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Rest Day!

Rest Day!

| January 16, 2013 | Reply

Well a rest day for me at least. I am taking a good friend/client bouldering today, so I will be climbing but most likely more instruction then any training. If you feel up for more work this week try this one: Work for 30 minutes: 30sec dip lockout hold on rings 30sec wall-sit 30sec each […]

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My Plan for Tuesday

My Plan for Tuesday

| January 15, 2013 | Reply

I trained last night at Truhold after my lunch workout at P.I.T. I felt gased from the noon class, but was determined to get some work in, so I just start climbing a bunch of V0-V3’s. Once I warmed up I moved on to sending some V4-V5’s and doing five second locks on V4-V5’s to failure. I […]

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1-14-13 Workout

1-14-13 Workout

| January 14, 2013 | 1 Reply

This is my plan for today and should be a good one from our friends at Performance Integrative Training (P.I.T.). Post your times! MONDAY 1-14-13 60sec plank/ 30sec superman hold 25ea side leg raises. 35 Abmat situps or can openers 100 bicycle crunches 100 jump rope singles 3 rounds 5 chin ups/pullups 10 atomic pushups […]

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Learn The Pogo • Chapter 2 • Discovery

Learn The Pogo • Chapter 2 • Discovery

| January 12, 2013 | Reply

Jon Glassberg and Carlo Traversi discover a secret book that helps them learn a long forgotten climbing move, the pogo. Carlo meets up with his scientist buddies and they work hard to learn the forgotten moves. Jonny Hork, Nic Sherman, and Carlo dive deep into the science behind the move…

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What did you do today?

What did you do today?

| January 11, 2013 | Reply

We want to know what you did today! The old guy here did the following workout today: FRIDAY 1-11-13 400m run warm up 4 rounds on the rings: 8ea skater squat 10ea prone alternating knee raises Tabata… 8 rds… 20sec on/10sec off… Abmat situps- I did Can openers with a 10 lbs plate (14-16/round) air […]

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Tough day on the Ranch (the Factory) – UPDATED

Tough day on the Ranch (the Factory) – UPDATED

| January 10, 2013 | Reply

As I mentioned in my last post I have not been resting and pushing myself very hard the last few weeks trying to right all the wrongs over the holidays. Yesterday was a good example of a day I should have taken a break to let everything heal, but I have a tendency to ignore […]

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1-8-13 Workout

1-8-13 Workout

| January 8, 2013 | Reply

Today’s P.I.T. workout was a beast, but a good compliment for climbing as it integrated pull ups, core and cardio, all things we need as climbers and boulderers. The workout consisted of the following: 10 Rounds of: 5 Push up pike on a med ball (50 total) 5 Dumb bell snatch (100 total, 50/side) 5 […]

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1-7-13 Workout

1-7-13 Workout

| January 8, 2013 | Reply

We are getting a lot of inquires on training, so I thought I would pass along what I do to keep in shape. My goal for the year is V12, may be too optimistic, but I am driven to get there if at all possible. I use a combination of high-intensity training methods off the […]

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Chronicles of an Old Guy on Training

Chronicles of an Old Guy on Training

| December 17, 2012 | 2 Replies

I have recently been hit up on training and how I train for bouldering. Let me first say I am not a doctor, a nutritionist or a certified trainer.  What I will say is that I do try to gleen as much information from smarter and stronger people to develop a plan of attack. Most […]

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Chronicles of and old guy part?

Chronicles of and old guy part?

| November 30, 2012 | 2 Replies

This year has been interesting, I resumed my climbing back in March after a four-plus year layoff. Those who know me know that when I drop something and take on something new I tend to get obsessed with my goal(s). When I stopped climbing in 2008 I literally only climbed one time until 2012. This […]

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