Funny...2 1/2 years since my last post on here. Really gets away. In the interim i ruptured a biceps, rehabbed that, and moved 20hrs away. Haven't stopped logging workouts, but left off the side-musing seeing as no one at all cares.
But i feel a need to ruminate again on obliquities which--notwithstanding--failn't to connect.
I've been struck (and i've been struck with such many, many times heretofore) by how my workouts are not meshed nor periodized. That is to say, i find myself again stuck in a rut on most fronts, and my workouts make no sense and don't build on each other--or, for that matter, even complement each other.
For some reason, i've never managed to mesh weightlifting with any other sport in anything like a sensible fashion. I absolutely cannot say why that is. I think that i just loathe lifting light weights--seems pointless, even though it isn't. So when i try to maintain a power program in the irongym while i'm ramping up a triathlon or climbing program i end up damaged. That, or i end up wrecking my more important workouts. Total nonsense, but it's like a mental disorder from within which i can't see the problem. This time 'round i've very nearly ruptured my other distal biceps, and am trying to stave that off now. I'm sure it's very much like why i cannot get my diet dialed to lose weight.
Today i was hangboarding (and had a very fine workout in fact), and there was a 16ish year-old kid also working out. Bouncing between campusing, hanging from wooden pinches on a 270, and finally just endless projecting on bad holds on the 40deg overhung proj wall. Strong dude, for sure. But the guy weighs maybe a buck forty. So i'm considering the weight i'm having to take off for some of my hangs, and thinking Man! I'm stripping weight to get down to this kid's weight. And it once again occurred that if i could find a way to disencumber myself of 20-30 lbs, i'd go from being a decent climber to being a monstrous climber. I realize there's no useful way i could get to 140lbs; but i could go from the 203ish i'm at now to 180 without necessarily even losing any muscle.
But i can't figure out how.
I will explore that on here.
Saturday, March 3, 2018
Monday, September 7, 2015
Remediation
February 28 was my last post. Been over 6 months since i posted. Wow. That's kinda wild, 'cuz last i posted was around when i just had the Moon wall finished and was starting to put holds on. So i was still at reliance, and was looking at switching jobs. I guess it makes sense that there was a hiatus there. And i didn't stop climbing.
Anyhow, time for an update. And prolly a reboot.
Does look like it's been nearly 4 months since i've been in the irongym. That's a bit eye-opening, and sad. Got a Highland games coming up, and it looks like i'll be middle of the pack if they let me into the kids' division.
Respecting climbing, i could tentatively say i haven't lost any ground. In fact, i think the problem is i've felt too good climbing. Seems i inadvertently tacked on about 2 extra months to the end of the last season--mostly because it seemed to be going well. Seems i normally naturally call the season about on time 'cuz my hands just start feeling frayed and stale. Obviously didn't this time round. Maybe wasn't pushing it hard enough. Also, i think it took me several weeks to get in a groove on the PE thang. That felt very important once i realized what it was supposed to feel like, so i gave some extra time to it. Then i think i was just having fun bouldering. There're worse reasons, i'd reckon, to not start a new season on time.
Ah well: it's in the past.
Just started Season 4. Did two weeks of ARCing and just finished the first hangboard sesh a coupla days ago. Lost a li'l ground on the hangboard, but only a li'l. And i'd climbed pretty hard earlier in the day, and that didn't help a bit. And the weather's cisping up a bit, which should make hangboarding more fun.
Can't say i've gained any weight, but i'm certain i've lost some muscle as i haven't been lifting.
That'll hafta change. I've got the gear to start lifting again.
Think i'll go strip down the moonwall and start something new.
Anyhow, time for an update. And prolly a reboot.
Does look like it's been nearly 4 months since i've been in the irongym. That's a bit eye-opening, and sad. Got a Highland games coming up, and it looks like i'll be middle of the pack if they let me into the kids' division.
