[lukeyboy]

Day 2
30 min rainy walk to nursery and back in the morning.
5k run loop to/from the gym (first time in about 20 years) this eve, had a good 1h strength training session. Keen to get stuck in over the next few weeks and see some progress. Mostly used light weights and focused on technique.
Was quite restrained with food, though still working through sister-in-law's homemade Christmas cake.

[northern yob]

Well here goes nothing, this is not the sort of thing I’ve ever done.

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

I’m going on another exploring trip to Saudi, unfortunately it’s all very last minute, we have plans to look at a wall we saw last time it’s 6-10 pitches probably all at least E5, I’ll be happy to free as much as possible and won’t be bothered if I don’t free it all. I will be bothered if I feel like I climb like shit though…

The plan is to do a minimum of a 30 minute zwift workout 5 days of the week. Eat 3 meals a day and not snack. And in preparation for a dry couple of weeks in Saudi no booze (I might get leathered on the flight as it’s a nice carrot and I’ll be travelling with an old friend I don’t see very often), And obviously climb as much as I can (one day outside and two sessions indoors per week) hopefully putting it all on here will give me some extra motivation to stick to the plan.

Day 1 obviously drank in the early hours and had hair of the dog with lunch… hopefully the last for a little while. Walked for about an hour to blow the cobwebs out!

Day 2 1hr threshold session, no snacks. 85kg

Should make for an interesting experiment I’ve never been very good with self discipline.

[dunnyg]

Day 2
Undoor routes up to 6c.
Finger physio x 2
Choss: a handful of crisps and 2 biscuits. Toblerone consumption at all time low.

[SA Chris]

1 - glorious weather, long walk on the coast with the family. Sea wild, and spray lit by sun all the ay up the coast.
2 - boulder session at Block 10. Pretty much all new since last visit in November (ish) so resisted the temptation to spend too long working anything. Good session, skin went about the same time as arms.

[nik at work]

Ah bollocks to it, I’m in….
1 - The Plantation, surprised myself by doing Green Traverse. Even more surprising neither of the kids managed it (I have to take these infrequent victories when I can…)

2 - Early start and long day, got home at 11 and did some stretching, I think I can just about scrape it as a tick…

[shark]

Day 1 Hangs at home then Tor to work on Bens Roof finishing with a dog walk down and back up Water Cum Jolly.

Day 2 A few hangs and fingertip pull ups. Foot-on one arm undercut locks on edge. Foot off one arm undercut locks on bar. Leg presses on counterweight pulley. Assisted one arm undercut locks on edge with pulley. Few goes foot on campus laddering. Easy auto belay at Foundry

Not looking forward to walking or jogging in the rain tomorrow

Day 3 One hour ‘brisk walk’ tm* with dogs from Higgar to Surprise View and back


*as endorsed by Dr Duncan Critchley

[slab_happy]

Day 3. Was planning on going to the climbing wall today, but got massively overloaded by stuff yesterday, woke up feeling like shit and without the brain capacity to get on a bus and go anywhere, let alone make effort.

So I did an hour's slow yoga while watching a Let's Play of Slay The Princess, and am calling that a win.

[Duma]

1. fell at the first hurdle, hungover and miserable weather not even enough of a walk or stretching to count. Lets try again today...

2. 90 min bouldering

3. 30 min run

[lagerstarfish]

day 3

90 mins walking

derigged Christmas and put everything into the attic

top rope solo onto the roof to check ridge tile measurements

40 mins table tennis

[Fiend]

3 - Light walk. Full shoulder rehab / mobility session.

[Wellsy]

3 - board session and then roughly 20 easier problems at the works. Most of which I've already done but tried to focus on doing the spooky/techy ones that I shied away from repeating

[webbo]

3. 30 mins stretching, rehab exs. Chopped up  Christmas tree to put in the recycling bin, brought boxes of ornaments down from the loft, took outside Christmas lights down, put boxes now filled with Christmas decorations in the loft. Walk 2 hours.

[northern yob]

Day 3
brutal 30min zwift workout! Zone 5 intervals (haven’t changed my ftp for a couple of years! Should be lower) struggled to hang on.

