Thanks to Phil’s shoulder surgery last Friday I’m left scrounging for belays at the Tor. Which would have ruined my week had Micah not manned up for the occasion. So, it was me and the vegeta-bro keeping the funk alive at Santa Maria on Saturday. Things were good. The weather was a touch warm for… Continue reading and then there was one
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first iron at the Shed
Morning workouts at the Shed are extra fun. Just me and the weights. Hit chest, shoulders and triceps today. Felt OK. bench press 4 x 12 @ 155 lbs on the 2:00 Fourth set was real hard. 1 x 6 @ 155 on the 2:00 Yeah, that’s how hard the fourth was. Total failure on… Continue reading first iron at the Shed
first wood
Campusing is rad. It’s so rad I got up at 5:30 this morning to do it before work. My right elbow is still bothering me a bit so I just did hangs, no moves. And I noticed big moves give my elbow more pain or, I should say, I noticed while hanging that the further… Continue reading first wood
crankin’ scary style
Sonnie Trotter Repeats Rhapsodyclimbing.com – June 10, 2008“Writing on his blog on June 6, he said, “Rhapsody may be an eliminate, but…there is a tremendous amount of logic behind what Dave did, and that deserves a pile of respect, I think…. The only rule is don’t bail left to the arete (a cop-out), stay on… Continue reading crankin’ scary style
shouldn’t have left you
The Tor doesn’t handle rejection well. She knows I was at Joshua Tree two weekends ago then at Pine Mountain last weekend. She doesn’t care where I was, just that I wasn’t with her. After two weeks away I had to deal with her wrath on Saturday. I felt stronger. Honestly, all the moves felt… Continue reading shouldn’t have left you
Pine Mountain, so divine.
“Let me lay it on the line, I’ve got two on the vine. Two sets of testicles, so divine.” – George Washington rap Anyways, I went to Pine Mountain last weekend. Rad. You know how occasionally there’s this one boulder problem you love for whatever reason. Sometimes no one else even likes it. But there’s… Continue reading Pine Mountain, so divine.
first shed
Lifted chest this morning at the shed. Went fast – lifts on the 2:00 for 40 minutes. Included dips at the end this time. bench press 5 x 12 @ 145 lbs on the 2:00 close-grip bench press 4 x 12 @ 125 on the 2:00 1 x 10 @ 125 on the 2:00 failed… Continue reading first shed
video of Adam Ondra sending Action Directe
Adam Ondra – Action Directe 11 (+video)euroclimbing.com – May 23, 2008kinda rad photos, super rad video at the bottom crankenstein.com
early shedding
Lifted chest at the shed this morning. Went extra light and fast – sets on the 2:00, 5 sets each exercise, 12 rep sets. Even sets between exercises were on the 2:00. bench press 5 x 12 @ 135 lbs, on the 2:00 really felt it in my chest close-grip bench press 1 x 8… Continue reading early shedding