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Minion_training_program wrote: »So last sunday, me and some friends went bouldering.
I had never done this, and had never heard of it actually.
One of my friends started doing this early december, and he loves it.
So he invited us over.
It asks a lot of back strenght, grip strenght, but unexpectically also leg strenght, core and balance.
It was a lot of fun, and altough i was only able to complete 4 parkours in total, and brown and yellow only (those are the beginner levels) i really enjoyed doing it, and it was still a challenge. Next time i wanna try next level, which is pink and maybe orange as well.
Friend is at orange level and tries blue and red sometimes as well, which are a lot harder.
It's sort of rock climbing, or wall climbing, just without rope.
It's not very high, and there is a big mat to which you can fall. Altough at highest point, i'd rather climg down first before jumping off (high point is 4.5 meter reach with arm)
You start with a color, and have to touch a certain boulder point with 2 hands, then follow the colour to the top, and last one you have to touch with 2 hand simultaniously as well.
I am still feeling my forearms (from all the gripping) and my back
I think i did about 90-100 minuts of climbing before my grip started to lose, and i could not hold anything anymore.
I think that being able to do pullups, and have good upper body strenght (mainly the lats) will give you an advantage though, and being not as big as me and more flexible certainly helps as well
Here is a impression of it:
That looks fun af -0 -
Minion_training_program wrote: »So last sunday, me and some friends went bouldering.
I had never done this, and had never heard of it actually.
One of my friends started doing this early december, and he loves it.
So he invited us over.
It asks a lot of back strenght, grip strenght, but unexpectically also leg strenght, core and balance.
It was a lot of fun, and altough i was only able to complete 4 parkours in total, and brown and yellow only (those are the beginner levels) i really enjoyed doing it, and it was still a challenge. Next time i wanna try next level, which is pink and maybe orange as well.
Friend is at orange level and tries blue and red sometimes as well, which are a lot harder.
It's sort of rock climbing, or wall climbing, just without rope.
It's not very high, and there is a big mat to which you can fall. Altough at highest point, i'd rather climg down first before jumping off (high point is 4.5 meter reach with arm)
You start with a color, and have to touch a certain boulder point with 2 hands, then follow the colour to the top, and last one you have to touch with 2 hand simultaniously as well.
I am still feeling my forearms (from all the gripping) and my back
I think i did about 90-100 minuts of climbing before my grip started to lose, and i could not hold anything anymore.
I think that being able to do pullups, and have good upper body strenght (mainly the lats) will give you an advantage though, and being not as big as me and more flexible certainly helps as well
Here is a impression of it:
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CHRIS! Man you should try this. I think you would really love it.
Tip of advice, don't wear shorts.
You will get you knee open, since those walls are like sandpaper. Got a few scrapes to prove it...
Maybe a good idea for a teambuilding exercise2 -
Minion_training_program wrote: »
This is probably more impressive than those moments everything flyes and it feels kinda easy
Going when you least want it, grinding through
Proud of you Sandy!itchmyTwitch wrote: »
This is a real victory
Thank you both! I realized this morning that it's definitely harder for me to work out when it's cold and dark outside. I HATE feeling cold, so the idea of going outside, cleaning snow off the car, driving there, changing... and then after the workout, going back into the cold while still sweaty... It all just makes me want to curl up under my heated blanket and stay home.
In the summer it's so much easier because it's hot and sunny, I'm warm and it's just easy to grab the bag and go.
It's silly perhaps, but definitely a HUGE factor.
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It’s true for me too. A few things I do for incentive:KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Minion_training_program wrote: »
This is probably more impressive than those moments everything flyes and it feels kinda easy
Going when you least want it, grinding through
Proud of you Sandy!itchmyTwitch wrote: »
This is a real victory
Thank you both! I realized this morning that it's definitely harder for me to work out when it's cold and dark outside. I HATE feeling cold, so the idea of going outside, cleaning snow off the car, driving there, changing... and then after the workout, going back into the cold while still sweaty... It all just makes me want to curl up under my heated blanket and stay home.
