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i think this was my first full irongym workout in about a month. i took it a bit easy. Not a bad workout though. Got a double on p'lups with 90lbs, but i didn't feel like a got totally locked out at the top, so i left off. Went back to straight leg deads, but stopped after 255 x 6. Didn't see any reason to throw a spring after three weeks away. Definitely felt a li'l toxic--'specially on the weighted leg raises. That sucked. Anyhow, next week should be a happier place. Hopefully this stopped the downward spiral. i'm to a point where i have to take some time off of climbing (else my left hand is gonna ossify and crack off), and conveniently i'm nowhere near a plateau on iron since i haven't lifted in a month. That means i have something to keep me from getting bored till my tendons knit.

Funny how you can sometimes intuit that you're somehow getting more and more toxic; then you can go for a single workout and the foghat is removed and you know just how poisonous you've become. i guess i'm thankful for those eye-openers. Better now than at 50.

Osteoarthritic

i climbed on tues. This was not a good idea. i was bored of school, and needed to get some blood flowin', but the fingers didn't want to work. i'm gonna try really, really hard to lay off this next week from climbing. i'm gonna go (hopefully today) to the irongym for a hard session. Annie's off after tomorrow, so i should be able to run and swim more in the mornings.

Steph just went through a week of a gallbladder cleansing diet. Positive Murphy's, positive Rovsing's, and no insurance for surgery; so she tried a diet. She lost four lbs. and feels a million times better today. She had to get on the wagon, give up coffee and cheese, and live on shredded beets and parsley, but she very obviously feels way better. That's happy. Now i'm thinking about trying it. i surely do need to detoxify. Eleven hr. school days followed by four hours of writing busy-work assignments is not so beneficent on m' health.

Anyhow, here's to losing some weight and rebuilding the PIPs stronger than they were before. Peace.

Forgive me, father, for i am insomnolent...

...It has been 12 years since my last sleep.

Thursday, i went to the climbgym and failed to send two projects: one a v5, and one a (very stiff) v4. Friday i went back and sent 'em both. This makes me very happy. i feel like less of a loser than i did on thurs. i must'a' put in 20 or 30 burns on that goofy 5. Could not stick the final crimp on link. Finally got a fresh perspective (after a month or so of not touching it) and some fresh beta, and it went pretty easy.

Today i played in a kickball tournament. Who knows? Maybe i have a little better tan than i had before. i hope to get back into the irongym tomorrow. i hope to have a beer and sleep tonight.

Status post midterms

Swam on sat. Failed to work out on iron. Gunna try to get a thin workout in, but i'm kinda' ok with doing some hardcore healing this week.

Of water rights and beer rights

Went climbing with a friend today. we did some leading in the gym. It's odd: i'm good for about 6 moves, then i'm cashed. Zero endurance. Ended up doing 5 or 6 routes, but i had to hang on an 11, then again on a 10-. Then i took off the harness and sent three v4s in a row--two of 'em i hadn't done before. methinks i'll see the next level in climbing fall when i spend some quality time doing routes, and get my endurance up a bit.

Anyhow, about that beer...When's it gonna happen, gents?

Overdoin' it.

Did a 2hr. run today. Ran to the top of U-mound in the foothills. Thought my heart was gonna explode. Might'a' been a hair excessive. Think i might have compressed a few discs. Ah well...that's out of the way now. i can say i'm back up to a 2hr long run. "What doesn't kill you," and all that. S'poseta' climb tomorrow. See how that goes. At any rate, midterms are over. i may have flunked outta school, but they're over with. Happydance completed.

How vivid is your false memory of that conversation?

Speaking of autoimmune destruction, i seem to have an allergic, hypersensitivity reaction to sleeping less than 6hrs/night for weeks at a time. Midterms are over after today, an' i'm gunna do one o' those Mary Poppins-like jumping heel-clicks. my body is gelatinizing, and i'm jonesing to get back on the wagon. Gotta stop dipping, for starters. And i'm thinking about sleeping again soon. This is what happens when one chooses to learn 5 weeks of material in 3 evenings.

Clumb monday and yesterday. Actually, of monday i can hardly say i clumb; rather, that i went to the climbgym and cussed a lot. Yesterday, though, was a better day. i was actually healed and strong enough to properly re-injure the tendons. i can hardly ask for more than that.