Went to the wall, warmed up with circuits, bouldered and finished off with circuits

No snacks, no booze

84.3kg

[dunnyg]

3.
Finger physio, leg/shoulder physio. Felt crap on the shoulder stuff - tired, so didn't do the whole routine.

Choss levels: high

[monkoffunk]

2. Strength and conditioning. Bicep curls, squat/shoulder-press, bent row, single leg RDL with 6kg dumbbells. Plus push ups. Finished with 4x 10s body weight hangs on a flat jug. Zero pull ups this month. Yoga. Pronator teres rotations evening.
3. Brisk walking with toddler on shoulders and pram+baby. Yoga. Another simple weights session. Few easy exercises from Al Kavadlo’s pistol squat progression. Elbow PT exercises + pronator teres rotations.

Lots of snacks, no booze, but only two more days of Christmas left so snacks will be gone soon.

[lukeyboy]

Parkrun with brother-in-law this morn, good start to the year. Cleared out the remaining Christmas leftovers from the fridge, though still going on the homemade mince pies, too good not to.

Aim to start a week's trial at the independent crossfit-style gym my wife goes to, in the next day or so, with the aim of working on the gaps left by climbing and running and just feeling stronger/healthier overall.

Day 2
30 min rainy walk to nursery and back in the morning.
5k run loop to/from the gym (first time in about 20 years) this eve, had a good 1h strength training session. Keen to get stuck in over the next few weeks and see some progress. Mostly used light weights and focused on technique.
Was quite restrained with food, though still working through sister-in-law's homemade Christmas cake.

Day 3 - very wet 1h walk school/nursery run. 1h30 indoor boulder session.

[nik at work]

3 - the works getting burnt off by a teenager and a pre-teen for an hour and a half. Brilliant brilliant fun.

[James Malloch]

Day 1
3x3 pull-ups and then board session

Day 2
5x3 pull-ups with baby in sling
5x5 push-ups with baby in sling
25 mins walk-run

Day 3
5x3 pull-ups with baby in sling
5x5 push-ups with baby in sling
15 mins hamstring stretches
Lots of walking out with the dog and baby in a sling.

Baby in a sling seems to be my new thing…

[rginns]

Bit late to this one...
1 - breezy walk up to Point Lynas
2 - an hour of pretty vigarous housework.
3 - 3 hr session at Preston wall, mostly on the ropes

Baby in a sling seems to be my new thing…

Amazing, I never thought about utilising this ever increasing weight belt when ours were young!

[Mostly_Inanimate_Beans]

3. Hamstring and hip stretching
Rehab on what is now my good hand

[James Malloch]

Bit late to this one...
1 - breezy walk up to Point Lynas
2 - an hour of pretty vigarous housework.
3 - 3 hr session at Preston wall, mostly on the ropes

Baby in a sling seems to be my new thing…

Amazing, I never thought about utilising this ever increasing weight belt when ours were young!

It’s something that I always wanted to do after my 70 year old relative could shoulder press my 40kg niece having done it regularly as she grew. I could barely pick her up!

I’m trying to think of extra exercises if anyone has any recommendations! I’ve added scapular pull-ups today.

[lukeyboy]

Bit late to this one...
1 - breezy walk up to Point Lynas
2 - an hour of pretty vigarous housework.
3 - 3 hr session at Preston wall, mostly on the ropes

Baby in a sling seems to be my new thing…

Amazing, I never thought about utilising this ever increasing weight belt when ours were young!

It’s something that I always wanted to do after my 70 year old relative could shoulder press my 40kg niece having done it regularly as she grew. I could barely pick her up!

I’m trying to think of extra exercises if anyone has any recommendations! I’ve added scapular pull-ups today.

Great work, you'll be a fucking wad by the time they're a toddler!

Once they're too big for a sling, I find if you're ever on the floor children always want to climb on top of you, which really helps get deeper into a stretch.

Hope the start of dad life is treating you well 

[lagerstarfish]

Day 4

spent most of the day dicking about on the roof, mixing mortar, up and down ladders carrying stuff etc repairing the damage from the storm a few weeks ago

The fixed rope and ladders had an Everest vibe to it, but without the crowds, cost and lack of oxygen

30 mins table tennis, will probably be coerced into more

[slab_happy]

Day 4.

20 mins walk from the bus stop, two and a half hours climbing at the Works (playing on the new irn brus), about half an hour's strength training afterwards.

[northern yob]

Day 4

handballed 300l of heating oil 150m

35mins sweet spot zwift

No booze no snacks

84.3kg