Fitness

Been reading about climbing fitness lately as I have been attempting to find ways to improve my grade. Honestly, the first problem that I have is my weight (180 lbs at 5'8"). I need to be around 170 lbs to be effective (anything lower than that just does not feel right. I am not convinced that 165 lbs is a good weight for me. I feel too weak at that weight). But I want to lose weight the proper

National Climbing Competition

So I have decided to finally try and enter to climbing community world beyond my little circle of friends. I noticed on Wednesday that Metrorock is going to be hosting the National Adult and Junior Difficulty and Speed climbing competitions over the July 4th weekend. Apparently, the winners will be going to Beijing in August for the World Cup of Climbing competition. Anyway, the sign stated that

This Spring

Well, my goal of climbing 5.11 by this spring has faltered. I am struggling to get up them, and can haul myself move by move if need be, but I am really struggling to maintain the finger strength throughout a route. Still, it is a process and I am climbing better than I was this past fall.Went to Austin Texas recently for a conference and ended up flying in a day early to do some climbing in the

Frustrating Past Couple of Weeks

For some reason I have really taken a step backward the past few weeks. I was climbing steadily at 5.10 and working toward 5.11, but now it seems that I struggling to get up pumpy 5.9s and fall often on easy 5.10s. My forearms are really suffering on these days. I know that warming up is crucial to my performance, as is strength and endurance building, but I should not be feeling as weak as I am.

The Quest Continues to 5.11

So I have been climbing a lot with Jonathan, Tyler and Matt lately. Before I proceed, I will give an update of the three:Jonathan - He is my boss and a talented climber. He is also the brother of the first female to climb 5.14 on American soil. She was the fourth woman in the world to climb that grade at the time (the other three had apparently climbed at that level before her but in Europe?).