Speculatively, i'm gonna go really light at the irongym this week. i am broken down, and i want to heal properly. And i would like to be able to touch my toes again before i hit it hard again.

Immersion therapy

Yesterday i got to go to Los Conchas with a couple o' friends. (That's the place we camped). That was a good time. Tried that 10d/11a beside the easy 6, but i melted down--maybe 5 feet from the chains. Took a 10 foot fall, but swung into this scooped out bit in the rock and whacked it with my knee. That opened me up pretty good. Nasty lookin' scar that'll leave. Anyhow, i got back on and finished it; but it was a li'l bit frustrating that i didn't get the send. i just wasted too much energy figuring out the bottom sequence. Got me a flash pump, and couldn't shake it out. There was chalk caked on literally every possible bump and nubbin below the second bolt, and by the time i tried out ten different sequences, i was fried. i did get back on a few minutes later, and got it in a go on toprope, but i should have had it on lead. Blah...i'm whining about being in one of the prettiest places in the state, and getting to climb on a perfect day. Still though, i've got a grudge against that route.

Today i got us a year-long family membership at the pool. Did kinda' the same swim--5 x 100s on a 2:00 interval--but this time i added in an extra 500m of straight swimming for 1,600 total. i wasn't sure i could pull off 500 without drowning, but i kept making turns and feeling good 'til i was done (even if i may have been a li'l pokey). That's encouraging. Gives me high hopes i could swim 1K soon.

Tomorrow i'm hoping to take a break from the straight-legs, and do a ME on regular deads. i'm gonna be a tad mo' conservative and see if i can break 405 proper. Turned out 450 was a li'l too big a jump.

You guys need to come up here this summer for another man-weekend. Conchas rocks. we started on that 5.6 and just worked our way down the rock. Ended up doing six or eight routes between 5.6 and 5.9. Lots of chilled-out, easy climbing with nice views. That was a breath of oxygen.

Sunday add-on:

Got me a PR on regular deads yesterday. Got a double with 405, then (finally) got a single with 410. And i got it listening to soul music. i'm developing a new superstition. Missed 425, but i think it'd go. Got 'er to my knees, but i couldn't lock it out. i needed some ammonia and someone screaming obscenities at me. Also worked up to 3 with 90 on weighted pull-ups: a clean single and 2 negatives. Reasonable workout. Low back is sore today. m' decrepit fingers are also starting to thaw a li'l bit.Might be some hard climbing again in the foreseeable future.

thank you for you to make me learn more,thank you∩０∩

captain's log, stardate, um, 3:

went for a reasonably hard hour-long run on fri. Then i went for a swim. Same basic swim as last time, but i actually did my 100m intervals on a 30sec interval (as opposed to just whenever i quit wheezing). Yesterday (sat.) i went for another swim--again, same swim; only this time i left on the 30 which punished me for swimming slow. So i was averaging probably a 20sec interval 'tween sets. If that don't get my buoyant butt a li'l mo' streamlined, then i don't know what will. i have only gossamer hope for squeezing an irongym session outta today; but hope is hope. Looking to be a busy coupl'a weeks at school. Maybe that'll buy me time to mend the IPs and lumbricals.

Actually broke out the Gnats yesterday, thinking about where to put them. Those things are schmall. i think i'm gonna put a couple of 'em on the wall proper for when i'm feeling particularly manly. i'm gonna set up a dyno to 'em. Moving off of 'em without feet is not an option, but i think i could stick a dyno for a second...like if my other hand is on a jug. Vamos a ver.

Tack-on what since nobody looked at the last post:

Sneaked into the irongym for a quickie today. Only striking thing 'bout it was that i took chalk in with me. Got the set of 4 at 295 on the box (str. leg deads); then put a couple o' fivers on and got 3 at 305 on the box for a PR.

So Blue talks now

Yup. Even Blue has been prostituted to the I.Q.-free masses. i guess the simple-minded, semi-retarded two-year-olds of America couldn't pick up on the communicative subtleties of a dog that didn't overtly tell 'em what to think. Turns out he's (she's?) even more irritating singing in Elmo-ese. Just can't shake the feeling that we're ripe for an apocalypse--or at least some sort of really widespread cataclysm.