Respecting climbing, i could tentatively say i haven't lost any ground. In fact, i think the problem is i've felt too good climbing. Seems i inadvertently tacked on about 2 extra months to the end of the last season--mostly because it seemed to be going well. Seems i normally naturally call the season about on time 'cuz my hands just start feeling frayed and stale. Obviously didn't this time round. Maybe wasn't pushing it hard enough. Also, i think it took me several weeks to get in a groove on the PE thang. That felt very important once i realized what it was supposed to feel like, so i gave some extra time to it. Then i think i was just having fun bouldering. There're worse reasons, i'd reckon, to not start a new season on time.
Ah well: it's in the past.
Just started Season 4. Did two weeks of ARCing and just finished the first hangboard sesh a coupla days ago. Lost a li'l ground on the hangboard, but only a li'l. And i'd climbed pretty hard earlier in the day, and that didn't help a bit. And the weather's cisping up a bit, which should make hangboarding more fun.
Can't say i've gained any weight, but i'm certain i've lost some muscle as i haven't been lifting.
That'll hafta change. I've got the gear to start lifting again.
Think i'll go strip down the moonwall and start something new.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Eighteen Days Out
Really not that far out from the last workouts. Kina stumbled a bit here. But it's not a real loss. No injuries
Just time
There're some really beautiful cold nights. Hands are still strong.
Endurance is certainly not what it needs to be. Gunna have to correct that. But i campused on the medium rungs; and that's a bigger uptick than i'd dreamed before.
So there's hope. See what tomorrow brings.
Just time
There're some really beautiful cold nights. Hands are still strong.
Endurance is certainly not what it needs to be. Gunna have to correct that. But i campused on the medium rungs; and that's a bigger uptick than i'd dreamed before.
So there's hope. See what tomorrow brings.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Plastique
Got the fresh Egrips holds in. There're some very hard problems to be had here.
Just ordered a coupla mo' MadPads for an LZ. That should make this more fun yet. Seriously looking forward to playing with this more.
Also just got in a few more campus rungs. Tomorrow could relinquish a new high point. :)
Friday, January 9, 2015
Waxing Clydesdale
As i mentioned in that other post, i've been growing in obesity over the last few weeks. Was 204lbs (fully-clothed) yesterday before the hangboard sesh. Horrifyingly undisciplined season here. Gunna hafta change.
Part of it, i know, is just the holiday deal: been abiding the presence of tinsful of sundry morphisms of sugared lard, upon which grazing is far too easy. Going to have to get the right view of that: Sugary crap is sugary crap no matter how neat (i.e. accessible) the presentation.
But also i've just been coming home from chaos at work and, having not had the time to actually eat all day, am cramming whatever i can find down the craw. Also undisciplined. Just difficult to keep eyes on the prize when i spend every hour of sunlit daytime trying not to cuss. But that (GOD willing) could change soon. And i'd very much like to not have another stone of weight to shed in order to start getting it back together.
On the upside, the weather seems to be warming a smidge, which'll surely make easier the decision between going for a run/workout and playing another round of tower defense wrapped in my fleeced blankey. With a beer and two lbs of cookies.
And now that i've tanned the morning's Eggs Benedictine, i'm off to install the new campus rungs :)) That should lend some psychvoltage.
Part of it, i know, is just the holiday deal: been abiding the presence of tinsful of sundry morphisms of sugared lard, upon which grazing is far too easy. Going to have to get the right view of that: Sugary crap is sugary crap no matter how neat (i.e. accessible) the presentation.
But also i've just been coming home from chaos at work and, having not had the time to actually eat all day, am cramming whatever i can find down the craw. Also undisciplined. Just difficult to keep eyes on the prize when i spend every hour of sunlit daytime trying not to cuss. But that (GOD willing) could change soon. And i'd very much like to not have another stone of weight to shed in order to start getting it back together.
