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Power Club week 158 Mon 18th Feb - Sun 24th Feb (Read 9413 times)

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Power Club week 158 Mon 18th Feb - Sun 24th Feb
February 24, 2013, 08:09:17 pm
2013 totals:
Outdoor: 18   
Indoor:2 
Training 4

Its been a great week of grit weather (and the YYFY/Significant repeats thread shows that with some big numbers going down) and I've lucky enough to be able to take advantage of a less busy work week to get out three times in the Peak. Its felt like hard work a couple of times with that biting easterly wind - and I've felt like I've been climbing like shit - but have had some successes and put a long standing nemesis to bed..

Wednesday was the first day I could get out and I was keen to get on WSS in lower temperatures.. On my Hull > Manchester commute I managed to get there for about 1ish and no-one else was about. But I just couldn't warm up. The usual arete and sloper problems on the wall left of the nose felt so hard.. perhaps I was too excited or psyched but I fell and fell and fell from the (occasionally tricky) arete problem I'd done so many times. I gave up and moved left to the problem rising up the two slopers to the break - again, nothing spat off again and again. It was like my movement and body position was all out of sorts - snatching at things pulling too hard, not thinking - just presuming I could do it. Eventually I found a little of my mojo and stuttered up the arete and then wandered over to WSS. Which was alright I suppose - it was a session rather than an attempt and I got close to previous highs and worked my LH mono crimp skills but again it just wasnt working. It was also peskily windy.. not super strong just really breezy - and three times I had to run after my chalk bucket as it was blown away. Getting annoyed with the place, the wind, the cold and my own ineptitude I decided to seek some shelter at Secret Garden - and have a play at Left Hand Man - that Drew and Nai had been talking about so enthusiastically.

The Garden was a far more pleasant environment - only a little wind - the odd flurry of snow and the conditions felt a little better than at BurbizzleWest but oddly not as good as they should for the temps etc.. Secret Garden is also the location of a three or four year Nemesis - Beach Ball. I tried this quite alot when I was trying to get my first and subsequent peak 7's - often in the summer when conditions are not ideal for sloper slapping :) Anyway, I pulled on felt good and was spat off ;) But I seemed to work some new beta, getting my RF in the high break at the back allowed me to get my left Heel quite close to my body - then with a deep flag under with my RF I could static up my RH for the second shelf. Bring the left hand up - thwack - shuffle the left foot, thrown on a right knee and sliiiipppp and plop. On my arse. I tried again - this time with the 'Plattsy approved' double knee method - this left me falling onto both knees on the mat - a fall to prayer position if you like. I had some tea, some flapjack and examined the slopers.. I was slapping up about 30cm left of my RH on the second shelf - and noticed that the best point was where I was getting the RH to.. so next go - pull on, flag, static RH up, MATCH with the LH and oh.. that feels much better. Shuffle left heel into a toe right under me, right knee up and f*ck I'm pumped! OK, go for it - left hand slaps up and - ahh. its a good hold. Stand up and job done.. Excellent - a real fight and it was good to finally get something good from the day that had been half baked to that point. AND my SG nemesis was gone :) Drew and Nai had tweeted through the LHM beta and I tried the first move - and got stuck - and my hands hurt - and I was tired - and probably had some more excuses... so decided to take my tick and get back to Manchester. Something divine must indeed have been happening as the waves of 4-5pm traffic through Stockport parted and I got back in just over an hour.....

Note - I picked up a pair of chemical re-usable Karrimor hand warmers in JD sports before Xmas for £1... when my hands were about to give up from cold at SG I broke them out and popped them in the mits.. excellent - not super warm, but enough for 30 min to get the hands back to life..