In the summer it's so much easier because it's hot and sunny, I'm warm and it's just easy to grab the bag and go.
It's silly perhaps, but definitely a HUGE factor.
recognize this is why (you did that already!),
DRESS WARM (i have a habit of dashing out underdressed & it’s terrible for long term perception of my workouts),
Keep my gym bag packed,
go straight to gym from work because otherwise chores & guilt will keep me home,
develop some acquaintance-ships that I’m happy to see- especially cute people i like looking at (Call me shallow, it works)
Remind myself that winter doesn’t last forever
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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Minion_training_program wrote: »
This is probably more impressive than those moments everything flyes and it feels kinda easy
Going when you least want it, grinding through
Proud of you Sandy!itchmyTwitch wrote: »
This is a real victory
Thank you both! I realized this morning that it's definitely harder for me to work out when it's cold and dark outside. I HATE feeling cold, so the idea of going outside, cleaning snow off the car, driving there, changing... and then after the workout, going back into the cold while still sweaty... It all just makes me want to curl up under my heated blanket and stay home.
In the summer it's so much easier because it's hot and sunny, I'm warm and it's just easy to grab the bag and go.
It's silly perhaps, but definitely a HUGE factor.
I can’t even fathom the kind of cold you’re dealing with! I’d just shut down. Burrow down. Hibernate and come out the two months a year it’s probably tolerable up there. It always amazes me how humans adapt to cold weather and isolation. We vacationed in rural ND for several years, and the stories the locals told about winters……snow up to the roof, etc. 😱
You Canadians are hardy people just to get out the door, eh?!2 -
Minion_training_program wrote: »So last sunday, me and some friends went bouldering.
I had never done this, and had never heard of it actually.
One of my friends started doing this early december, and he loves it.
So he invited us over.
It asks a lot of back strenght, grip strenght, but unexpectically also leg strenght, core and balance.
It was a lot of fun, and altough i was only able to complete 4 parkours in total, and brown and yellow only (those are the beginner levels) i really enjoyed doing it, and it was still a challenge. Next time i wanna try next level, which is pink and maybe orange as well.
Friend is at orange level and tries blue and red sometimes as well, which are a lot harder.
It's sort of rock climbing, or wall climbing, just without rope.
It's not very high, and there is a big mat to which you can fall. Altough at highest point, i'd rather climg down first before jumping off (high point is 4.5 meter reach with arm)
You start with a color, and have to touch a certain boulder point with 2 hands, then follow the colour to the top, and last one you have to touch with 2 hand simultaniously as well.
I am still feeling my forearms (from all the gripping) and my back
I think i did about 90-100 minuts of climbing before my grip started to lose, and i could not hold anything anymore.
I think that being able to do pullups, and have good upper body strenght (mainly the lats) will give you an advantage though, and being not as big as me and more flexible certainly helps as well
Here is a impression of it:
This sounds like so much fun! We have a place about half an hour from me that does wall climbing and has bouldering walls. It's been ages since I went, but I sure enjoyed it. I am sure I'd probably do a lot better now, what with the grip strength from lifting and the bendiness from yoga lol.
Thank you for sharing this!
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itchmyTwitch wrote: »
It’s true for me too. A few things I do for incentive:KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Minion_training_program wrote: »
This is probably more impressive than those moments everything flyes and it feels kinda easy
Going when you least want it, grinding through
Proud of you Sandy!itchmyTwitch wrote: »
This is a real victory
Thank you both! I realized this morning that it's definitely harder for me to work out when it's cold and dark outside. I HATE feeling cold, so the idea of going outside, cleaning snow off the car, driving there, changing... and then after the workout, going back into the cold while still sweaty... It all just makes me want to curl up under my heated blanket and stay home.
