Overview
- Honnold completed a rope‑free ascent of Taipei 101 on Jan. 25 during a Netflix live special, reaching the top in about 1 hour and 31 minutes.
- New details of his regimen describe months of high‑rep strength and endurance work tailored to the building’s repetitive metal box pinches, plus visualization to rehearse fatigue.
- He emphasized full‑body strength and a lean strength‑to‑weight balance, drilling pull‑ups, push‑ups, core work, stretching, and skin and finger conditioning.
- Host Elle Duncan said the broadcast ran on a 10‑second delay with scripted contingency language to cut away in case of a fall.
- A 2016 fMRI study led by neuroscientist Jane Joseph found unusually low amygdala reactivity in Honnold, and psychiatrist Daniel Amen says elite extreme performers show strong top‑down control and regulated fear circuits that support focus under stress.