Friday was the next day I could get out - and the forecast again looked superb. I was really keen to get on Soft on the G @ Gardoms North (F7B) - after talking to TommyZtone about it weeks before - and having filled up on porridge and youtube beta I set off. Its great to be out when the weather is like this - hard ground - no mud - gentle flurries. Gardoms was in good condition - though bastard cold and warming up took longer than I expected. I was moving a bit better than wednesday, but still everything felt quite forced - mechanical - with none of the flow I get when climbing well. Moving over to the bloc I tried to repeat the Dawes problem Bishop something (a 6B+ just to the right of Soft on the G) that I flashed a couple of years back - no chance on friday - I just couldnt keep myself on. Normally its a LH pocket, RH sidepull, LF on a smear on the face - stand up and RF toe underneath to keep me in and deadpoint/slap for the top. My body had other ideas - just waving away from the face - falling backwards every time. I stopped when I tore a chunk of nail off. Annoyed with myself I then did the logical thing and started working the 7B ;) Shit its hard! I had a couple of video betas to work off and I managed to get off the ground guppying the arete, with RH on the sidepull, RF in the pocket on the face and wanging a left foot around onto a smear on the left side. I would then be stuck - a power thrutch attempt moved me about 6 inches up and down! Looking back at the vids, I now think I should try and bring my RF onto the face in this position - which could work. Maybe another time... If I didnt guppy the arete (held it normally) I could not get my RF to stick in the pocket - in fact I had real trouble keeping it in there with all versions.. I wasnt sure whether to just smear it generally in there (in a slipper) or use an edging shoe and use a little edge in the pocket at the base. Both seemed equally tenuous - possibly the edging method more positive..

Pah. Another unsuccessful session - I was getting cold with little shelter from the breeze and on the other side of the road I could see the tail end of Baslow looking at me - where I have more unfinished business with Dirty Bitch (F7A) which I had come very close to a couple of weekends back. Nothing urgent on the email - plenty of time - plenty of light.. why not. So crossing the road beneath Gardoms N and wandering up through the woods I walked along the top to the Monument - dropped down to where Dirty Bitch was and set up camp. Here was even more sheltered - T shirt weather almost (with thermals!). Feeling warmed up, I jumped straight on the problem and nearly got it first go (see below)



Pinging off on a damp hold was a bit of a shock - and this happened another two or three times. Finally it went - and went well. A second 7 for the week and again managing to pull something good from a day that could have been very average.

I hurt on Saturday - ached - considerably from the walking between problems with 10kg of foam wobbling around on my back - and I'd promised the day to do something with MrsTT - so we went out into the depths of Cheshire (theres a ulterior motive coming..) for a nice lunch and a bit of a wander. 'Coincidentally' near Bickerton which gave me a chance to check out 'Kittys' a small sandstone buttress in the esoterica section of the new Cheshire guide. Looked good - and I pulled on a few holds and checked out a few lines while a bored MrsTT sat and played on her phone for 10 minutes.. One for the Summer when the grit is too warm I think - a lovely spot. 

Sunday. Myselft, Plattsy, TommyZtone and Nai had been bouncing tweets about to get out on Sunday - where to go - what to try. Flatworld, Curbar, Baslow - and we settled on Boyager! It does look like a cracking line, none of us had tried it and at 7B (on the softer side some say) it seemed ideal for a group attempt. I racked up at Birbiizzleness at 10:30 or so and met up with TommyZ who had already been there 45 min and shat himself soloing a Vdiff that had some snow in interesting places! There had been a dusting over most things and we spent 10 min brooming off the snow on the top out and surrounding area. Its not a great landing - but the SEA OF FOAM was in full attendance and we ended up with 9 pads underneath it :) Nothing much to warm up on - so in true Poustie style (according to TommyZ) the problem was the warm up... I really liked the problem. I thought it was first class. It ripped the hell out of my hands, wrists and ankles - but climbs really well. We spent probably close to 90 min working out a sequence to get out to the nose. This started with a heel hook round the right, slap further along the nose with the RH, udge Right heel along more then (the hard move) slapping the left hand about 30cm further along the nose - then heels and things could be attached at both edges. OK - well this was how the less tall were trying it.. Plattsy and Myself managed a sequence where we could work our LH out a way further, then with a toe just on the back block and a top of toe under the roof the RH could then be worked out further. Then the tallies crux which was bringing the left heel onto a pebble/decent smear whilst keeping the right toe tip just on - cutting loose didnt work. I think I got this first - made it out to the nose - got a high right heel and went for the top with my RH - grabbed an intermediate crimp with my RH and then went around the block with my left. Pumping out badly I didnt hold the top (I dont think I got it properly anyway) and fell off. Thank you SEA OF FOAM and spotters. Nai got on it and sent it next go. Effort. I practiced the top out - so had some confidence in the moves - and with the added pressure of the camera filming it went. Really pleased - a good fight - must have been on it for about two hours (its on TommyZtones camera so he's got the evidence!).

