We do a lot of strange things too. Pretty strange people all round to be honest.
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Well, and then you just did it again with that edit. WTF is a 360 move in bouldering? Donāt answer, that was rhetorical.
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And then there was also this.
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Iām trying to steer clear of climbing language, but itās very difficult to describe whats going on without it. It would be like trying to describe one of your sessions to someone whoās never seen internet porn before.
Hey, fellow climber here. Itās nice to see someone else on the site who climbs as well. Keep up the great work! Iāve been climbing for 30 years so you can spray away on the climbing language. 
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Its like ballet meets boulders !
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@simo74 i know that was meant as a joke, but its pretty true. That was much more about coordination and balance than any strength at all, which is why i was pretty happy with it, those things are very much not in my wheelhouse.
@tbabcock60 nice to see you here man. I have to say, this log is probably not the best place for climbing related content, iāve only just started logging again and iām pretty bad at it. What flavour of climbing do you do?
Work for today:
3 hours medium bouldering. Was meant to be an easy day, but the setters had obviously had their Weetabix for this one, even the mid grade stuff was pretty nails. Got all the routes iād expect done, but had to work a whole lot harder than normal to get them.
Also forgot to log a session Wednesday with some no hangs (5 x 5s @32.5kg, 10mm edge) with some core work in between. Also did some jumps and throws first and some ABCs after
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Iāve done all kinds of climbing. In recent years itās been bouldering inside and sport climbing outside. I have a bouldering wall at home that I train on during the week. I try to get to a climbing gym or climb outside at least once on the weekends. As Iāve gotten older more of my training is focused on longevity. I weight train a couple of times a week and do cardio three times a week. I train mostly with kettlebells, dumbbells, and body weight exercises.
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That sounds like a really, really good mix, pretty close to what iām aiming for (minus the sport climbing, because i have small kids and live in the south of England).
What kind of home wall do you have? Thats also the dream, although not one shared by my better half.
Here is a picture of my bouldering wall. The left side is 35 degrees and the right is 20 degrees overhanging. In recent years I use it once a week. I also have several hangboards that I use. If I were younger I might invest in a system board such as the Kilter board. They are a lot of fun.
My better half has been very tolerant throughout the years. She knew who she was marrying.
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Thats a really cool set up, are the draws there to practice clipping or to take weight off certain moves?
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Practice clipping. Plus they look cool hanging there.
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They do look cool, and they also send a clear āiām a real climber, this is just trainingā message, which i appreciate.
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Work for today:
3 hours bouldering
Lots of try hard, but also a fair bit of trying to practice some technique and reclimb things iāve already done but nicer, or try out different methods for people who canāt rely on being long and strong.
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Work for today:
Rushed 1 hour session bouldering. Still cracked through most of the new set, with some really tricky, physical problems in it.
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Work for today:
Humane burpee:
15 swings
5 squats
5 push ups
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15 swings
1 squat
1 push up
Notes:
- Messed something up in my forearm a few days ago that iāve been trying to recover from as well as a few other little niggles from trying really, really hard. Lots of mobility and finger extensions. This was a bit of a tester to see how kettlebell work affects me, will see how forearms and fingers feel tomorrow before i dive back in to climbing specific training.
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Work for today:
No-hangs (10mm edge):
5 x 5s @ 25kg
5 x 10 swings @ 24kg
superset with 10 med ball sit ups
5 x 10 swings @ 24kg
Superset with 10 med ball russian twists
Notes:
- Made this up on the spot because i have so many niggles, its hard to plan what will hurt and what wonāt. Probably need tonplan better in future.
- No-hangs felt slightly off so kept the load light. Will probably repeat this workout as a rehab thing Wednesday night to give my fingers the best possible chance for a big day climbing on Friday. Following that logic, that also means that tomorrow is time to smash shoulders hard so they can recover for Friday.
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Work for this morning:
30mins walk
1km swim
30mins walk
Iāve been meaning to do this for a few months, and never found a time to do it. Havenāt done any real swimming, beyond supervising the kids in the pool, for best part of 2 decades. Turns out, 2 decades away hasnāt made my swimming any better.
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The fuck is a humane burpee.
Its a Dan John workout. I havenāt really got a specific program at the minute, so iām mostly picking kettlebell stuff thats already written more or less at random. Like Crossfit, but worse