Emil’s Climbing

What Emil Learned About Training From The Arnold Classic

Applying Those Learnings To The Big Island

Emil’s Experiment With Gaining Weight

What Exercises Emil Did That Lead To Weight Gain

Bringing Up Weaknesses Vs Focusing On Strengths

What Emil Has Learned Climbing With The Best In The World

Emil’s Favorite Piece Of Climbing Gear

How Do You Go From Good To Great?

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Emil Abrahamsson is one of the most famous climbers today because of his incredibly popular YouTube channel. Some of his videos have been viewed over 10 million times!

Emil also is an incredibly strong climber with sends as hard as V15.

Find out how Emil balance YouTube with his love of climbing and how he responds to those that say he’s just a ‘YouTuber’ and not a ‘real climber’.

THIS EPISODE IS SUPPORTED BY Tension Climbing! Tension makes the best climbing training tools on the planet.

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