TommyZ came close - with some heroic slap falls - and Plattsy - man, you should have sent that! You got all the way to the end and then it didnt work... Next time. A couple of other lads rolled up - one who managed it (Jonny?) and we felt a bit guilty removing 9 pads and leaving them with three :/

Velvet crab was next - and this looks like a great problem but I was ferked. Skin, arms, ankles all hurting and bleeding.. Nai did really well on it and got to his previous high point - one again to come back to as it is a really class line though spotter and 4 pads is needed really. Plattsy and Drew had a fight with banannaX (X insert variation) and came close - and I left - feeling trashed and needing to get back to the supermarket to buy dinner before it shut.

So despite not feeling like I've been climbing well, I have managed to do two new 7A's and a 7B.. which is a really good week - long may the conditions continue!

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Thanks tomtom - just beat me to it !

Weight 11st 8-10

Mon. AM 6 monthly weigh in. Under 11% body fat but still too heavy for this time of year 
Tues.
Weds. PM Shoulder felt a lot better and was tempted back to eatswood. Good connies. Felt bionic on warm up. First go to midway but dabbed whilst on the largest holds so stepped off  :ang: Second go to near end where it nearly unravelled when my right hand crept off the sloper/crease but still managed to match the finger rail but on the final lunge got a bad bit but thankfully managed to udge again  ;D Started working the Reverse - an extra kneepad may be required
Thurs. Drove to Swansea   
Fri. Drove back from Swansea   
Sat. PM. Weighted deadhangs. Started a new  relationship with the 15mm edge of the Wedge @ +25kg
Sun. PM Fingery endurance on systems board - ace session

Weds seems a long time ago. The 10 days of very easy climbing that preceded it worked wonders on repairing my shoulder and also on my strength. The lesson is that my easy weeks haven't been easy enough.

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Started working the Reverse - an extra kneepad may be required

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Well done to both of you! Good week!

Goals for Feb.
Purple 7b on 45º
Density Bouldering http://climbstrong.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/density-training/ twice a week
Strength sessions twice a week
Get outside twice 1/2

Mon - KK - Climbing, Strength session, didn't go well due to painful shoulder. Still did some hard moves but sacked it off early. No significant ticks.
Tue - Attempted Density workout, should have got the picture from the day before. Shoulder was hurting so stopped midway through first set and moved to some less intense climbing in the form of longer circuits.
- Ran 11.7km in 54.07. Good steady run.
Wed - rest
Thu - KK - this session i managed to take it easy and just used it to work out what climbing i can get away with without aggravating my shoulder. Did some longer steeper circuits.
10km run with 3x 1km speed efforts.
Fri - Managed a 1 armer on my uninjured side, good marker of weightloss more than anything. 
Sat - Parkrun 5km. New PB! 18.14, felt really slow and i didn't believe my stopwatch till the results came through. Very pleased.
Sun - 11.3km in 54.38. Good slow run.
KK - climbing, did one density set and managed 12 tops in 13 minutes, before problems aggravated shoulder. Moved onto longer circuits for rest of session.

Good and bad week, good for running, bad for climbing.
Shoulder impingement is annoying, have taken the advice of forum members and booked a physio appointment next week. Still been climbing, just trying to avoid movements which hurt it. Hopefully will have a better idea of how to rehab my shoulder once I've seen the Physio.
Did my last density style session today, will probably keep using it to train PE as it seems a good way to get the intensity right in a small bouldering wall, and a 20 minute block can be tagged onto other sessions easily. I will be aiming to concentrate more on endurance for march.

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Monday - Friday - Moving stuff.
Saturday - Sunday - Build kitchen.

Internet connection will take a month to connect, so even shorter than usual report.

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Effort TomTom,  Shark and everyone else who's done well on grit this week!

STG- E2 on grit this season. Maintain/ improve sport fitness over winter.
MTG- 7B, 7b and E3 in 2013. Gain finger strength.

