The Trango hangboard turned out to be a very good investment. It's a prouder, chalkier, better-loved war machine now; and i've made some way happy progress. As mentioned in that other place, i've added from 10 to 15 lbs of resistance to all but one or two grips worked. Feel pretty good about that, even if i know it's all coming from neural awakening after having never used my muscles before. I could certainly wish i'd started this 8 or 10 years ago, but i'll take it. Finished strong and no injuries.
Now comes the real live potential injury: Campusing. Gotta say i'm a li'l intimidated--- but i'm also way excited. If i make it through the next 2.5 weeks without an injury, i should see a new level of climbing. WAY psyched!
As it's falling, the first campus work out is this saturday. But i work until after the gym is closed, so i won't be able to do a warm up of any kind. So i'm going to try to move it to friday. That's kinda pushing it after this HB workout, but we'll see how it goes.
Also it's time to start dieting in earnest. Weighed in at 198.0 just now. That's fer shur better'n 202, but i really haven't dropped any appreciable weight since starting. So on the one hand, that means i'm just straight-up, legitimately stronger than i was at first (and the HB gains are not just from dropping lard); but i also know my biggest and sickest gains're gunna come from losing weight.
I do not have the hang of this. I absolutely do not know how to lose weight. In fact, i wish i could find a reliable trainer to make me diet-- that'd be gold. Basic vague principles of dieting don't seem to do it for me. In other words, i can't just change what i'm eating and expect the lbs to flee: i'm gun' hafta count calories, and i suck at that. But i do think it'll be an easier process if i go old-school body-builder and cut out the alcohol and go with a super skeletal diet. If i can maintain the keg living on water, chicken and tuna, then i'm gonna check my thyroid.
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