On the upside, the weather seems to be warming a smidge, which'll surely make easier the decision between going for a run/workout and playing another round of tower defense wrapped in my fleeced blankey. With a beer and two lbs of cookies.
And now that i've tanned the morning's Eggs Benedictine, i'm off to install the new campus rungs :)) That should lend some psychvoltage.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Season 2: Conflict Resolution
Fired up a second season. This is exciting! I don't think i've ever managed to actually string two contiguous seasons of training together in any sport. This time 'round i'm going to try to keep the lifting up through at least the strength phase of the season. I cut it out fairly early last season because 1) i wanted to see if i was lugging about an extra ten lbs of unnecessary muscle, and 2) because it tends to jack with my other workouts. However, i didn't lose any appreciable weight by taking nearly five months off from lifting, and i fancy i won't lose much in the way of endurance workouts if i time it all properly.
Electronic bathroom scale this morning says i weigh 198.8 at 17.1% bf. That's up from what i've been weighing for the last few months, but i'm lighter than where i started last go. Diet has sucked for the last several weeks, so there's an easy correction.
And i have a real live goal for this season: Three Roofs at Golf. Solid 5.12a.
Now if i can just find a job that doesn't siphon my soul off...
Anyhow, i'm off to a decent start this season, and i've decided to go with the "intermediate" plan on the Rock Prodigy program. That'll give me a relatively shortened endurance phase (2 weeks of ARCing instead of 4) and a relatively lengthened strength and power phase (an extra week of each). This'll suit my goals better for one: the climbs at Golf are fairly short, but very sustained and powerful. But also i felt like i could have made more gains on the strength and power fronts last season without injury, so this arrangement is more inspiring to me. I might switch back to more endurance next season if i feel like that's a serious weak link, but this'll be a fun experiment in seeing how much pain my widdle nubbins can take. :))
Electronic bathroom scale this morning says i weigh 198.8 at 17.1% bf. That's up from what i've been weighing for the last few months, but i'm lighter than where i started last go. Diet has sucked for the last several weeks, so there's an easy correction.
And i have a real live goal for this season: Three Roofs at Golf. Solid 5.12a.
Now if i can just find a job that doesn't siphon my soul off...
Anyhow, i'm off to a decent start this season, and i've decided to go with the "intermediate" plan on the Rock Prodigy program. That'll give me a relatively shortened endurance phase (2 weeks of ARCing instead of 4) and a relatively lengthened strength and power phase (an extra week of each). This'll suit my goals better for one: the climbs at Golf are fairly short, but very sustained and powerful. But also i felt like i could have made more gains on the strength and power fronts last season without injury, so this arrangement is more inspiring to me. I might switch back to more endurance next season if i feel like that's a serious weak link, but this'll be a fun experiment in seeing how much pain my widdle nubbins can take. :))
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Clydesdale Bars
Thought i'd post up the not-particularly-scientific recipe for my energy bar. Just made a second batch last night to kinda quantify what i'd put in my first batch. It, too, worked out real nice-like. But there's still plenty of room to tweak things.
2 C dried fruit
This is the seriously unscientific bit. I used 7 figs (couldn't say why), and then filled in the rest with some mango, unsweetened cranberries (which take some searching for), papaya, apple, dates, and a few pumpkin seeds. I think i used unsweetened cherries instead of the cranberries first time round--and almonds 'stead of the punkin.
1/2 C cashew flour
I think the basic recipe (i kiped off'n pinterest or somesuch off which to spin my own evil design) called for 1/2 C whole raw cashews. But this is what i had, and it worked reasonably well. This, methinks, gives it some stick-together-ness.
3/4 C dried unsweetened coconut
Just do it. It's good.
1/3 C rolled oats
Pretty good if you're just fine with oats. I haven't yet tried this without oats, but i'd imagine it's doable. Might even stick together better without 'em.
3 Tbsp honey
Seems like aforementioned kiped recipe called for one Tbsp, but mine worked out to be a lot of otherwise non-cohesive ingredients, so i added 'til she stuck. Do what you think is best.