M- Rest.
T- Notts Depot. Some circuits then easy-paced bouldering. Did a few new yellows (V5-V7).
W- Tried new idea of a short, circuits-only session working the same doable circuit  with timed rests. Did yellow circuit 4.8 times. Screwed up with overoptimistic rest time between first and second laps which meant a longer than ideal one between the later ones. Seemed like a good thing to repeat every week. Couldn't resist a bit of bouldering after and did a pink problem (God knows what grade, probably V6ish) I'd been trying for weeks.
T- Deadhangs. Managed to add 2 seconds to previous PBs. Going to add wider range of finger combinations from next week.
F- Rest. Pleased not to feel demolished- must be getting fitter!
S- Secret Garden. Wanted to have a crack at Beach Ball after doing quite well on it back on December 1st. Made progress on every go then started fluffing the heel-toe. Snow got heavier and started sticking- most at the crag bailed but I and another fella who'd just ticked Dick Williams kept the faith. I kept getting matched on the highest sloper but couldn't seem to thrutch myself up. Feeling wrecked and exhausted I decided it was now beyond me and to dejectedly eat a sandwich and have a cup of tea before making the drive home. The other guy left and I found myself alone and freezing with the light failing and snow starting to properly stick again. Looking at my pad still under the problem I decided to have one last go and film it so I could at least see where I was going wrong. The resultant video is hilarious- grumpy, kanckered-looking guy sits putting his shoes on in the snowy twilight, thwacks snow from holds with towel, pulls on and perfectly executes the problem with an almost nonchalent full-body flick to gain the top sloper, disbelieving chuckle post-crux and childlike screams of delight upon topping-out. YYFY.  :dance1:
S- Sore from head to toe with virtually no skin left. Rest.

7As seem to be like buses- after unsuccesfully trying to tick one since mid-summer I've just done two in a week!  ;D   

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Nice one Cheque :)

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Sounds like people are making good use of the baltic weather.

STG - rehab. wrist

Week 156

M - :sick:
T - :sick:
W - :sick:
T - Dumbells - finger rolls, biceps curls
F -
S - Swanage with DFB.  Glorious T-shirt weather, blue sky, calm sea. Crag practically deserted.  A couple of easy warm-ups then Finale Grove.
S -

Week 157

M -
T - Dumbells -  finger rolls, biceps curls
W -
T - Biscuit Bouldering - c.15 easy warm-up problems
F -
S - Dumbells - finger rolls, biceps curls
S - Biscuit Bouldering - c.25 easy warm-up problems.  Offspring expressed interest in going to climbing wall  “because I’m a big boy now” (of just over 3).  Had a splendid time, offspring behaved and tolerated his dad having a gentle potter for an hour.

Wrist continues to be somewhat tweaky but, overall, tolerating more activity.  Gently does it...




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#8 .
February 24, 2013, 10:09:42 pm
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M easy 30 mins in shed but third day of doing it so felt tired
T gentle 20 min run, just nice to be doing it again
W Foundry lunchtime. Loads of 1s, a 2 and a 3
T nothing
F quick hour at Burbage West before late to work
S slow 5.3 k run. Saw the Starfish family in the Starfish mobile. So glad lagers didn't get rid of it
S Got freezing watching son play footy and needed 20 mins duvet time to recover before I made it out to Froggatt. Did Hot Butter knives which was fun but failed on Stottie which looks ace  -  has anyone done it ? felt hard for 7b. Managed to do something to my back which is now killing me


A week of getting back into it really
Bad news is that the physio concedes that she isn't really doing anything for my shoulder so its back to the specialist on Wednesday. Best case injection, worst case op. Fuck







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Fine effort for everyone's grit ticks.

STG - Wrist rehab stuff, run regularly, get in shape for MTG
MTG - Peak + font before spring, if I do any hard stuff that'll be nice too.
LTG - 8A, 68kg

M - ached after comp on Sun.
T - still achey in shoulders, haven't felt like that from climbing for ages, must have tried hard on Sun. TCA eve, took a while to get going, then played on Finals problems from Blocfest at the weekend - managed probs 2 (that I'd only got half way through in the comp) & 3 (that I dropped the finishing pocket), no progress on 1. Felt good by end of session.
W -
T - Root canal, then TCA in eve - new Orange problems (6B+ to 7B+) mostly set so played on those. did a fair few of the easier ones and maybe one or two that'd be 7's. Feeling bit tired and tweaky so decide on a few days off.
F - london in eve, booze, food
S - touristy stuff in big smoke (view from the shard is pretty cool), booze, food.
S -

68-69kg

Prob going to rest tomorrow as well, L elbow's been a little twingy last couple of weeks, feels like it'd be good for me.

Offspring expressed interest in going to climbing wall  “because I’m a big boy now” (of just over 3).  Had a splendid time, offspring behaved and tolerated his dad having a gentle potter for an hour.
:clap2: great isn't it.