In the summer it's so much easier because it's hot and sunny, I'm warm and it's just easy to grab the bag and go.
It's silly perhaps, but definitely a HUGE factor.
recognize this is why (you did that already!),
DRESS WARM (i have a habit of dashing out underdressed & it’s terrible for long term perception of my workouts),
Keep my gym bag packed,
go straight to gym from work because otherwise chores & guilt will keep me home,
develop some acquaintance-ships that I’m happy to see- especially cute people i like looking at (Call me shallow, it works)
Remind myself that winter doesn’t last forever
I do need to do a better job of dressing warm and taking time to change. The gym is less than 5 mins from my home, so I often leave the gym in my workout clothes and just change / clean up at home. But I tell you... -20C on a pair of damp tights is akin to self inflicted torture. Might as well just sit on an ice block!
My gym bag is packed and by the door (no longer left in the car so my shoes don't freeze).
And acquaintances... haven't got any yet because I'm so socially anxious that I barely make eye contact with people. It's going very slowly. I'm starting to recognize some regulars, so in time that will get better.
I have been telling myself.. 6 more weeks and it should be better. Only 6 more weeks. We're over halfway there. Plus Jan tends to be the coldest month and that's almost over too!2 -
YES. that was eye opening for me.KickassAmazon76 wrote: »itchmyTwitch wrote: »
It’s true for me too. A few things I do for incentive:KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Minion_training_program wrote: »
This is probably more impressive than those moments everything flyes and it feels kinda easy
Going when you least want it, grinding through
Proud of you Sandy!itchmyTwitch wrote: »
This is a real victory
Thank you both! I realized this morning that it's definitely harder for me to work out when it's cold and dark outside. I HATE feeling cold, so the idea of going outside, cleaning snow off the car, driving there, changing... and then after the workout, going back into the cold while still sweaty... It all just makes me want to curl up under my heated blanket and stay home.
In the summer it's so much easier because it's hot and sunny, I'm warm and it's just easy to grab the bag and go.
It's silly perhaps, but definitely a HUGE factor.
recognize this is why (you did that already!),
DRESS WARM (i have a habit of dashing out underdressed & it’s terrible for long term perception of my workouts),
Keep my gym bag packed,
go straight to gym from work because otherwise chores & guilt will keep me home,
develop some acquaintance-ships that I’m happy to see- especially cute people i like looking at (Call me shallow, it works)
Remind myself that winter doesn’t last forever
I do need to do a better job of dressing warm and taking time to change. The gym is less than 5 mins from my home, so I often leave the gym in my workout clothes and just change / clean up at home. But I tell you... -20C on a pair of damp tights is akin to self inflicted torture. Might as well just sit on an ice block!
My gym bag is packed and by the door (no longer left in the car so my shoes don't freeze).
And acquaintances... haven't got any yet because I'm so socially anxious that I barely make eye contact with people. It's going very slowly. I'm starting to recognize some regulars, so in time that will get better.
I have been telling myself.. 6 more weeks and it should be better. Only 6 more weeks. We're over halfway there. Plus Jan tends to be the coldest month and that's almost over too!
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The military assigned me to northern North Dakota (just a few miles south of Canadian border) for five years. Met my wife there, three of my four children were born there, I enjoyed the job, mostly good memories from my time there. But I can confirm the winter horror stories, the locals you met @springlering62 weren't simply trying to scare you with tall tales, lol. Immense snow fall totals, often from a single storm, temperatures dropping so cold that water will freeze before it hits the ground. (True story...we'd make a pot of boiling water, add food coloring, then quickly open the front door and toss the water out onto the yard. It would literally freeze as it scattered, creating a colorful pattern across the snow. Repeat with a new color two or three times, call it "winter art". You could always tell which military base houses had little kids, based upon which yards contained the art.)
