10 Miles Back Again

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6570

I think you need to see someone

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6571

Fun for today:
2 hours bouldering

Awesome atmosphere in there tonight, love it. Finding it really tricky to get training time at the minute, lots of life stuff and work stuff. No big drama.

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6572

Well hopefully he is still showering and using deodorant, many of those bouldering people do not.

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6573

I actually prefer baths because iā€™m a big girly girl.

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6574

Baths are awesome, I wish I had one.

6575

At your size, canā€™t you just use a teacup or something?

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6576

Well, I didnā€™t know you were such a size-ist.

6577

Iā€™ve got to feel smugly superior somehow, and being tall is a skill.

6578

Work for today:

Upper back warm up

Bench (ss. Pull ups):
5 x 20kg
5 x 40kg
5 x 60kg
5 x 5 x 65kg

Curl giant set (4 rounds):
Hammer curls x some
Incline curls x some
Preacher curl x some

Conditioning:
2km row, double kettlebell rack walk every 500m

Notes:

  • Elbows a bit buggy with pull ups, these remain a silly idea
  • It occured to me too late that a Power to the People approach of bench/dead as my main strength work would probably fit the bill really well here. I can revisit that after August challenge.
  • Tried @TrainForPain biceps thingy, although i had to do it from memory so iā€™m not sure itā€™s quite right. Thoroughly approve though
  • Conditioning came from an old Gym Jones workout with the idea being to teach you to keep some tension while out of breath. Seems like a really good fit for what iā€™m trying to do.
  • Funny how all the things iā€™ve been deliberately neglecting for years (conditioning, curls and core) have suddenly had to become a training priority. Might be a lesson in there.
  • Iā€™m pretty set on the idea of doing the 10,000 swing challenge in August, spread across the month. I think that will tick a lotnof boxes for me.
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6579

Just finished it off mate, will be doing a detailed write up but only thing to consider is it might impact on your ability to boulder. My hands and fingers went to shit pretty quickly not been able to make a fist for 3 weeks. Having said that your hands are probably going to be more prepared than mine were

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6580

I considered that, and i think itā€™s going to be a different kind of strain, but i might be totally wrong and have to abort mission. It is actually possible to do swings with straps, although itā€™s a bit clunky, so that might be an option either.

Look forward to your write up mate.

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6581

Looked good on the biceps! I usually just stand up after the hammer curls (where you did incline curls), otherwise I donā€™t get any reps in.

How are your elbows? Iā€™d imagine climbing is really not friendly.

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6582

funnily enough, some of my climber friends train biceps as a sort of elbow rehab/prevention of sorts.

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6583

I think big benchers do that too?

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6584

Yeah, when i looked back at what youā€™d written, iā€™d done something totally different.

My elbows are fine as long as i donā€™t add in too many extra pull ups. Bizarrely, it seems to be pretty much just pull ups that are an issue, no other back exercises seem to have the same effect.

Might be something to this. I guess weā€™ll find out.

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6585

Work for this morning:

10 rounds of:
20 swings (24kg)
5 med ball slams (10kg?)

Notes:

  • limited time, but this did the trick nicely.
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6586

I feel you mate. I light scented candles and everything!

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6587

It looks like Iā€™m going to get my first bouldering experience done in the near future. How much will a big guy like me make a fool out of himself in front of a very cute girl? Just asking if I should fake an injury instead.

You knowā€¦ pull what is known as ā€œthe strongmanā€ (grabbing your lower back or hamstring, hurdling a few steps forward, making a grim face and after a few seconds of deep inhales - look at the judge/ training partner/ cute girl and shake your head with a very stern facial expression)

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6588

@Koestrizer youā€™ll love it mate. My only advice would be that as a bigger guy, who hasnā€™t trained crimping strength, big holds are your friends. Youā€™re tall enough and strong enough, you can definitely do some impressive stuff on big holds, but iā€™m not sure how well your strongman grip strength will translate onto tiny edges. And rent shoes, because they make a world of difference.

Fun for this morning:

2 hours rushed bouldering.

Today was a high gravity day, but iā€™m still definitely starting to feel pretty competitive with this, which is promising.

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6589

Not sure what big holds are. Good tip on the shoes. Will do that unless it is expensive, haha.

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