Retrospexion

This week has been among the longer weeks in school, and it's looking to flow right over into the coming week to form something kinda like when the Destructacons all transform and hook up to form that really bigaxe'd Destructacon. Got the re-write on my thesis due on mon. Got a test on mon. Had ACLS today. Got a huge test on wed. i'm planning on sleeping again on wed evening. As a result, i've not had a good workout week. And yet, i have got in a few sessions.

i climbed twice this week (i think). The first--sometime close to the beginning o' the week--was a weak session. Felt fat and sluggish (which, in fact, i am; only i'm usually able to climb in spite of that.) Then on a different day i worked chest. That went just all righty roo. On still a different day, i climbed again. That went way mo' better. Got three new v4s, and nearly got a hard 5 i've been piddling with. i should have had it, except i was so surprised that i got that far, that i chickened out. Ah well. 'Least i haven't lost significant hand strength in spite of being super chubby. i sure hope to start riding and running again after this coming week.

How's the bike shopping and Huey riding going out there?

Overflow Incontinence

i'm studying OB/Gyn. i've always been thankful that i'm a guy, but this has given me quantitative evidence that we are, in fact, better off. i want to Brillo pad my eyes clean.

Enough of that.

i did not have anything to drink last night for the first time in a while, and i feel SO much better. i hate that. Why couldn't booze just be good for you? But no.

Worked out today. Did back. This was a good workout.

P'lups:
+45 x 6
+65 x 5
+85 x 3 (locked out 2 without help)
2 x +105 x 4 (locked out the first one both times and the first 2 on the first set)

SL Deads:
20 x bar
14 x 95
10 x 145
8 x 195
8 x 215
6 x 235
6 x 255
4 x 275
3 x 305
Could not hold onto the bar for 4 on that last one. Otherwise didn't feel too bad.

One arm cable rows:
Many

Bent O'er BB Rows:
10 x 135
2 x 6 x 175
These are getting easier since i'm finally doing 'em sorta consistently.

WG Pulldowns:
Really kinda a bunch

i went in yesterday to do this workout and d00ds were on my equipment like ants on picnic, so i demurred. This was fine with me, as i felt like poopy-doody and had just climbed a hard session the day before. i think my grip benefitted from the extra day of healing. Definitely didn't have a 305 pull in me yestern. Now it's warm out, and i need to get off my portable couch cushions and lose some pudge.

Marinading

Reckon i'll post up on the last week, just to keep 'er straight. So last mon i climbed. Seems like it went just all righty-roo. Also had a test on mon, which, miraculously, i got an A on. Tues i worked back. Went ok, 'cept i had no grip from climbing the day before. Wed i did nothing 'cuz i had a huge test on thurs (which i'm still a little worried 'bout. That was one o' the hardest tests i've yet had.) Thurs i climbed. i was getting the inner-ear vibe of the free-fall i'm taking in energy output vs. fat intake. Climbing did not go so well. i'm getting chubby. i'm getting broken down. Fri i (again) was too busy to get a workout in. Yesterday (sat) i did chest/abs. Umm, could'a' gone worse. Got me new issue of Climbing magazine in. Here's an excerpt from an interview with Paul Robinson about the hurdles involved in climbing most of the v15s in western Europe:

There were periods of five days where it rained every day, and I was forced to rest for the entire time. Many weeks in October and November, I would only have two or three days the whole week. That was a huge struggle, and it was really hard to maintain finger strength and endurance.

 i don't know what to say about that. i think it would help if i weighed 150lbs instead of 200. i really need to start doing regular cardio. It really does make it easier to keep my weight down--and more importantly, it helps me not graze like a dang cow.

i think i'll have an IPA and contemplate how much better i might maintain the finger strength and endurance to consistently climb v15 if i only trained more than 3 days/wk. And i might just go do a hangboard session while i'm cogitating all that, just 'cuz i'm sick of being indoors.

Up a crick without a paddle

Yessiree. Done went to Wolf Crick this weekend. They had "locals appreciation day" with lift tickets fer $31. Couldn't pass that up, so a bro from school and i shot up there sat night, split a room and schnooboarded sun. i think that was the first time i'd been aboard in about three years. (There was dust on my ride.) Interestingly, i rode pretty well. In spite of having atrophied chicken bones hanging off of my pelvis, i think i was in way better shape and had a stronger core than the last time i was up. i think i took 4 or 5 minor spills, as opposed to the 4 or 500 i usually take. And Adam--the friend i went up with--is much better than i, so we hit every hard slant on the mountain. 'Fact, we hike to the top (pics below) and jumped off on some nasty ice.

Dude, that was fun. Perfect day for it too. You could pretty much see to China. i wish you guys could come up fer some snow.

Ooo, but i got an ER rotation in Littleton, and a peds rotation in Frisco. So mayhaps we can arrange a visitation in the nearish future, yes?

Pullers

Got a pretty good workout in yesterday. Wasn't sure what it'd turn out to be, 'cuz it was very outta sync. Usually do back on sun or mon, but i didn't get it (or chest) in this last weekend. So i did back. i'm hoping to get back on schedule this next weekend, so i took it very easy on deads. (Plus my low back was killing me from sitting on m' arse in front of a computer for two days without moving. i don't know how you people do that for a living.) Otherwise, it was a pretty hard-hitting, hurtful workout.

P'lups:
25 x bw
lockoff frenchies (6 count; 4 angles)
+45-->solid
+70-->got 'em all, and they hurt
+90-->had to cheat up the last rep to the top, but held the lockoffs
+115-->Had to cheat all these up, but held the lockoffs. These sucked.
+105-->Got the first one, then cheated up the rest

Deads:
Some, but way sub-traumatic

Weighted leg raises:
30 x chubby legs
3 x 10 x cankle weights

One arm cable rows:
10 x 90
8 x 105
7 x 120
5 x 135
3 x 150
then i tried a two hand pull with 300, and that didn't happen. Differ'nt muscles. i dig these, 'cuz they really activate the rotators among the paraspinals, but it's easy to twist through part of the ROM and short change biceps and traps.

Side bends:
10x75
2x10x85

Bent O'er BB Rows:
10x135
2x6x170-->Got these clean. Been a while since i've done that thar.

Wide grip pulldowns:
8 x some weight
8 more x different weight. Started out putting 150 on and did a pullup from it, so i'm guessing the numbers were pretty meaningless. i was pulling with tattered spandex for lats at this point, so i quit.

Good workout, all in all. i'm betting that'll negatively affect my climbing in the near future.

Ooo...and i might get to go to Wolf Creek this sun! $31 lift tickets. :-)

The Transformation to Captain Hook

At the doc's office today i weighed in at 92kilos. That's metric for gordo. i've decided that instead of trying to lose weight to climb better, i'm just going to commit to morphing my deep flexor tendons into something like titanium wires. It'll be easier, i think. we got outta school today for snowiness, and i went climbing for a bit. Didn't have a lot of time, and my low-back is killing me, but i flashed a v4, sent another hard v5, and nearly flashed another v5. i didn't get that last one, but it may be one of the hardest climbs i've been on. It requires two kneebars, and you have to cling tenaciously to a series of the worst holds i've seen. i got to the second-to-last hold 1st try, but i had no idea what to do with it. It would be a bad two-finger crimp if it were on a vertical wall; but it's overhanging, so it's more like a badly placed foot hold.

Oh well...i got a serious 5 today that i'd tried a couple o' weeks ago. At that point i wasn't sure there was any possibility of getting it. But it went. Yo soy muy muy happy-o.