Archive for the ‘Training’ category

This Sucks Big Time

Posted May 10th, 2009 by Will. Comment (1).

I haven’t blogged in a while because I haven’t climbed in a while. I’ve made a point out of not climbing until my injured finger healed. So, today I made my reentry to the world of chalky plastic only to find that my finger still hurts like Hell. I don’t know how much longer I [...]

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Report From the Climbing Gym

Posted March 15th, 2009 by Will. Comment (1).

The good news is that my new shoes rock. They are exactly what I was looking for. The bad news is that my finger is still not okay. Two weeks was not enough. I even taped it to my third finger. So, Im typing this on my iPhone while my wife finishes climbing. With that, [...]

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Stretching for Climbing, Yoga, and Eating Vegetables

Posted March 3rd, 2009 by Will. Comments (5).

What do the three things in the title have in common?  They are all things I don’t do.  It’s not because I don’t know how important they are…I do.  There’s just something in me that is adverse to doing the smarter, more mature things in life.  And, yes, I am already suffering the consequences.
Don’t get [...]

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Self-control: It’s Just Not My Bag

Posted February 27th, 2009 by Will. Comments (3).

I learned the same lesson twice this week.  Self-control is not my strong suit.  As I try to get back into shape for climbing, I’m starting to watch what I eat…or at least trying to watch what I eat.  For me, my biggest enemy is portion control.  I eat too much.  I noticed this as [...]

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I Want to Be Light

Posted February 24th, 2009 by Will. Comment (0).

I’ve seen you at the climbing gym. You know who you are. You sail overhung boulder problems as if you only weigh 20 pounds. Sometimes, you find hanging from only one hand a good rest position. Then, as if gravity didn’t exist, you proceed to campus up a series of chalky [...]

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Jesus, My Hand Hurts

Posted February 23rd, 2009 by Will. Comments (2).

Oddly enough, as I’ve been reading other climbing blogs about injuries and rehab, my left middle finger has been becoming more and more sore. It started about a week and a half ago. While I was bouldering at the gym, all of a sudden, every time I grabbed a jug with my left [...]

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Starting the Journey - Again

Posted February 22nd, 2009 by Will. Comment (0).

I’ve been back climbing now for a couple of weeks. It’s been too long — over a year. When my wife and I lived in Georgia, we did a pretty good job of driving up to Foster Falls in Tennessee most weekends. We even built a 16 foot articulating bouldering wall in [...]

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