[slab_happy]

9. Half hour "run".
25 mins shoulder and back exercises, adjusted to skip anything that pisses off my elbow.
100 kettlebell swings with 16kg (sets of 10 spread out over about 18 minutes, as it was an experiment -- not done any swings since my back problems, so wanted to see if I can without tweaking anything).

[webbo]

9. 30 minutes stretching/ theraband. Board 1 hour followed by 40 minutes weights.

[lagerstarfish]

Day 9

three hours pottering on easy routes and boulder problems at Burbage North in the morning

had planned on going to the pump track, but ended up doing supermarket shop and cooking the next four days' meals

40 mins table tennis after tea



a bit of today's slow and awkward movement

[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.

4. Yoga. Pronator teres rotations. Really wanted to go for run but couldn’t bring myself to go out in the pouring rain at 2100. Few more pistol squat progressions and hangs on flat edge instead.

5. Run. 31min 19sec, 5.07k. First since September! Probably wouldn’t have gone so far if not for Sharkathon. Pronator teres rotations, yoga.

6. Yoga. Pronator teres rotations. Weights session. DOMS kicking in from run so mostly upper body. Increased weight. Few more hangs. Right wrist slightly complaining at the elbow physio  . Old injury from way back.

Last day of eating crap! Christmas pudding after dinner. That’s it now, rest of the month will be on point.

7. Red Spider. Couple of hours running after two and three year old through the castle play thing. A few boulder problems for good measure! Bicep curls when home plus yoga evening.

8. Run. 29m 20s 5.08km. Beautiful sunshine and light snow. Physio. Very gentle wrist stuff. Yoga.
9. 30+mins of weights. Wrist physio included in warm up. Yoga.

[AJM]

December
26 - 4km walk with in-laws and children, plus a rehab session
27 - 30mins of stretching and a few sets of pushups. I am not flexible.
28 - portable fingerboard, giving the fingers a bit of exercise
29 - 1.5km potter with parents and children, plus rehab
30 - another fingerboard session. Wasn’t as good as Thursday but still tried hard.
31 - light stretching

January
1 - there was a very brief window of sunshine, so I shuffled round the park for a bit. 5km in about 32m. I don’t really do cardio!
2 - 1-on-1-off in the board. Feeling a bit fitter than previous sessions on it.

3 - rehab
4 - 1-on-1-off again. It’s amazing how much harder this feels if my skin is less than fresh.
5 - rehab, plus walking to and fro going to work. Stupidly sliced the end of a fingertip with a knife right before the good weather starts!
6 - busy day out with the kids, chunk of walking about
7 - outdoor bouldering. Lasted 40m before I tweaked my hamstring. Gutted.
8 - rehab
9 - nada. Need to rest between rehab sets, finger needs to heal, hamstring needs another day before I see how it’s feeling.

Hopefully hamstring won’t be too serious but my last few injuries have all taken ages to heal so a bit of a mental blow

[northern yob]

Day 9

30 mins tempo

No booze, no snacks

83.7kg

[Duma]

1. No

2. 90 min bouldering

3. 30 min run

4. 2 hrs bouldering

5. 30 min (barely!) Core and rehab.

6. 90 min bouldering

7. 30 min run

8. 75 min bouldering

9. 120 min bouldering

[shark]

8. Tor. Session on Bens then dog walk

9. Protracted home training session. Ergo edge BW hangs FC, HC and Drag 10,10 and 10 secs and 3 x pull-ups at each grip type. Foot-on one arm undercut pulls on edge. Leg presses on counterweight pulley Foot off one arm undercut locks on bar. Front lever attempts. Assisted one arm undercut locks on edge with 15kg counterweight on pulley. Ergo edge +15kg FC, HC and Drag 10,10 and 10 secs +22.5kg FC 10, HC 6 and 6 secs Drag 10 secs

Good turnout this year. Keep at it ladies and gents.

[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.

4. 1h walk school/nursery run. 5k run loop to/from gym, 1h strength session. Really enjoyed.

5. Just the 1h school/nursery walk today. And currently doing a bit of stretching.

6. 15 min jog to gym then a 1h beasting. Loved it. Went for a coffee after and managed to avoid the pastries.

7. 1.5h trail run (10ish miles) along the coast from Clevedon to Portishead whilst daughter at ballet. One of those where it fitted in perfectly and felt like a win.

8. The normal 1h walk school/nursery run this morning, then 5k run to/from 1h strength training at gym.

9. Just the 1h walk this morning, though we were late so I was storming along with a double buggy incl. 40kg of children, which got the HR up.

