[wolfgang]

So it looks like that bouldering wad cwp has been "working hard" trimming down. And from the "wanky" pics on fb it seems to of helped.

My question is dieting to this extent really worth the five months of hard work? Surely this hard work could be better spent eating a balance meal as well as actually training?

Is the fact that you can now see a few ribs really a sign of ones strength??

I hope the young guns that follow these uba wads don't emulate this extreme fasting.

[Johnny Brown]

Is the fact that you can now see a few ribs really a sign of ones strength??

No, but climbing your hardest is. Do you actually know what you're talking about, or is it just snarky speculation?

[wolfgang]

I'm not speculating, it's a fact I can now see ribs! Please don't get on your forum high horse. No doubt his potential to climb his pb is around the corner. And what price?

[Paul B]

He looks lean not malnutritioned, what price do you speak of? Eating "clean" requires dedication rather than starvation, the latter would simply lead to muscle wastage.

[Johnny Brown]

No doubt his potential to climb his pb is around the corner

My point was he just has done. And had his best comp result so far.

[wolfgang]

Great, grief from another calorie counter!

[Paul B]

are you kidding? I'm currently on a holiday where I'm basically just eating and drinking my way around a city. I literally have a box full of pastries in my other (sugar coated) hand.

The fact that I understand certain dietary methods means sweet FA, in fact, when I did eat clean for a prolonged period I was at my heaviest ever.

[abarro81]

You sound like one of those people who likes to kid themselves that they're not just eating cos they like eating but they're doing it cos they should be. Accept that you're a gatty cos you're greedy and get over it (like I have)

[shark]

He looks lean not malnutritioned

 

Done a straw poll and my wife and sons agree

[Dr T]

saw him the other week and he just looked, and climbed, effing hard... 

[mindfull]

Transformation from Chuck Norris form to Bruce Lee form. Not bad! 

[measles23]

And those aren't ribs; that's his serratus anterior - the 'boxer's muscle'
Don't fuck with his uppercut!

[Wood FT]

Don't fuck with his uppercut!

 

[rodma]

My passion for eating too much always managed to outweigh my ambition to crush. Good on him he's in phenomenal shape right now.

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[Fiend]

The OP is clearly just being a handbag bitch, but he is right that that is a seriously wanky picture. Made me feel slightly ill, and pull those trousers up FFS.

What happened 5 months ago??

[wolfgang]

Get a room!

[mindfull]

CWP doesn't climb on boulders, he just pulls them down. 

[Stubbs]

What makes you think that he's only been dieting and not training? 

From his spray sheet he seems to have got some hard climbs in despite working on the rigs half the time http://www.8a.nu/?IncPage=http%3A//www.8a.nu/scorecard/AscentList.aspx%3FUserId%3D1551%26AscentType%3D1%26AscentClass%3D0%26AscentListTimeInterval%3D1%26AscentListViewType%3D0%26GID%3D654dde228fa4fc0b78046bbfde8a7525

Have to agree with the above, your post comes across as bitchy and little else, if you can boulder as hard at a higher body fat %age then well done.

[Nibile]

Don't fuck with his uppercut!

 

This makes me feel very curious...

[James Malloch]

What makes you think that he's only been dieting and not training?

He was taking at raven tor a few weeks ago about the amount of training he does offshore. Loads of running,  insane amounts of core stuff and an equally insane amount of fingerboarding. Proper beasting himself. Definitely a hell ofa lot of work and dedication gone into it by the sound of it!

[Muenchener]

He doesn't look starved at all. He looks like a fit athlete on peak form (that he probably won't be able to sustain for very long)

What happened 5 months ago??

Is this a trick question? His girl left the country innit?

[SEDur]

I would like to see the source of your information, on which you base that he starves himself.

Its just not realistic.

[lagerstarfish]

bollocks

I just got caught looking at facebook selfies of a half naked, fit young man with his trousers falling off

there's no way I'll be able to explain that I was only interested in weight loss methods - "start eating for one" is the standard response from Mrs Starfish



has there been no mention of broccoli ?

[mindfull]

We have Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee, uppercuts but you best us with Brocolli. Amazing thread I have to say. 
We should upgrade to a stickie about selfies. 