Um, where was i? Ah, yeah. Finished monday's workout on wednesday, i think. Did some fairly heavy one-arm rows, chest flys, bent-o'er bb rows...that's pretty much it. Absolutely trashed. Then yesterday i went to the climbgym with a friend from school. Not a worthwhile session. Got a couple o' v3s, but i fell off of another 3 maybe six times before i gave up. It was bad. we were there for a long time, but mostly so he could climb. It's cool to see someone get infected with the disease, and get into a route 'til they've got it worked.

i feel arthritic today. Gonna try to swim or run if i can dredge up the motivation. Gotta stay outta the gym for a while. i'm thinking i should take up piano: mebbe my decrepit bones could handle that kind of stress.

Avoiding homework

As Providence would arrange it, i ran into two folks today at school with whom i got into talks about cycling. Each conversation, in turn, bent toward triathlon. It inspired me. i added all this in my constantly-swirling toilet of a brain with your suggestion that long-distance steady-state cardio is no way to cut fat, and i ended up in the pool this evening for intervals. That rocked! i haven't swum in some years now, so the bar was set nice and low. But it felt pretty rad to be back in the water. i was, of course, totally outta shape for it, but the recent lat work and running have actually kept me fitter than i would have expected. Did a 300m warm-up, 5 x 100m sets (very slowly, i'd imagine), and 350m cool-down. Not too bad a start, in my opinion.

Anecdotally, for the first time since early high-school i was totally unable to do a single pullup. Tried one when i got home: didn't work. Definitely put some muscles through the rigors that haven't been imposed upon in a while-e-o. Now to see if G's theory 'bout the weight loss is on track.

Back to it

Got about 75% of a workout in yesterday at the irongym. Little stale on the weighted p'lups. Did get four reps with 295 on straight-leg deads, but i had to set the weight down and dry my hands off after rep 3. Gotta take chalk in next time. Hope to sneak in today, and finish the workout.

Not gonna climb this week. Fingers are starting to feel arthritic, and i'm tired of peeling off routes i know i should own 'cause i'm not healed. Gonna try to replace it with running/swimming till i can make a fist wihout tears. Be just mighty fine if i could get back to it feeling healed and a bit lighter.

Li'l Iller

Here're some pics o' the walls with the new gripplings on.

Think i'm gunna put the gnats on this 'un. Do some campus work on it.

They put up a supposed v10 at the gym. i'm going to have to become way stronger, and 30 pounds lighter, fa' sho'; but i'm also gonna hafta learn to crimp for real.

wrecker'd

Got that 5 this afternoon. Got another hard 4 i fell off of last time. blah. Voy a tomar poco mas.

Visceral Nociception

As i endure neurophysiology in monotone after maybe 6 hrs of sleep, i wonder if there could be enough coffee in the world. i feel very much like throwing up. Really, really, really worn down here.

Did go climbing yesterday. Interesting session. went in for a v2 day: wanted to move, but felt kinda stale. Ended up hooking up with a friend who was as unmotivated as i. Between the two of us, we ended up doing some pretty decent climbing. Highlights: got a tricky v4 second try ('cuz i had to figure out how to get my feet off the ground to start the thing), and got one move from snagging a v5. Took a weird fall off the top of that one, and decided to give 'er a rest. Fell such that my shoulder blade came closer to my hip than it'd ever been before.

i'm thinking pretty hard about taking the day off. i want a nap like crazy.

Anyhow, you guys planning on going to Yellowtown this weekend?

Manic but happy

Yesterday i tore it down at the irongym propa' (for me). i'll record just 'cuz a hain't in a goodly while.

P'lups:
20xbw
10xbw+25
8x bw+50
7x bw+60
6x bw+70
5x bw+80

i think i stopped there, whimpering like a beaten girlfriend.

Straight leg Deads:

Warmup x a bunch
Seriously, just a bunch
8 x 195
8 x 215
6 x 235
6 x 255
4 x 275
3 x 295

i was pretty happy 'bout this. Didn't get the fourth one at 295, 'cuz i was unravelling in the Flexor digitorum department, but this is the first time since i tried to herniate my abdominal wall that i've gone into sets of four.

