Volume again

at K2 with Tomas did some volume on black problems..flashed some, did some after little work, worked on some others.. not much to write about.

Working

or something is taking it's toll. Been super tired, restless, sleepless and a headache for a few days in a row now. Hope no infection is going on.. Went to K2 with T today to play on some more whites. Got pumped on the first one which is totally doable, then the next one felt like a long mans crux in the middle ..jumping to a small crimper is not my thing, tall people can reach; next one felt a little bit easier in the start but then hard! Specially watching a very strong guy having problems on it. Was going to finish off there but as usual could not resist to try a new white in the overhang, even this felt possible with a bit of work and fresher. Fun good session.

White

Today did a trail of picking some white problems and training power/strength. Did a nice little warm up and then got to work. Worked 4 white problems x4/5 goes each together with T. Certainly felt the work by the end of it.. but not pumped. Felt Good! Think the 1st white we tried is totally doable as well. Fingers felt fine as well until the last problem and the last 2 tries so we will see what tomorrow brings on that side.

On another note ..about 1 year ago I decided that maybe it was time to loose some weight. Took a bit of time to adjust some food intake etc. but now I seem to be stable at -10kg since then :-D Will it have an impact on my climbing? We will see... seems more like I have more finger problems now, but could be part of the adjustment?..

Ok Session

at K2 today together with T. Short Warm up and then working on black problems. Manage to do 2 new black overhanging problems (1 flash), 1 Vertical new black (flash) as well as an older black problem. Worked on 2 more black problems one of which should go next time..will see how fingers feel tomorrow.

Back

from a short visit to Germany with Zoe. Not much done there due to Zoe getting Tonsillitis together with high fever which made for long days and short nights. Managed to get away 2x to go train though.. 1x bouldering and 1x rope. Was so-so; mostly due to trying to get to know the holds there that either were slopers or not very finger friendly crimpers.

Today was K2's turn again and T joined in. Did all new red problems I think, but 3 and some repeats of older ones. Also a quick send of a new black problem..all in all think it was around 23/4 problems that went down. T looked good on some of the black problems tried towards the end.

A bit easier

A bit of a lighter session with T and E! Started off with doing 2x 8 problems that were red, then went over to doing some singles.. red and black as well as working on some more... felt ok but in the end painful again in the left finger. Happy with some of the problems done and doing some moves.. Fun. Even more fun to see E putting in some effort...think he has the power for more if he could get more movement training in.

Oh my God

Went to K2 for some more Volume with T...and was met with a s* load of people. Don't think I have seen that many people there before-crazy. Made it a bit hectic and stressful with such a crowd. That and that I somehow felt bad when I got there. Ended up with around 15 problems as planned.. but it was a fight!! Best effort on doing a grey that we think is somewhere between black/white.. otherwise some of the gradings upstairs could be debated, specially compared to each other. Downstairs was different again.. everything felt hard - even the red problems! Oh gosh golly Thursday will be interesting :-D

K2

together with T. Upstairs.. not much marked problemwise due to the comp but actually liked that... if it were up to me then I would leave it that way! Fun!

Ended up doing 18 problems in the range of blue to black.. maybe 4 black if we were to count it that way.. worked on some more that felt black/white..

Good tempo in the 1st hour, but then the last 30-40 min had a few longer breaks. A lot of really fun problems we thought :-D

Long

time since last time it felt like. Been sick for a week now with fever to bad stomach... Actually felt ok in the start but noticed that strength was not really there. Plan was to do more volume..ended up with 3 black (1flash, 1 dayflash and 1 repeat) as well as 8 or 9 red problems and 4 blue problems...before lack of power and sore skin set in. Guess it will take around 1 week before gaining some strength again so we will see.. Kudos to T who looked really strong making easy work of his first white problem of the year!

Fingers

Went for a session at K2 today with the aim of 5 fingery problems on the vert. Warm up with 9 red and 1 black problem ..then got to work. The problems T and I tried felt hard for their grade (black and white)... managed to flash one black though.

The last one we did downstairs...got a bit of a shock as all the new black problems felt way harder then the upper ones ... seems someone decided to add a bit of spice. Could also be that T and I were not in totally super shape but at least 2/3 moves should be possible on a black..

With that I will have a test/rest week again next week and then I only have 3 more weeks left of my original program...was it worth it? We will see next year I guess..but it sure worked my core and shoulders a lot. After this I have ca. 2 Months left before going on a climbing trip... meaning that I have to come up with a new short term plan for that time...think I will go with a bit of light progression training.

T

for tiered... the warm up felt hard ..what would come next? I think that the encores on Friday took out some arm power for sure...things that were easy last time felt hard today. Today 4 problems a la 20min was on the list of things to do.

Mauro looked strong on the warm up and managed to do a black really quickly. Good Work.. T also impressed by flashing the first of the 4 problems (purple)...while I worked at it not getting the heel move at all..then worked on two blue(black) problems where one felt really hard and the other one should go down next time. Went down to work on a yellow(black) which I did last try. Had a quick go on another yellow(black) nearly did it 2nd go.. no power left.

Looking forward to some rest....

Working at it

Lacking sleep as well sore from the campus session was maybe not the best combo. Did a bit of bouldering in the form of easy-medium-hard-medium-easy etc. Ended up with some red and black problems..the white ones I tried felt hard.

Feels like I had little to give in the shoulder,core and foot area... added a few core things on rings every day..not much but seems to have an impact, guess I will need to get used to it.

Crimping

Todays aim was more vertical and crimpy. Went to K2 as there usually are few good problems like that on the upper level. Didn't count on there was a comp before and a lot of new problems but not that many on the crimp side. Found a few to play on and felt soon that crimping on small small lists was not my thing today. Sucked it up though and played with 5 problems that had those moves.

Mostly Tiered

Not much to say..K2..lower level...did all blue and red problems, then some weights for the shoulders. Could feel my stomach muscles all session long as well as my fingers... want to start a new program next week so got to careful.

Fun Session

at K2, just doing random problems. We were a fun group and problems were done everywhere. Managed to flash 3 black problems and worked on some white ones. Found some nice white ones to work on as well. Felt limited though as I still could feel my fingers a great deal and still was sore in the upper body after the ring work last session.

Some info

Went for a session today at K2 with the aim being easier things and static climbing! In the end did 13/14 red problems as well as 1 white. Close to 2 more white problems it felt like so all in all ok. Been doing more dead hangs as well as static technical training which I think can be very good for me.

Volume

It was to be K2 again. Decided on volume..all red problems on the top level. Well...did not do all, but ended up with around 20 red problems done. Good endurance session.

More work

went to K2 again this time aiming for more volume. Did ca. 7 blue, 9 red and 4 black problems. Bit too much in the end I guess.. lots of crimping on the last 3 problems that took its toll on the finger joints...next session needs to be a lighter one.

K2

today with T. Warm up on some blue and red problems. Then flash some black problems and come close on some more. Felt ok. Some problems are impossible due to pain in the lats, otherwise felt ok. Still sore in the fingers from the last session. Cool down with some red problems.

Mixed Bag

Been sick the last 4 days with fever, joint pain, throat pain etc. First day back went to K2...was super warm and did not really do much. Reds felt ok but didn't manage to do too well on black or white problems. Don't think I am there yet and considering the temps inside think the next month will be spent doing weights, BM hangs as well outside bouldering after 19..