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I went climbing yesterday. Getting to the gym was an effort; then gravity was high. I suspect I've not recovered from Saturday.

One thing that still surprises me is how non-linear weight loss is. Water weight and waste weight can have a material impact. My diet was 6 years ago (I went from 185-ish pounds to 140-ish, a BMI of 21.0). Since then, I've aimed to maintain between 140 and 147 pounds. (I find a range a lot easier to manage than a single…

Medusa's Children. I am in the middle.

I actually had rest days on Thursday and Friday. This was all part of a master plan, as I did a big caving trip today. 12 hours underground; 13 hours cardio total as the cave is a trek from the car park. We went to the Geyron formation in draenan. It is sufficiently remotes that very few. People per year go there. My…

I did actually have a rest day yesterday; work got busy. I went climbing today. It was good; I got a couple of projects. My jumping has got way better recently. I taught a youngster how to do one. (She was trying to use arm strength. Instead, you crouch down and stand up explosively on the right leg; and let go if the hold…

I tried a cavern diving course over the weekend. It turned out I was terrible a line laying, so I've turned two day course into three days. I need a bit of practice before booking the last day. I went for a swim and sauna after the two dives on Sunday. I went climbing today. We were trying jumpy stuff, I got some fun…

Climbing, 3 hours. Cracking session again; I've got way better at v4s recently. I made progress on my major v5 project. The first move is a twisty jump with zero points of contact until you connect with two handholds. Then you swing around a bit to get a foot hold and bump the right hand. Unfortunately, I always fall off…

@AnnPT77 I tend to eat around 2,400 calories a day, so not ridiculous amounts. Online calculators tell me this is in the range on "extremely active" for my stats (53 year old, 5 foot 9, 140 pound male). I tend not to worry about it too much these days; as long as my weight in the range I've deemed acceptable (140-147…

I did a walk. I had a vague plan (leave my house, go along the Thames Path until it got dark, find the nearest station and get home.) One slightly annoying feature of the plan is that my house is nowhere near the Thames. So I decided to do the London Loop walk to Kingston to kick things off. My house isn't on the London…

I'd strongly agree with this. If (say) the stair machine burns 50 calories more than the elliptical, it is kind of irrelevant if you hate it. You want something you'll still do in 1, 5 or 10 years' time. Also, if one believes Ponzer's model of constrained calories, (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4803033/) those…

Saturday Rest day, so 12 mile walk. Sunday Climbing. It was good; I was on form. I was visiting relatives in Norwich. The climbing gym there has moved; the new location is sweet. Monday Climbing. Ok, not outstanding. I got a few v4s. I started slowly and improved. Tuesday Swam 1 km and had a sauna. Wednesday Climbing, the…

I gave the gym more money, and now I no longer need the daring commando raids to get into the sauna. For walking, my vague hypothesis is that it's easier to do a lot of walking in most European cities than US ones. I have a holiday in San Diego a few years ago, and I didn't like it: it was the least pedestrian friendly…

Wednesday Climbing. The gym was really crowded, I didn't really get going until it started to thin out about after around 90 minutes. I was good from then onwards. Thursday Work offered discounted gym membership, so I joined my local David Lloyd. I swam 750 metres. I then couldn't get into the sauna, as apparently my…

I went climbing. It was fun; I was in the best form I've been in for a while. On Sunday, I did a short walk (8 miles). The weather was stunning; cold but cloudless. My entertaining overeheard sauna conversation is from about 3 years ago. Someone was explaining where his uncle was. "He's inside for <expletive deleted> armed…

Monday Climbing. Decent session; we did an exercise for about 90 minutes (4 minutes flat out AMRAP, 4 minutes rest). I was toast at the end of it. Tuesday Climbing. I stared well, but faded. I got around 7 miles' walk in getting to the gym. I felt destroyed on Wednesday. Maybe 7 days of flat out exercise with no recovery…