Straight leg raises:
A bunch
A bunch with ankle weights

One arm cable rows:
Same same

Bent O'er Barbell Rows:

10 x 135
2 x 6 x 175

i'm tired of writing. Anyhow it was a good workout.

Today one of m' profs called off class, so i had a three hour lunch break. went running for 1.5 hrs. Very nice run. It sort'o feels like it's coming together, dude. i've never before maintained the running, resistance workout, and climbing at the same time. i'm getting to the point where i feel like i need to start scheduling workouts more carefully; but i think i'm slowly losing weight, and'm keeping the strength on--which can only be good.

Home of the Brave...if you're in an Apache behind a 30mm minigun

Got an hour run in today. i'm trying to make a habit outta this.

Watch this clip if you wanna be sick. Friggin' nutjobs...

Mixed Emoticons

=o-D

It's the weekend! Found out yesterday or so that we'll only have class two or three fridays this quarter if at all. me likey three day weekends. So i decided to go climbing. And i talked a couple o' school mates into going with me. They hadn't climbed in a long while, so i was thinking a chilled day would be good times. Plus i climbed yesterday, so i didn't think there'd be much fuel left in the tank anyhow. But i think i was so amped to have some mates to climb with that i was inspired. Ended up sending that v5 i smished my finger on at the comp first try, got at least 2 v4s (onsighted one of 'em), and walked a long string of new 3s. And m' friends seemed to have a good time, which doesn't normally happen in my presence. i think they both left with some white-hot forearm afterglow. Who knows? Maybe i can talk 'em into joining and i'll have some workout partners. That'd be mighty fine.

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Then Steph called and tol' me KattyKat has Paw, Hoof, and Maw Disease or something like this, and that it's way contagious. Bummed am i, for i wished dear to see yas. But we'll get down there soon. At any rate, knowing i have most of my fridays off'n school gives us a li'l more freedom to plan. You guys free next weekend?

Off to a start

Schoo's back in as of yesterday, and i'm already wiped out. Guess i got used to sleeping in a bit. Did get a short workout in yesterday at the irongym. Thought i'd go back and finish after classes, but i hadn't the wherewithal. Just didn't want to go in today and work back more, 'cuz i wanna climb tomorrowish, and don't want to be fully broken down. So i ran today. Went out for a 45-60min run; but my thunder thighs failed to light a friction fire, and my LCL kept failing to bring up divorce threats, and my back kept failing to ache, and i totally failed to bonk from hunger, so it turned into an hour and a half. That's a good time.

Splurged and purchased some climby holds for m' walls. Got the Iron Palm board from SoIll, and these spiffy things from E-grips. i was gonna buy a set of gym rings, but i forgot 'til it was too late. Ah well: Probably easier to jerry-rig gym rings than some decent slopers. 'Tween those and the gnats you got, i should have no excuse not to get strong.

Psyche Psucka'

Not too embarrassing a showing at the comp, i reckon. i beat out many, many prepubescents. It reiterated for me that if i were to lose 20lbs or so, i'd be rocking the comps. But that's neither here nor there. It was a pretty fine workout. Ended up climbing around 23 problems--not counting a bunch that i got reeeeeally close on but didn't finish. By the end i was falling off of huge stuff; fingers were opening up on everything. That made for a good workout. It's been a long while since i've pushed 'er that hard.

One of the big problems, as always at those things, was the sheer number of people. Several occasions i ended up walking away disgusted from problems i should've gotten 'cuz there were numbskulls walking through m' LZ. Then maybe halfway through i was working a roof problem, and i heelhooked on my index finger. Didn't really hurt, but i couldn't yank m' finger out. Dropped off the problem, and i'd nearly ripped the nail off with blood dripping out. That smarted a li'l. But i'm sure i'm more of a man now.

Ah well: i've got a bunch of new projects that'll go soon. Good times.

Saturday Tack-on

Went to the pool for a swim today, but it was crazy with kids, so i refrained. Instead i went for an hour and fifteen mins run. That makes 3hrs for this week. i'm pretty happy 'bout that. It's starting to feel a little easier. i'm still jonesing to walk the catwalk all glossy wet in a Speedo.