Rock Climbing Training

Season 01

Workout No. 017 ~~ JAN/24

Base Fitness Phase – Week 3

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The Precious will be ours once the Hobbitses are CRUSHED!

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What would you do if I climbed way off route;
Would you SOOMETHING and shout up at me?
Give me some slack, and I'll climb to the clip;
and I'll try not to take a big whip.

OHHHHHH
I climb safe with a little help from my friends,
HMMMMM
I climb high with a little help from my friends,
HEYYYYYY
Gonna crush-hard with a little help from my friends!

Despite today being including another morning of walking through a bit of mud -- I'm in a pretty great mood. It was a beautiful sunny day -- and I feel like it recharged me. I needed it, bigtime. We were starting to get a little tired at the end of a long push through 4 days in a row at the climbing gym.

Before we get too far down that road, though -- lets check the map and see where we are!

January 2018 - Season 1

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Ohhhh team. I'm not gonna lie. I am pretty tuckered out... But look at all that green. We're like fresh grass bursting through the dirt. We're like a tall stack of dead presidents. We're like a a bunch of muppets in an orgy pit. We just annihilated the third day of our...

ARC TRAINING TRIPLE HEADER!

Lets get into it!

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The Workout:

The Plan (The Good):

• 2-Sets of 25 Minute ARC Sessions;
  • 10-Minute Break Between Sets
• Try not to lose motivation. You know you're tired. You can do this. Ugh.

Objective Review (The Bad):

• 2-Sets of 25 Minute ARC Sessions;
  • 10-minute break between
    *10 minutes of bouldering because I wanted photooooos.

Subjective Review (The Ugly):

The workout went pretty well today. I was training solo today, so I managed to get to the gym a little bit earlier than usual. This was a huge bonus -- the gym was quiet when we got there. I absoloutely cruised through the first 25 minute set. Climbing some interesting chimney style 5.11c (it felt easier than that), cool crimp 5.10c, play a bit of "left hand red, right hand blue" kind of climbing. It gets a little tedious doing this auto-belay training. Not super fun.

Struck me as an interesting bit of #colourfulphotography

As I lay there catching my breath, looking up at the ceiling under the overhanging part of the lead climbing wall after my first ARC set (pictured above) -- I realized that the 2nd set wasn't going to be as easy. I was starting to get that feeling where if you where if you're out for a run, and you take a break in the middle, it feels really hard to get going again. We managed to slog through the 2nd set with copious amounts of sweat and shakeout breaks. Managed to spend a little bit of time bouldering at the end to get a couple of photos.

By this point, I was starting to feel pretty worn down. I wasn't managing to hold on to anything for long, as evidenced by the blurry photo above. My shoulders were on fire, and my fingers had run out of friction. I knew what I needed. My hands were throbbing. I could hear the pulse in my ears, and I could feel the pulse in my hands. There aren't many things that make achey climbing hands feel better than a nice, cold, hoppy beer.

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Today, In my space that I reserve down here for cool climbing stuff, I'd like to share a book I bought that teaches about all sort of mountaineering tips, techniques, skills, and stories. If you're interested in improving the depth of your knoweldge in climbing, check out Mountaineering: Freedom of the Hills. This book is great, and incredibly informative.

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Be well, stay safe, and I'll see you on the sharp side (once it dries out around here).

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Previous CRUSHENING posts:

• Day 16
• Day 15
• Day 14

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The Pitch!

If you've made it this far down the post, then I give you mad props. This shit was longer than just a photo.

After my first few weeks on Steemit, I spent some time thinking about how I can make this space a little sexier. And two things came to mind that could really enable some cool looks at some cool places:

• A drone;
• Trad gear;
• A van (and subsequently, gasoline -- Ideally, electricity).

Your votes and resteems will go towards making sure no rock goes uncrushed. Any funds withdrawn will exclusively go to climbing gear, climbing toys, climbing adventures, and some photography gear (drone) for climbing photography purposes. I have my own job for groceries.

When this post becomes roughly 24hrs old, I will use a portion of the liquid funds I have available and purchase some votes for this post. Get your votes in before that, and enjoy whatever curator rewards you can get!

Please vote and resteem generously. There's some amazing places on the island that I would like to share.

I try to respond to all questions and comments that I get, so make some noise! If you have any questions about some of the climbing jargon / lingo I used, just ask, and I'll break it down. I might even make it a feature in my next post, in which case I'll give you some credit, and maybe even some kind of reward... unknown at this time -- nobody has asked any questions... Yet!!