[a dense loner]

Chris has been offshore twice and he had nothing to do but train, on his second trip I had to work in full breathing apparatus in ridiculous heat for the entire time while he continued training. I don't look like an athlete tho, and he could do with some food

[SA Chris]

Respect to anyone working offshore and training and losing weight. Most people can't resist the unlimited food laid out before them three times a day and get fat and sit about watching pron

And thanks for posting that pic shark, I'm so uncool I had no idea what a cwp diet was.

[saltbeef]

What makes you think that he's only been dieting and not training?

He was talking at raven tor a few weeks ago about the amount of training he does offshore. Loads of running,  insane amounts of core stuff and an equally insane amount of fingerboarding. Proper beasting himself. Definitely a hell ofa lot of work and dedication gone into it by the sound of it!

what is happening?! you were at the tor?!

[shark]

CWP has posted how he got in shape:

https://www.facebook.com/climbingwebbparsons/posts/670393263005911

Sorry non FB users

[chris j]

CWP has posted how he got in shape:

https://www.facebook.com/climbingwebbparsons/posts/670393263005911

Sorry non FB users

Beast! As Chris said, fitting that in while doing shifts offshore is hugely impressive. It's about as much as I can get myself to do to stay out of the cakes and go for a jog a few times a week...

[a dense loner]

Which bit of my post did people not read? He didn't do anything offshore. It's not impressive staying off the cakes and the nice food every meal when he's in Trinidad and none of these are available to you

[Jaspersharpe]

on his second trip I had to work in full breathing apparatus in ridiculous heat for the entire time while he continued training

How did you allow this to happen? Delegation is key.

[shark]

Which bit of my post did people not read? He didn't do anything offshore.

Chris has been offshore twice

[chris j]

It's not impressive staying off the cakes and the nice food every meal when he's in Trinidad and none of these are available to you

Well, obviously if you'd mentioned that before I'd be less impressed... Though fitting that amount of volume in still puts me massively to shame. Does he manage to fit a fingerboard in his baggage or make do with whatever's out on the rig (stairs, door sills...)

[SA Chris]

Which bit of my post did people not read?

Sorry, I misread your post. Easy to do when you say you actually did some work. I assumed it was a typo.

[Jaspersharpe]

Well, obviously if you'd mentioned that before I'd be less impressed... Though fitting that amount of volume in still puts me massively to shame. Does he manage to fit a fingerboard in his baggage or make do with whatever's out on the rig (stairs, door sills...)

They weren't staying on a rig they were in a 5* luxury plantation house, fully equipped with air con, servants, mini bar, trouser press, 45 degree board and gold bidet.

[Nibile]

Some random, useless and unrequested thoughts about dieting, etc.
Let's not forget that CWP had already climbed a few 8c's and numerous 8b+, so he was already quite good even with a few pounds on. 
He got ripped by healthy eating and hard training: it's probably these two factors that enabled him to crush, more than the little weight he could have lost, in my opinion.
Plus, being ripped as a consequence of training (and not just from under-eating - if this verb exists), gives a very high self confidence and this helps in climbing hard.
It's important to distinguish whether the aim is to be ripped and the consequence is climbing hard, or the aim is climbing hard and the consequence is being ripped. I tend to think that in CWP's case it's the latter.

[slackline]

So "famous" no one knew what the thread was about until they read it.

[Oldmanmatt]

Well, obviously if you'd mentioned that before I'd be less impressed... Though fitting that amount of volume in still puts me massively to shame. Does he manage to fit a fingerboard in his baggage or make do with whatever's out on the rig (stairs, door sills...)

They weren't staying on a rig they were in a 5* luxury plantation house, fully equipped with air con, servants, mini bar, trouser press, 45 degree board and gold bidet.

Better than a Gold board and a 45 degree bidet...

[a dense loner]

Shark why did you post my replies as if I'd contradicted myself? I quite obviously said he'd been offshore twice then in a separate statement said he didn't do any work offshore. One doesn't contradict the other. Last week I went to burbage, it doesn't necessarily mean I climbed at burbage
Different jobs jasper 

[lagerstarfish]

They weren't staying on a rig they were in a 5* luxury plantation house, fully equipped with air con, servants, mini bar, trouser press, 45 degree board and gold bidet.

that when they stayed at the gate house in front of Ioan Doyle's holiday home on the moon