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6972

Is this not a thing in your relationship with your significant other? Any time your bent over, unsuspecting, bam - finger time!

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6973

This shit just got real.

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6974

Itā€™s not yet, but where do i sign up for that?

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6975

I am having a sale in October

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6976

Do i need a discount code?

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6977

We both know you already have the discount code, no need for the playacting for the rest of T-Nation.

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6978

Been out with Elton John?

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6979

Work for today:

Max testing. Worked up in triples from an empty bar to find a comfortable max:

Bench: 80kg
Squat: 90kg
Press: 50kg

Not actually planning to do the press as a lift, but thats the lift i have the most recent history with, so i was curious how much iā€™d lost, and thought Iā€™d give @Cyrrex some ammo.

Not totally clear what the plan is here, because i donā€™t want lifting to interfere with climbing, which means i need to be smart about what iā€™m training when. Probably means 2 days a week focus on bench and squat and one hitting more climbing specific stuff.

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6980

Is there really that much interference between bouldering and lifting? Other than grip and upper back?

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6981

I donā€™t think iā€™d do anything lifting that would impact my grip for climbing. I think the muscles i wouldnā€™t want to be seriously fatigued are back/shoulders, abs and hamstrings. Thereā€™s some other situations where triceps and quads would be really useful, but not many so iā€™m willing to risk them.

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6982

Not bad, this is already @alex_ukā€™s PR.

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6983

Wounded!

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6984

@alex_uk not as wounded as i was when i realised i probably couldnā€™t even press one set of wheels

Work for today:
3 hours bouldering. Lots of hard, powerful moves on small-ish holds. Didnā€™t send a single new thing, but i made some progress and tried hard.

Sore as balls today, almost totally in the legs. Didnā€™t think a few submaximal triples with baby weights would cause me so much soreness. Going to have to be careful increasing volume here, i think, if i want to be able to walk consistently.

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6985

Work for today:

Bench:
Worked up to 5 x 70kg
3 x 10 @ 50kg

Cable row:
3 x 12

One arm cable pull down:
3 x 8 each arm

Cable external rotations:
3 x 10 each arm

Ab machine:
3 x 10

Notes:

  • Legs are super, super sore. Walking slightly funny sore. Upper body mostly felt pretty good though, hence the unplanned bench session
  • Those one arm cable pull downs feel great. They feel really climbing specific. Likewise cable rotations felt great.
  • Ab machine was absolute trash, i was pretty disappointed. All the machines iā€™ve used previously have been pretty good, but this was terrible. Range of motion was a few inches, and non-adjustable. Total waste of time.
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6986

Work for today:

No-Hangs (10mm edge):

Worked up to 5s hold @ 50kg

Notes:

  • Planned to do more, but the rain was making it a nightmare. Need to find a better way to do these.
  • This is another crazy PR. I said last time i needed to back off and work up again, but all the work up sets felt so easy, i had to go for it. These didnā€™t feel maximal at all either, i definitely have more in me, but the image of popping some pulley tendons dissuaded me from going too bananas.
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6987

Ever consider the Tactical Barbell ā€œFighterā€ program? 2 days a week of lifting, and very easily could be a bench/squat cluster.

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6988

I hadnā€™t, iā€™d pretty much defaulted to 531, but iā€™ll definitely dig my copy out and have a look. That would definitely tick the ā€œnon-interferenceā€ box, good call.

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6989

Work for today:
3 hours mostly super powerful bouldering. Did the easy stuff really easily, then spent a long, long time getting frustrated on other stuff.

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6990

Work for today:

Short Campus session:
4 x 1-2-3
4 x 1-3-4
4 x 1-4-5
2 x 1-3-5

Notes:

  • More hippy climbing terminology to confuse non-climbers.
  • Campusing is essentially hands only climbing on equally spaced rungs, designed to train power and contact strength.
  • Havenā€™t tried these in a while, and iā€™m actually impressed at how much better i am than i was. Just need to figure out how to fit these into a training plan.
  • Just booked an event in early December that iā€™m pretty excited about anyway, but that also gives me a really good focus for my training. That means itā€™s time to figure out a training plan, but more importantly, think of a cool name for the training plan. Unfortunately, climbing just doesnā€™t really lend itself to cool names. Let Operation Donā€™t look like a tit in London begin.
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6991

Uh, excuse me

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But I dig your name too.

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