Admittedly, my level of discipline then pales in comparison to now, so other than shoveling snow as needed, I allowed the cold to become an excuse not to hit the gym for weeks or months on end, and my fitness suffered for it. (Not a good thing when you're serving in the military, mind you.) Immense kudos go out to @KickassAmazon76 for "faking it until she makes it" and getting to the gym anyway.
I echo some of @itchmyTwitch comments about how to install external discipline when internal is lagging. The last thing I do before bed is prep my gym bag for the morning, because my alarm is going off way too early so I can hit the gym the moment it opens and be done before work. My alarm is on the other side of the room (no sleep-induced slapping the snooze button), and some mornings my irritation at the alarm (or stepping on something on the way to the alarm) serves as the energy needed to get started each day. As a guy I cannot admit to appreciating looking at certain other gym goers as motivation to get there each morning without sounding creepy, so instead I post in multiple forums here upon completion of a workout as accountability instead.3 -
@Minion_training_program I have tried the indoor climbing, but could never get over the habit of hanging too far away from the wall, thus increasing the tension on my grip to the point I never lasted very long. As a youth I used to enjoy free-climbing rock faces, but only ones with easy grips and foot rests. Seeing some climbers like the opening scene from Mission Impossible 2 give me goosebumps and a firm "*beep* no!"3
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The military assigned me to northern North Dakota (just a few miles south of Canadian border) for five years. Met my wife there, three of my four children were born there, I enjoyed the job, mostly good memories from my time there. But I can confirm the winter horror stories, the locals you met @springlering62 weren't simply trying to scare you with tall tales, lol. Immense snow fall totals, often from a single storm, temperatures dropping so cold that water will freeze before it hits the ground. (True story...we'd make a pot of boiling water, add food coloring, then quickly open the front door and toss the water out onto the yard. It would literally freeze as it scattered, creating a colorful pattern across the snow. Repeat with a new color two or three times, call it "winter art". You could always tell which military base houses had little kids, based upon which yards contained the art..
This app needs a 😱 button.
Not to side track, but we did the covered wagontrain out of Jamestown four years. It is always scheduled to include 4th of July, which is scorching down here.
Our suggested packing list included “heavy coats”. I honestly thought they were pulling our legs because we were from the Deep South, and didn’t pack any. The first night- in freaking July- the temperature dropped below freezing. We had icicles inside the tent from our breath. And it rained. Heavily. The kids were crying and wanted to go home. Several families did. That afternoon, it got into the 90’s.
We were just so…..confused.
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Reminds me of this one... It was - 40 out and my cup had freshly boiled water in it.
And then, for fun...
note: -40 and no mittens and jacket is not zipped up. LOL #IAMCANADIAN1 -
So, you are willing to do snow angels in -40, but heading to a heated gym is somehow difficult to force yourself to do? Makes perfect sense to me...1
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So, you are willing to do snow angels in -40, but heading to a heated gym is somehow difficult to force yourself to do? Makes perfect sense to me...
It all depends on my mood. LOL
I haven't been feeling that playful in a while. *shrugs*
and who said I make sense? LOL that was your first mistake! HAHAHA2 -
Considering the depressed-sounding tenor of your recent posts, it's good to "hear" you laughing, lady. 😃1
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Considering the depressed-sounding tenor of your recent posts, it's good to "hear" you laughing, lady. 😃
This breakup has hit me hard. Add that to my eldest's chronic illness and my youngest's mental health issues and some days the weight is almost too heavy to carry. That's pretty much the reason I lift weights. It's a physical reminder that I can carry this load. But some days.. it's just so damn heavy. The relationship was a bright spot in some heavy days. That bright spot is gone and now it's back to just me and the gym. The perk is that at least the gym is always there, I guess.
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Considering the depressed-sounding tenor of your recent posts, it's good to "hear" you laughing, lady. 😃
Agreed that the smile suits you better Sandy, but life can be so hard sometimes, and you are going through a lot, i get that.
