Hi everyone!
I'm posting this a day early as I'm off out climbing all Sunday.
Link to last week’s thread:
http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=646788&v=1#x8358733
A new thread is posted each week on Sunday for anyone to jot down their previous week's activity. UKC fitclub is a rich community with posters sharing their goals, noting successes and failures and offering support to those struggling to maintain motivation. Anyone interested in starting is very welcome to join, but to get the most of UKC fit club you should aim to post each week, every week, however little or much you have done. By making such a regular public record of your activities and by restating your goals every week this new habit will hopefully improve your training habits and drive you towards achieving your goals whatever the level of your chosen activity.
For those wanting to find out more about training for climbing a number of physical training articles are linked here:
http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=641125
The following training article by Alex Barrows gives an excellent breakdown on training the four main "energy systems" specific to climbing:
http://alexbarrowsclimbing.blogspot.com.es/2014/02/training-for-sport-climb...
And we haven't had a psyche video of the week for a while...I decided it was only right to inflict some limestone on you. If you want to get strong, go bouldering...I came across this earlier in the week, it's got some good problems in it around the country in it (I can speak for the quality of the Blackwell Dale ones.)
Last week’s posters:
Nick Russell: Good effort on Central Wall. Ramshaw will eat your skin at the best of times and now is a ridiculous time of year to go!
Hms - Nice one onsighting 7a+! No mean feat especially on a techie route in the UK.
Si dH - Boom boom, now I've got to keep it up.
Jas128 - are the psyche problems coming from failures on your route, or feeling tired? It's difficult to know for sure how to help but I'd recommend (a) taking a step back after a tough attempt and thinking about the medium term progress it's helping you to make, rather than the fact you are finding it hard (failure is usually good training!) (b) if it's always later in the session, make sure you are eating enough proper food while at the crag.
AJM - Peak Rock is great and I want to go to a chilli festival! 5/6 months to go, best get training.
Biscuit - Take it easy on the bicep. I always take lots of pasta with me on climbing days, my diet is much more carb heavy than in the week. I like pasta or rice as they are easy to eat just a bit at a time after each go on the route to stay fuelled.
Bobling - Good luck with your leg. Would definitely agree you need to decide what you want to focus on if you are so short of time. And be willing to grab a quick session whenever you can.
Ian Bell - Looks like you had a good weekend last week, ticking 7s both days. Any joy on the 7b?
Dandan82 - Crushing the greek supplies of syrupy dough balls and Mythos (that's all there is to do on Kalymnos, right?)
Emily - Sounds like a good day on the 6c despite not doing it. And don't be down about Ramshaw, you are adding 3 grades to everything by going in July. Plus it's hard. Hope the coaching was useful?
Hokkyokusei - Good consistency in doing something every day and seems to be helping your 5k fitness?
Ally Smith - how's the back / hip? Good weekend crushing down south?
SteveM - welcome! There's nothing to screw up, just do lots of climbing /training and post what you've managed each week
Is the HVS goal a new level for you? Lots of trad mileage combined with the odd indoor boulder is probably not a bad way to get there so looks like a good first week.
Leeboy1985 - sometimes helping others learn can be really rewarding helpful long term - especially if they get keen and become a regular partner for you! Looks like some goals, I know Scavenger is a great route.
Just Tintin - well done on Sacre Coeur, what was the Dovedale E1? Any plans to try Jerry's again?
JayK - A typically understated 7C+ ascent, good effort!
Heelhookofglory - Climbing is better than running...but I would say that that
Jamming Dodger trying to help biscuit out - maybe you should take jammy dodgers instead of cakes.
I assume Tyler was resting the shoulder?
Happy climbing all!
Si