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Rested all week and was mentally drained from legal/financial negotiations on Tuesday afternoon that lasted six hours.

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M - went to Rowtor, expected to get Kermit's Arete but didn't.  Also struggled on that 6C right of Quine, I'm missing something or it's total nails.
T - TGUs total weight lifted 378kg
     cleans up to 40kg
     2x20 Renegade Rows - 16kg
     3xDeadlift - 90kg - only 1.5xBW and it feels nails, can't imagine doing much more, am I weak or just lightly built?
     Core Eve - V-sits, V-up-Situps & levers
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T - Rubbish Secret Garden session then 30 mins core - 4x 1min each: plank, 2x Sideplank, dish, 25 pressups.
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S - Burly day at Burbage, did Boyager then tried Velvet Crab but took a while working it out and too battered to finish it off

A decent day at last on Sunday, February's been a real struggle like it often seems to be.  Don't know why but the grade always drops or slows down massively. Wish i could work out why, anyone experience anything similar?

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Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday - Rest & Stretching. Felt overtired and boxed from a long day in the pass on Sunday.

Thursday - Bouldering Comp at Oswestry Climbing Centre. Flashed 12 Easy and Medium problems. Flashed 1 Hard problem and did 1 3rd go and one 4th go. Hardest they've been set for a comp so far. Psyched to do so well!

Friday - Fingerboard repeaters 5 sec hangs, 5 sec rest x 6 (3 minutes rest between sets)
1. One hand on 20's one hand on 35's on Slopers.
2. Alternate hands as above.
3. Middle 2
4. Pinch grip with a 20kg weight attached to a piece of 2x4.
5. Pinch grip with other hand as above.
6. Front 3 - open hand.
7. Back 2 with one foot on chair

(Did 2 sets of all the above hangs)

Saturday - Rest

Sunday - Very productive day.
Morning - Bolted a new line, previously had a quick look but not tired any of the moves. Looked about 6c/+. Climbed on a shunt and it felt more like 7a or harder. Great moves on slopers and a crozzly limestone headwall. Worked out all the best bolt positions and climbed a few more times. Took about 3 1/2 hours.

Afternoon - Went to Pantymwyn to try Robert Duvall V6/7A.
Took about an hour to work out the last move. Once worked out climbed it from a stand start for the first time (psyched!) Climbed from a sit and can do all the moves but just to tired to link the whole thing. Feels great to be so close now, Only had 1 proper session on it. Go back fresh and it'll be in the bag I reckon!

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Bad news is that the physio concedes that she isn't really doing anything for my shoulder so its back to the specialist on Wednesday. Best case injection, worst case op. Fuck

Tried Steve Hodgson at Hallamshire Physio yet?

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I haven't, but AFAIK Val Jones is widely considered as one of the best in the business. Val says she's treated hundreds of people with the same condition/symptoms as me.
I  know Andy Cave went to see the GB gymnastics team shoulder specialist in Liverpool a couple of times who was amazed that he wasn't using Val (he hadn't heard of her)


Anyway, thanks but I'll wait to see what the specialist says on Wednesday before deciding what to do next




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The other guy left and I found myself alone and freezing with the light failing and snow starting to properly stick again. Looking at my pad still under the problem I decided to have one last go and film it so I could at least see where I was going wrong. The resultant video is hilarious- grumpy, kanckered-looking guy sits putting his shoes on in the snowy twilight, thwacks snow from holds with towel, pulls on and perfectly executes the problem with an almost nonchalent full-body flick to gain the top sloper, disbelieving chuckle post-crux and childlike screams of delight upon topping-out. YYFY.  :dance1:

Nice one. Calls to mind the last pages of this

http://www.v-outdoor.co.uk/products/climbing_mountaineering/november.php

"It's snowing........"

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Effort TomTom,  Shark and everyone else who's done well on grit this week!

STG- E2 on grit this season. Maintain/ improve sport fitness over winter.
MTG- 7B, 7b and E3 in 2013. Gain finger strength.