[James Malloch]

Day 9
Yin Yoga class

[rginns]

9 - 1hr 20m board session

[nik at work]

9 - busy day, brief stretching session. Scraping the barrel…

[Mostly_Inanimate_Beans]

9. Finger rehab. Essay writing so frantic I'm counting it as cardio. Associated caffeine consumption that Certainly counts.

[slab_happy]

Day 9
Yin Yoga class

Out of curiosity, how are you finding it? I've got a lot out of Yin practice at various points.

[James Malloch]

Day 9
Yin Yoga class

Out of curiosity, how are you finding it? I've got a lot out of Yin practice at various points.

It was my first “proper” yin class, but i really liked it. I was doing a runners and cyclist yoga for a while but the studio where that was closed down. It was a shame as the class was never more than 3 people, so it was always adapted to who was there.

The Yin class was elsewhere, but with the same teacher. It was the only one I could make before going back to work next week so went along largely to say hello.

It was more of an older women's institute crowd so it was super relaxed and pleasant. After a month of having a baby I was falling asleep through half of it 😂

I did like Yin though - i think I'll try to find some good online videos to do a more regular practice at home. Do you happen to have any recommendations for youtube videos?

[slab_happy]

I absolutely love Paul Grilley's DVD (also available as a streamable course, but that costs way more) -- you can grab it on ebay for cheap, and it's seriously worth it:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134881875752

It's got over 5 hours of material, including a bunch of full-length practices, with students who have a wide range of builds and levels of flexibility, so he shows a lot of variations and how to adjust poses to work for you.

[Duma]

1. No

2. 90 min bouldering

3. 30 min run

4. 2 hrs bouldering

5. 30 min (barely!) Core and rehab.

6. 90 min bouldering

7. 30 min run

8. 75 min bouldering

9. 120 min bouldering

10. 30 min run

[slab_happy]

10. Half hour "run", 20 mins stretching because my legs hated me after yesterday.

[lagerstarfish]

Day 10

45 mins cycling to/from work

[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.

4. 1h walk school/nursery run. 5k run loop to/from gym, 1h strength session. Really enjoyed.

5. Just the 1h school/nursery walk today. And currently doing a bit of stretching.

6. 15 min jog to gym then a 1h beasting. Loved it. Went for a coffee after and managed to avoid the pastries.

7. 1.5h trail run (10ish miles) along the coast from Clevedon to Portishead whilst daughter at ballet. One of those where it fitted in perfectly and felt like a win.

8. The normal 1h walk school/nursery run this morning, then 5k run to/from 1h strength training at gym.

9. Just the 1h walk this morning, though we were late so I was storming along with a double buggy incl. 40kg of children, which got the HR up.

10. Same again today, just the school run. Wife's birthday so no chance of an evening outing!

[northern yob]

Day 10

Session at the wall

No booze no snacks

83.05kg

[Fiend]

9. A little bit of bouldering.
10. Gentle walk. A little bit of indoor routes.

Not really being very focused despite ticking the boxes.

[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.

4. Yoga. Pronator teres rotations. Really wanted to go for run but couldn’t bring myself to go out in the pouring rain at 2100. Few more pistol squat progressions and hangs on flat edge instead.

5. Run. 31min 19sec, 5.07k. First since September! Probably wouldn’t have gone so far if not for Sharkathon. Pronator teres rotations, yoga.

6. Yoga. Pronator teres rotations. Weights session. DOMS kicking in from run so mostly upper body. Increased weight. Few more hangs. Right wrist slightly complaining at the elbow physio  . Old injury from way back.

Last day of eating crap! Christmas pudding after dinner. That’s it now, rest of the month will be on point.

7. Red Spider. Couple of hours running after two and three year old through the castle play thing. A few boulder problems for good measure! Bicep curls when home plus yoga evening.

8. Run. 29m 20s 5.08km. Beautiful sunshine and light snow. Physio. Very gentle wrist stuff. Yoga.
9. 30+mins of weights. Wrist physio included in warm up. Yoga.

10. First day back at work post baby. Yoga. Wrist physio and theraband. Body weight hangs on flat jug. Hanging core stuff. Body weight hangs on a crimp. Christmas weight vest coming in useful. Easy pistol progressions to take me up to 30 mins total.

[shark]

10. 1 hour brisk walk with dogs in foul weather from Higgar to Surprise View car park and back

[SA Chris]

8 - half hour intense weights and core at lunchtime. evening - intended run with mate, that soon became a walk as he pulled a muscle in his hamstring - 4km - 30 mins.
9 - lunchtime run became lunchtime walk after friend asked me to walk here dog as she was feeling ill. At least it was sunny. 4 km - 52 min. Went for a run in evening instead 8km - 44 mins. Damp cold.
10 - half hour beastmaker sesh at lunch. Walked to see friend in evening - 20 mins.