I wear my Crocs a lot. (A slightly too large pair works well for scuba diving, as my drysiot socks fit under to them). I wasn't paying attention on a recent morning, and ended up wearing them at work at the office. I was waiting for a friend in reception, which caused Security to accuse me of being a vagrant sheltering…

I have done loads of exercise recently, much of it unlogged until now. Tuesday Lifting: squat, bench; OHP, hangboarding and deadlift. Thursday Climbing. Good; I repeated a v5 and got a many week project, ( a tiny dyno which raised your left foot by about 6 inches, but goes to a balance position with no hand holds.) Friday…

I went caving over new year . I was introduced to Stilton with dates. It's a great combination; I thoroughly recommend it.

I went climbing yesterday. It was a cracking session. I got a V4 in my anti-style after about 39 attempts. I smeared with the left foot on the first move to keep myself away from the wall. Keeping pressure through the smear let me get the left hand to the second hold, which is a jug. I then moved quickly to match that hold…

I went climbing on Friday. Ir was decent, I got a v5. It was and odd start; an upside down chimney thing. You then get the right way up; shimmy up the chimney and cry at the difficulty of the distance to the last hold. (I did fancy foot nonssense which eventually got it in range via a balance,-y reach thing). The whole…

I went climbing. I was poor; gravity was high. I used to monitor my RHR fairly religiously. I'm lazy about it now; I tested it now due to the chat about it. It seemed to be 48, which is within my range from when I wore a Fitbit, albeit on the lower end of that. (I smashed every Fitbit I owned. So I now go for cheap Casio…

I spent the weekend diving in Dorset. On Saturday we got one dive in. We just did a harbour wreck. It was nice; maybe 2m visibility. 30 minutes dive; water a slightly bracing 8C. The air temperature was lower; I think around 5c most of the day. On Sunday, we got 10 folk on the rhib, with dive kit for 7. That meant we never…

6 January Climbing, 2 hours. Decent session, I got an overhanging V4 which was my anti-style. I also got a pretty hard slab, which needed some delicate balance-y stuff. Today Climbing, only 1.5 hours as I got to the gym late. Fun. There was a new set, which is not yet graded. I spent most of my time on that. I sent one…

I've taken to making my own sourdough, so I make my own (non-dried) yeast. My current starter approach is to mix 100 grams of rye flour with 100 grams of apple juice, stirring daily until it doubles in volume (which takes 4-7 days). It's then just about ready to use: I keep it in the fridge, warm it up to room temperature…

I went climbing for 2.5 hours. I got obsessed with a jump. After 50 minutes, I finally got it. It was actually not that hard (maybe V3) but I am terrible at dynos. After 10 minutes, I realised it was feasible: I was getting both hands on the hold I was jumping to fairly reliably. But I was barn dooring off. I eventually…

27 December Climbing. Decent, I got lots of v4s. My favourite was basically monkey bars; probably very soft for the grade, but fun. 29 December Caving. Digging our discovery cave. 30 December Hi ho, moar digging. Nearly got hypothermia , we surveyed the cave which required spending a long time under a waterfall. But all…

@DiscusTank5 Nice one! I went climbing yesterday. It was fun, I got a lot of v4s. My favourite wasn't yet graded; my guess it's a v3; but it was complex so may be a v4. It was slab. My little brother gave me beta. (Stand up with no hands. Reach over to the far left hand side for a hand hold. Reach it with both hands. Do a…

Thursday Climbing, 2.5 hours. Good fun, I got a couple of projects. The most fun one was thuggy v4 overhang, going from a cave to a less steep wall. The crux took me about 30 minutes to work out. I needed to heel hook the left foot, which let me get enough momentum for a big hand move. I cut loose with the foot…

Great news, Anne! Saturday Caving. We attempted to survey the cave discovery, and did a light spot of digging at the end. The surveying wasn't completely successful. Some readings gave a negative distance. I think my calibration of the device wasn't accurate enough. (Calibration takes 24 readings with specific orientations…