Just know that we are here for you as well, just as much as the gym is there for you
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Minion_training_program wrote: »Considering the depressed-sounding tenor of your recent posts, it's good to "hear" you laughing, lady. 😃
Agreed that the smile suits you better Sandy, but life can be so hard sometimes, and you are going through a lot, i get that.
Just know that we are here for you as well, just as much as the gym is there for you
That almost brought me to tears, Gus. Thank you. ❤️1 -
Tonight's session was good. Still had to force myself to go, but the lifts felt solid and I went up a bit on bench, deads and leg press.
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Solid day! (Night?)
My morning session was a trifle humbling. I've been doing 4x15 on squats for so many months now, even when I increased weight, that I had come to expect to be able to do so every time I increased weight. Well, today proved it ain't always gonna come easy, as my sets at 365 turned into 4x10, 11, 12, 15. Earned it on the last one, so I know it can be done. Will probably be sticking to this weight for a while before I can go up again, though.2 -
Solid day! (Night?)
My morning session was a trifle humbling. I've been doing 4x15 on squats for so many months now, even when I increased weight, that I had come to expect to be able to do so every time I increased weight. Well, today proved it ain't always gonna come easy, as my sets at 365 turned into 4x10, 11, 12, 15. Earned it on the last one, so I know it can be done. Will probably be sticking to this weight for a while before I can go up again, though.
I think that some days just feel heavier than normal. Whether it's a result of less sleep, different fuel in our bodies, stress, or just regular life.
Squats at 365 for that volume of reps is a heavy load on the CNS, and is very impressive. I am sure it's a blip.
Way to drive through for that last set!1 -
So, last week i skipped my friday workout, and had a rest day instead.
I felt so fatigue again, that i felt like i needed it.
And guess that was the right decision.
Today i am in my last week of my Mesocycle, and doing the compounds at 95%
Today was Benchpress day, and my worksets were 2/2 and AMAP on last set.
I felt really energized, and even my last warmup felt good (only 9% under my workset) for 3 reps
Here is my second workset of today.
I saw, after the set that i was sticking my arms too far away from my head, that's why i was kinda struggling there. So i made sure to focus on that for my last set on AMAP and was aiming for 3 reps
Here is my AMAP workset:
I was soooooo freaking happy with 5 reps!
My highest thusfar was 4 reps on 60kg, and today managed to do 5 reps on 65kg!
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Minion_training_program wrote: »So, last week i skipped my friday workout, and had a rest day instead.
I felt so fatigue again, that i felt like i needed it.
And guess that was the right decision.
Today i am in my last week of my Mesocycle, and doing the compounds at 95%
Today was Benchpress day, and my worksets were 2/2 and AMAP on last set.
I felt really energized, and even my last warmup felt good (only 9% under my workset) for 3 reps
Here is my second workset of today.
I saw, after the set that i was sticking my arms too far away from my head, that's why i was kinda struggling there. So i made sure to focus on that for my last set on AMAP and was aiming for 3 reps
Here is my AMAP workset:
I was soooooo freaking happy with 5 reps!
My highest thusfar was 4 reps on 60kg, and today managed to do 5 reps on 65kg!
I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!! Way to go Gus!!!1 -
Woot, woot!0
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Something must be in the water this weekend, as I also had a stellar bench press workout today. Felt rock solid on my 5x5x255 with 6 reps final set and felt I coulda done more, gonna increase to 260 next week.
But the real confidence booster was when I loaded the bar with 315. That's the goal I'm working towards, and today I wanted a visceral feeling of what it was going to feel like. Would I even be able to lift it off the rack supports at all? Would it feel like my shoulders are being driven down through the bench and would detach from my torso?
As it turned out, I had mentally built it up more than reality. I was able to unrack the weight with only minimal difficulty to full extension, lower back to the rack, and repeat three more times. At no point did I move the bar actually above my body, and at no point did I even consider actually trying for the weight, despite online calculators predicting I may actually be able to lift it once. And true, my personal strongest part of my lift is the finish...if I get a weight more than halfway up, I'm almost guaranteed to finish, it's at the lowest point where I'm weakest.
