For those who trained

[Andrew]

Damn, I just got called out. Climb2Core I see that you are new here, maybe one day your internet training will pay off, and you will be able to tell a joke and who its directed at.

Yes, I have been stagnate ever since I had kids, but luckily things are feeling easier now.










p.s. If I ever see you at the cliff don't bother asking me to stick clip, brush, or save any cats from a tall tree. You lost out chief.

[Brentucky]

I trained enough to pump layback my way up 5.9 trad cruxes when the option is available.

[SCIN]

Yes. I did Andrew's route after he told me I couldn't do it. I would pay money for that.

[tbwilsonky]

i did like one thousand (1,000) pull-ups and everything seems really easy. like walking on water, but without all the pretense.

also less water.

[ahab]

my summer training regiment consisted solely of catching (or not) smallies in elkhorn creek. didn't do jack shit for my climbing, but it was a hellava lot more fun than than hanging around in my basement/a gym/someone else's basement/or worse yet a climbing gym.

[Clevis Hitch]

Andrew; what he said may have been out of turn but...

[whatahutch]

I did a two month cycle that consisted of these things: bouldering, weighted bouldering, bouldering pyramids of 20/40/60/40/20 hand moves, weighted pull-ups, steep-angle lock-offs, 50 reps of dips once a week, 50+ reps of 80lb bench once a week, small amount of running, and lots of Muay-Thai kickboxing.

I set my sending date for the last week of October. The day I got out I was the strongest I have ever been in my life (and that was two weeks past the last workout I did).

I got my first 12 send.

Didn't have a bit of endurance though. I was getting pumped on tall 9s and 10s.

[blakeleathers]

I didn't train and I am climbing as strong as ever. Didn't project anything easier, I just got on routes and crushed. Eat that old man.

LMAO, first, I will assume you are talking to me. Ok, crusher. You have been fucking around at the same 13 grade for the last 3 years. You are stagnant, at best. 13b, that wasn't even pushing the grade a decade ago. Talk all the shit you want, try to put down other climbers. Just makes you come across as even more of a douche.

Ian

FAIL.

[pawilkes]

I didn't train and I am climbing as strong as ever. Didn't project anything easier, I just got on routes and crushed. Eat that old man.

LMAO, first, I will assume you are talking to me. Ok, crusher. You have been fucking around at the same 13 grade for the last 3 years. You are stagnant, at best. 13b, that wasn't even pushing the grade a decade ago. Talk all the shit you want, try to put down other climbers. Just makes you come across as even more of a douche.

Ian

FAIL.

don't judge Ian too harshly, he's a nice guy just not sure how to respond to Andrew's n on-obviously directed viciousness

[rjackson]

Since Spring, I have augmented my general training with more core and some specific grip workouts. I have seen results in that I am more comfortable now on pinches and open-handed holds, which have long been a weakness of mine. Train for weaknesses and maintain your strengths, right? At first I thought I was not climbing very well, but I think in reality (when compared to past seasons) I have done OK. If I would spend more time climbing and less time scrubbing (or eating chocolate) then I think I would definitely have seen even better results. But I have to say, while the last year may not have seen my hardest climbing, it has been the most rewarding.