So that rock wall plan isn’t fully supported by the joists. A lot of the weight is held by the studs and floor it’s resting against.

I’ve built two separate home climbing walls. The biggest lesson I learned was securing it against the wall is really important. The swinging forces generated by climbing won’t work if it’s just supported at one end. I tried to build a freestanding wall and it was impossible to make fully secure.

My current wall is small, one 4x8 sheet of plywood. I have 1 4ft 2x6 for connecting it to the wall and one attaching it to the joists, each are secured to 3 studs/joists. This is very stable. I’m like 150lbs and I can make dynamic movements on it all day and it doesn’t move at all.

Yeah I was like the exact same. My best mile was like 5:08 and I could keep under 6 for a 5k but that was like only once. I can’t imagine holding this pace at all.

I hate the it’s all genetics argument so much. It completely invalidates all the training involved to do this. “Oh he’s just genetically better, if I had his genetics I’d be setting the record marathon times”. 99.99% of people if given his genetics wouldn’t be record setting marathoners. They’d still be where they are today. Yes genetics can play a role and can be a difference between the elite of the elite but 99+% of his performance is from his training.