UKBouldering.com
the shizzle => diet, training and injuries => Topic started by: Bubba on December 17, 2002, 11:19:31 pm
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The cutely named jollypower.com (http://www.jollypower.com/jollyhomeI.htm) , ho ho ho!
Their credentials seem pretty good, the main man Alessandro "Jolly" Lamberti having climbed 16 routes between 8b+ and 9a.
Here's a pic of him working Fred Rouhling's "Hugh" (9a).
(http://photos.rockclimbing.com/photos/19/1980.jpg)
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And another of the lad on the south face of the Grandma Peabody boulder in Bishop.
Is this bouldering? Bigger than some very high E grade grit routes, that's for sure.
(http://www.jollypower.com/images/foto/Boulder/Bishop4.jpg)
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It must be said, that once you read beyond the free stuff, the man is charging Eu100 for his training programs, which isn't that much of a bargain when you consider that Neil Gresham's excellent articles are available for free at planetfear.com (http://www.planetfear.com/climbing/training/articles/index.html)
And of course, if you wanna splash some cash then the planetfear boys also do personal training programmes, etc....
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And of course, if you wanna splash some cash then the planetfear boys also do personal training programmes, etc....
I couldn't think what i wanted off me folks for Xmas last year so told them to get me one of the training programmes (a 10 week one - my price came minus VAT as i'm outside the UK which was a bit of an unexpected bonus)
Anyway, to cut a long story short - start of programme best redpoint F7b+, one year later (having followed it sporadically throughout the year - the bouldering stuff anyway, balls to all that stamina training!) i've managed F8a.
Whether or not i'd have got this much better anyway through just playing on the bouldering wall i don't know but i certainly feel that having a little bit of structure to sessions on the wall has helped
that'll be 50 quid for the good PR thanks Mr Gresham