Yeah, i’m definitely feeling smaller than i’d like, but also considerably leaner than i did before i started climbing too, so i try and focus on that bit. I’m edging down towards 180lbs at the minute, but i think the diet is starting to stall. Performance on the wall and in life is starting to suffer so i’m going to call it there and go back to maintaining for a bit.
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Nice. 
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Work for today:
Just a variety of banded rehab for the dodgy bicep. Had a fair bit of other stuff planned but finding it practically impossible to get away from the kids at the minute. Less of a training log, more a place to vent right now.
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I am not up-to-date on all of the male on male slang, but you sure know how to get my blood in a boil.
So when are you going to start lifting like a non-hippie so that I can make fun of you properly?
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Work for today:
No-hangs (10mm edge):
Worked up to 2 sets of 5s at 45kg
Ab work inbetween and some knee and bicep prehab
Really happy with this. Absolutely crazy improvements from when i started these. This was definitely pretty close to a max effort though. Will have to back off and ramp up again to get stronger without risking a pulley injury or something.
@Cyrrex i try to keep it cryptic, so it adds to my mystery. I am aiming to get back to the real stuff over the next few weeks, just finding a way to fit it into my life really. Unfortunately there’s no 24 hour gyms very close, and must of my daytime hours are already full.
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Did you not have something of a have set up?
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I have kettlebells and a pull up bar at the minute. Plus some limited weight plates and a loading pin. No barbells or anything anymore.
Did you get rid of the rack and barbell? (Or did I imagine those?)
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He had a bunch of stuff, and then he would weirdly go out in the rain at 2am and do squats or whatever. But they make you turn all that stuff in, including all of your soap, before they issue your hippie card.
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@Cyrrex has an amazing memory for someone of his age. I did have a garage gym with squat stands etc. a few years ago, then i moved to a place without a garage so i had to get rid of most of it. I currently only have space to train outside, and some kettlebells to train with, and i don’t fancy training outside through the great british winter.
@Cyrrex you’d actually be suprised how many climbing gyms have semi-decent weights areas, a rack or two and a few benches are pretty standard. Mine is the only one i know of that doesn’t.
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Work for today:
3 hours bouldering
First morning session in about 7 weeks, the kids are officially back at school and time is much more on my side. Strength and power still seem to be there, movement felt a bit rusty. Did all the easy stuff fairly easily, but got a bit too pumped to try too much on the hard stuff.
It’s worth pointing out the Dave grading system i’ve invented here. There’s only 2 levels: if i can do the climb, it’s an easy climb. If i can’t do it, its hard.
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Oh, you tease you.
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Work for today:
2 hours bouldering
I’ve been away and pretty ill the last week or so. Came down with some kind of flu about a week ago, then half a week visiting my family. Currently pretty much healed, but i seem to have a lingering chest infection, doing anything vaguely active leaves me gasping for breath for 10mins. I can still climb, but i meed big, big breaks between each effort.
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My girlfriend is into bouldering and her place actually has god damn Eleiko bars and a nice little setup with a rig and stuff.
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Work for today:
3 hours bouldering then an impromptu finger strength testing/training/flexing session
Did a decent amount of the new cave set, the only climb i was gutted to miss was a big coordinated dynamic move that i just couldn’t land. It will go with practice, and the rest of the route is pretty cruisey. There’s a nice little finger strengthey project i didn’t get either, but i think it will go with fresh fingers and fresh skin. Then got sucked into a finger strength contest with a couple of lads. Feeling pretty psyched to train right now. I’ve been trying stuff all week, to see how the infection was coming along and tiday felt fairly good. Will start trying to figure out which gym to join and get a program figured.
@Koestrizer lots of climbing gyms have really, really good gear. Much better than most gyms i’ve been to. It’s genuinely upsetting sometimes watching all the great equipment being used for 60kg deadlifts or pressing with an empty bar.
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Be the change you want to see, go and show those climbing hippies who’s boss.
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I would, but i don’t get to climb in those centres very often.
Which is about around your current strength levels
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I sure do love me some impromptu finger
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I really hope that isn’t true.