But the moral of the story is the 315 no longer scares me. Not sure when I'll feel ready to actually try to tackle the beast, but my dream has officially moved from impossible to just-a-matter-of-time.
Figured the fine folks in this thread could appreciate this sentiment.4 -
Something must be in the water this weekend, as I also had a stellar bench press workout today. Felt rock solid on my 5x5x255 with 6 reps final set and felt I coulda done more, gonna increase to 260 next week.
But the real confidence booster was when I loaded the bar with 315. That's the goal I'm working towards, and today I wanted a visceral feeling of what it was going to feel like. Would I even be able to lift it off the rack supports at all? Would it feel like my shoulders are being driven down through the bench and would detach from my torso?
As it turned out, I had mentally built it up more than reality. I was able to unrack the weight with only minimal difficulty to full extension, lower back to the rack, and repeat three more times. At no point did I move the bar actually above my body, and at no point did I even consider actually trying for the weight, despite online calculators predicting I may actually be able to lift it once. And true, my personal strongest part of my lift is the finish...if I get a weight more than halfway up, I'm almost guaranteed to finish, it's at the lowest point where I'm weakest.
But the moral of the story is the 315 no longer scares me. Not sure when I'll feel ready to actually try to tackle the beast, but my dream has officially moved from impossible to just-a-matter-of-time.
Figured the fine folks in this thread could appreciate this sentiment.
I actually did this very thing after my bench set with 155lb on the bar, but I unracked it, held it over my body locked out and then returned it to the rack. I did that three times. My goal is the ever elusive 1 plate on each side... 135lb. I hope this will help!2 -
Here's tonight's session
It felt heavy, but good. My calculated 1rms are getting close to where they were, so hopefully I'll have recovered the strength I lost by getting trapped in my feels for a couple months. 😊
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Something must be in the water this weekend, as I also had a stellar bench press workout today. Felt rock solid on my 5x5x255 with 6 reps final set and felt I coulda done more, gonna increase to 260 next week.
But the real confidence booster was when I loaded the bar with 315. That's the goal I'm working towards, and today I wanted a visceral feeling of what it was going to feel like. Would I even be able to lift it off the rack supports at all? Would it feel like my shoulders are being driven down through the bench and would detach from my torso?
As it turned out, I had mentally built it up more than reality. I was able to unrack the weight with only minimal difficulty to full extension, lower back to the rack, and repeat three more times. At no point did I move the bar actually above my body, and at no point did I even consider actually trying for the weight, despite online calculators predicting I may actually be able to lift it once. And true, my personal strongest part of my lift is the finish...if I get a weight more than halfway up, I'm almost guaranteed to finish, it's at the lowest point where I'm weakest.
But the moral of the story is the 315 no longer scares me. Not sure when I'll feel ready to actually try to tackle the beast, but my dream has officially moved from impossible to just-a-matter-of-time.
Figured the fine folks in this thread could appreciate this sentiment.
Awesome work man!
My aim this year is hitting the 90kg/200lbs for 3 reps
It will be hard but doable.
In 2 weeks i know what my new 1RM is (i hope to be around 75kg)2 -
Squats yesterday felt heavy, but i was able to do my 3x2 @ 95%
I also did, instead of RDL some quarter squats. And did 5 and 6 reps on that. It was heavy, but something you can easily train till failure, because the safety bars are way up
Was reading into those, to create more explosive power (lot's of cyclist use this)
Here is a example on how to perform them:
It works just the quads, and not the glutes which you would work on in a regular squat as well.
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I really wasn't in the mood tonight, but I went anyways.
I am sooooo glad I went! This was such an awesome session! Lifts were solid and moved nicely. Deadlifts went better than expected and my leg press was awesome!
I upped my weights/reps on bench, deads and press.
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