Posts tagged ‘fitness’

Catching up….Back to the gym and gear issues.

Posted September 14th, 2009 by Will. Comment (0).

So, I haven’t posted anything in a while. I was so discouraged by my persistent finger injury that I really didn’t have anything to say. But, I’ve recently been able to get back to the climbing gym. It seems that about 4 months or so of down time was just what my [...]

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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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New Toys are Hard Not to Play With

Posted March 2nd, 2009 by Will. Comments (2).

 
I just received my Five Ten Galileos today.  I tried them on and they feel great.  To me, they feel exactly like the Anasazis I tried on, except with a more comfortable heel.  If, by the end of this climbing season I find myself in Squamish climbing Dreamcatcher, I might miss the extra umph of [...]

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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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It Feels Like the First Time

Posted February 24th, 2009 by Will. Comments (4).

I’m starting to get that excitement over climbing I had after the first time I really went climbing.  Three years ago, my brand new girlfriend of a month wanted to take me climbing.  She had lived in Lexington, Kentucky, and had learned to climb at the Red River Gorge with people like Hugh Loeffler.  Unfortunately [...]

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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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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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