4 Tbsp oil
Again, i think the Ursache called for, like, one Tbsp, but i wanted more dry stuff in; and i like my oils. I used one of coconut, one of red palm (both melted), one of avacado, and one of olive.
2 Tbsp chia seed
They're high in omega 3s, and i like them. Kiped recipe called for hemp seeds, which are also quite tasty. I just didn't have 'em handy.
Salt
Because it's important. And to be clear, we're talking a pinch here.
1 Tsp turmeric
Because it belongs in really everything.
2 scoops protein powder
This is another point of lots of variability. I use Biotest, and it comes to 40g of protein. I think to get 20 or 30g of protein in every bar, you'd pretty much have to pack it together with guar gum or something. But then, i'm not counting the protein in the cashew flour, etc. I've used both vanilla and chocolate powder so far, and they both rocked.
Anyhow: First blend the fruits, then slowly add in everything else a little at a time. Mix it really well (and probably use pulse, 'cuz i just burned the plastic spindle off in my processor by leaving it running for 30 seconds straight). Then press it into a greased or parchment papered baking dish. Freeze for-- i dunno-- 30 mins or an hour ish. Then refrigerate.
So far mine've held up pretty well even at room temp for several hours. They get a li'l crumbly, but if you put 'em in a ziploc it doesn't matter much. They're fairly high in calories-- but then i reckon that depends on how large you cut 'em. But no problem making a meal replacement out of these.
2 C dried fruit
This is the seriously unscientific bit. I used 7 figs (couldn't say why), and then filled in the rest with some mango, unsweetened cranberries (which take some searching for), papaya, apple, dates, and a few pumpkin seeds. I think i used unsweetened cherries instead of the cranberries first time round--and almonds 'stead of the punkin.
1/2 C cashew flour
I think the basic recipe (i kiped off'n pinterest or somesuch off which to spin my own evil design) called for 1/2 C whole raw cashews. But this is what i had, and it worked reasonably well. This, methinks, gives it some stick-together-ness.
3/4 C dried unsweetened coconut
Just do it. It's good.
1/3 C rolled oats
Pretty good if you're just fine with oats. I haven't yet tried this without oats, but i'd imagine it's doable. Might even stick together better without 'em.
3 Tbsp honey
Seems like aforementioned kiped recipe called for one Tbsp, but mine worked out to be a lot of otherwise non-cohesive ingredients, so i added 'til she stuck. Do what you think is best.
4 Tbsp oil
Again, i think the Ursache called for, like, one Tbsp, but i wanted more dry stuff in; and i like my oils. I used one of coconut, one of red palm (both melted), one of avacado, and one of olive.
2 Tbsp chia seed
They're high in omega 3s, and i like them. Kiped recipe called for hemp seeds, which are also quite tasty. I just didn't have 'em handy.
Salt
Because it's important. And to be clear, we're talking a pinch here.
1 Tsp turmeric
Because it belongs in really everything.
2 scoops protein powder
This is another point of lots of variability. I use Biotest, and it comes to 40g of protein. I think to get 20 or 30g of protein in every bar, you'd pretty much have to pack it together with guar gum or something. But then, i'm not counting the protein in the cashew flour, etc. I've used both vanilla and chocolate powder so far, and they both rocked.
Anyhow: First blend the fruits, then slowly add in everything else a little at a time. Mix it really well (and probably use pulse, 'cuz i just burned the plastic spindle off in my processor by leaving it running for 30 seconds straight). Then press it into a greased or parchment papered baking dish. Freeze for-- i dunno-- 30 mins or an hour ish. Then refrigerate.
So far mine've held up pretty well even at room temp for several hours. They get a li'l crumbly, but if you put 'em in a ziploc it doesn't matter much. They're fairly high in calories-- but then i reckon that depends on how large you cut 'em. But no problem making a meal replacement out of these.
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