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Brie Larson shared new behind-the-scenes moments from her Grand Teton Climb
Climbing the Grand Teton is no joke, and Brie Larson knows that firsthand. ICYMI, she accomplished the impressive feat back in 2019. Now she's sharing more about her experiences. The Captain Marvel actress recently shared a "blooper" reel of her training to climb and reach the top of the nearly 14,000-foot mountain in Wyoming, and it might convince you to give the sport a try. Larson shared a compilation of behind-the-scenes clips on Instagram. “What does @mileycyrus say?” she writes in the caption of her post. "It's the climb? That was the hardest thing I've ever done...
Brie Larson shared new behind-the-scenes moments from her Grand Teton Climb
Climbing the Grand Teton is no joke, and Brie Larson knows that firsthand. ICYMI, she accomplished the impressive feat back in 2019. Now she's sharing more about her experiences. The Captain Marvel actress recently shared a "blooper" reel of her training to climb and reach the top of the nearly 14,000-foot mountain in Wyoming, and it might convince you to give the sport a try.
Larson shared a compilation of behind-the-scenes clips on Instagram. “What does @mileycyrus say?” she writes in the caption of her post. "It's the climb? It was the hardest thing I've ever done. Climbing the Grand Teton is no joke."
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As difficult as the experience may have been, the videos show Larson seemingly in good spirits as she learns to defend herself on an indoor rock wall, practicing her grip strength and actually climbing while bundled up and wearing a helmet. In various clips, she lightheartedly comments on her hunger and dealing with frozen toes. "Cool, oh, we're not there yet," Larson says in a clip in which the actress appears to realize she hasn't quite made it to the top of the mountain yet.
Her post was met with praise from other celebrities and awe at her achievement. “So proud of you!!!” wrote Michael B. Jordan. "You're scaring me!!!!!!!" added Reese Witherspoon.
Larson first shared on her YouTube channel that she climbed Grand Teton in August 2020, almost a year after the achievement. Her trainer Jason Walsh urged her to test her superhero strength by joining him and professional climber Jimmy Chin to climb the Grand Teton, Shape previously reported. The Oscar winner had just wrapped Captain Marvel and agreed to the "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," as she put it at the time.
The actress wasn't always the fitness lover she is today. While training to play her character Carol Danvers (aka Captain Marvel), Larson went from being unable to "walk up a hill without being out of breath" to doing four 400-pound hip thrusts, Insider reported.
Walsh seemingly got Larson into the fitness game. The actress became "kind of obsessed" with her routine, which she began documenting on social media. "When people say, 'Oh, girls can't do that,' it makes me want to do it even more," Larson previously told Insider.
With this in mind, her motivation and successful climb of Grand Teton makes sense; It is an endurance sport. Not to mention, climbing is a full-body workout that offers some incredible physical benefits.
“Efficient movement requires a tremendous amount of core strength to maintain tension with the wall,” Emily Varisco, head coach and certified personal trainer at The Cliffs in Long Island City, NY, previously told Shape. “With every movement, the core must stabilize the body to maintain at least three points of contact.” To state the obvious, your arms are also working overtime to hang you up as your lower body acts as your support system.
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With all the physical strength required to climb, you'll build endurance and strength in the long run. “A climber naturally builds balance, coordination, breath control, dynamic stability, eye-hand/eye-foot coordination, and they do this in a disguised form of exercise, which is probably the best part about it,” Varisco shared.
With all the coordination, your mental strength will of course be put to the test. "Either you try and you believe [in yourself] and success follows, or you don't - the results are very tangible," free climber Katie Lambert previously shared with Shape.
Exercise can also help you stay present. “Climbing gives me the time and space to just be,” climber Margo Hayes previously told Shape. “Nothing matters right now except every delicate movement.”
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If rock climbing piques your interest, know that you don't have to commit to a big, multi-day trip like Larson did with Grand Teton. You can start with a session at an indoor climbing gym for a fun, physical activity that strengthens the body and mind.