I'm 39 in two weeks and climbing better than ever.
I’m turning 30 very soon.Feel free to call it over-the-hill hysteria, but I’m looking for some inspiring stories about people who managed some big bouldering improvements in their (very slightly) later life.With routes I’ve been on the up for a few years: I’ve made some good gains and I’m confident that with enough effort I’ll be able to continue my progress. Short & hard things are a different story, progress is much more elusive. On the technique side, I get out regularly yet still struggle up things I did years ago. On the strength side it’s even more obvious. Despite committing to reasonably well researched & structured training programs, watching my weight and generally trying quite hard I see depressingly little progress. 10 years ago I did none of this: never trained, rarely got outdoors & had crap technique but somehow managed to crank out similar grades. To quantify I’ve been getting up Font 7a’s and the occasional 7b for years & I simply want to see some solid progress!I’ve heard loads of stories about old-codgers upping their game and cranking out some big route grades in later life but not so many about people finding their inner monster and getting truly strong.Anyone care to offer an inspiring rebuttal of my assertion that you need to get strong when you are young?-ross
Quote from: erm, sam on January 09, 2013, 11:59:53 amI'm 39 in two weeks and climbing better than ever.I'm 49 in two weeks and climbing worse than ever.
A lot of my gains no doubt due to massive under achievement previously
yet still struggle up things I did years ago
On the strength side it’s even more obvious. Despite committing to reasonably well researched & structured training programs, watching my weight and generally trying quite hard I see depressingly little progress.
thirty FFS. When did that become old??
Two years age was at 7C+ max (had been plateaued there for a decade)
Like Shark said i think life circumstances becomes the biggest barrier.