M- Rest.
T- Notts Depot. Some circuits then easy-paced bouldering. Did a few new yellows (V5-V7).
W- Tried new idea of a short, circuits-only session working the same doable circuit  with timed rests. Did yellow circuit 4.8 times. Screwed up with overoptimistic rest time between first and second laps which meant a longer than ideal one between the later ones. Seemed like a good thing to repeat every week. Couldn't resist a bit of bouldering after and did a pink problem (God knows what grade, probably V6ish) I'd been trying for weeks.
T- Deadhangs. Managed to add 2 seconds to previous PBs. Going to add wider range of finger combinations from next week.
F- Rest. Pleased not to feel demolished- must be getting fitter!
S- Secret Garden. Wanted to have a crack at Beach Ball after doing quite well on it back on December 1st. Made progress on every go then started fluffing the heel-toe. Snow got heavier and started sticking- most at the crag bailed but I and another fella who'd just ticked Dick Williams kept the faith. I kept getting matched on the highest sloper but couldn't seem to thrutch myself up. Feeling wrecked and exhausted I decided it was now beyond me and to dejectedly eat a sandwich and have a cup of tea before making the drive home. The other guy left and I found myself alone and freezing with the light failing and snow starting to properly stick again. Looking at my pad still under the problem I decided to have one last go and film it so I could at least see where I was going wrong. The resultant video is hilarious- grumpy, kanckered-looking guy sits putting his shoes on in the snowy twilight, thwacks snow from holds with towel, pulls on and perfectly executes the problem with an almost nonchalent full-body flick to gain the top sloper, disbelieving chuckle post-crux and childlike screams of delight upon topping-out. YYFY.  :dance1:
S- Sore from head to toe with virtually no skin left. Rest.

7As seem to be like buses- after unsuccesfully trying to tick one since mid-summer I've just done two in a week!  ;D
nice one, you posted the video online?
The circuit board in notts depot seems to be working for you

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Cheers Rich!

I can't edit the AVCHD files my new(ish) camera creates with the software I have unfortunately. Hopefully get this fixed fairly soon as It'd be good to get back into making some climbing films.

I think the Depot in general is working for me- I've got loads stronger from bouldering there but the circuit board is definitely helping keep the endurance I brought back from the states. Couldn't get motivated to climb indoors when the other centre was the only local option but I've been all about it this winter.

Still up for visiting the Secret Garden with you by the way- I have the beta for Beach Ball now (provided you're not loads shorter or taller than my 5'10"...) and there's plenty else there I'd like to try.

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I'm still up for a joint visit too Mike (especially now you've got beta  ;)) I'm 6'2 so height's not usually an issue.

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Czeque - if your camera records AVCHD as .MTS, Windows Movie Maker can edit those normally.

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Folk (mostly) had great week  :2thumbsup:

M: Rest
T: OH max hangs and one arm work. Wide push-ups to finish
W: Went to Reading for some bouldering. Hugely surprised by what I was able to do without crimping, even managed a couple of dyno type problems which I usually find impossible. I wonder if all this open hand fingerboarding is helping with catching stuff!?! Anyway, problems up to v6ish so climbing well enough to enjoy font in 3 weeks.
T: Rest
F: Tried a fb session but couldn't warm up. Even taking a break and trying again didn't work.
S: Had planned on getting out but partner managed to do his back in whilst sleeping. Subsequent fb session wound up being the same as Friday.  :-\
S: Tried fingerboarding yet again and this time it was great. OH max hangs and one arm work. Wide push-ups to finish.

Fri/Sat was strange, although I frequently have off sessions or stop whilst trying to warm up it doesn't often happen two days on the trot. I usually put it down to not being rested enough but this week had more :alky: than usual (ie. some rather than none, I'm such a light weight) and Ms bought a bread maker at the start of the week. Combined with meeting a very enthusiastic nutritionist (I know this isn't a real title) and my other allergic and intolerant tendencies I am going to try minimising/cutting out a few things over the next  few weeks. Very unscientific but I'm curious to see if it will have an effect.


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Mon. Rockcity mainly repeats did about 25 problems up to 6c.
Tue. Nothing.
Wed. Rockcity 25 problems up to 7a.
Thu. Off work in the morning waiting for a delivery. Weights bench 70k deadlift 2 x 105k no more weights. Turbo 50 mins. After work turbo 50 mins.
Fri. Nothing.
Sat. Weights Dumbell workout apart from deadlift 2 x105k. Turbo 1 hr 20 mins.
Sun. Frogatt Sunset boulders spotted a block that didn't have anything recorded in the guide. Cleaned and climbed 5 problems on it 2 quite good. By the time we'd finished no skin or strength left to try any established stuff.

Finger still stiff and sore but improving.     

 

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