Morning all.....
Link to last week’s thread:
http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=632291
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=274502
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...
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.
Psyche video of the week:
http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=70188 serious dedication to specific training
Posters:
hms - as ever, a busy week! Sounds like your fingers are likely stronger than mine once mine are expressed relative to my bodyweight! My double-pullups are on that same size of edge at just over +20kg off a bodyweight in the low-mid 70kgs
AJM
Nick Russell - shame about the marathon. Next year! Sounds like a strong performance climbing wise.
TonyB - how was Chorro? Maybe meet up in February if you're out on Portland again.
Si dH - did you get back on Flatworld - must have been good grit conditions if it was anything like down here? Or did the shoulder hamper things?
Robin Brooke - any BHAGs to share? Did you take advantage of clearing the Christmas lurgy to put in a solid week?
Dandelion - I need to have more of a trad year as well. How did this week go against plan?
flopsicle - sounds like hearing the comments of someone you look up to technique-wise was a really good mental boost. Have you taken his advice yet?
James Moyle - those books will be good for inspiration. A solid week too!
Joughton - several of those names are so familiar! Cantalobos was my first 7b onsight, I really enjoyed Ramallar, and I fell off early on the mega extension on Los Caminantes - found the first part tricky enough.....
spenser - good week. Cracked any more of the comp problems yet? I can imagine that getting back into bouldering after an ankle break must be pretty intimidating.
Joyce - no excuse not to train then - thats more sleep than I manage half the time! Is the shed complete?
biscuit - Depot sounds really good. And thats pretty good commitment against goals on a fairly full looking plan.
alexm198 - how was the skiing?
Dandan82 - good that you're seeing improvements. Can't imagine how frustrating it must be without them.
Ian Bell - what feedback did you get from coaching? Sounds like a pretty decent trip to Tenerife. Where are you off to in France?
planetmarshall - at least you managed to get something in at the weekend.
hokkyokusei -
Hoping for a recovery sometime soon!
Emily - welcome! I hope you find the structure useful. Its helped me a lot over the years which is probably why I'm still here and kicking off threads!
stevemarkperry - sounds like at least you know what works best for you, which is an important thing for staying motivated long term.
The Ex-Engineer - thats not a bad start!!!
Humperdink - do you get a moral victory of sorts for keeping your stomach down whilst working him that hard?
Richard Popp - did you manage to get out at all? Seeing those quantitative gains on the fingerboard isn't as good as seeing the progress on the rock, but if there are other things which stop you getting those then the quantitative gains are better than nothing.
Just Tintin - squeezed in at the last second!