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I went caving over the he weekend. Saturday was quite a little of rope work; the biggest pitch was 70m. I got stuck in a rift between two of the pitches, other than that it was a great trip. Sunday was a little trip, but with much faffing so I got home at 10 p m.. I went climbing today, with a distinct lack of energy.

I don't really see how 10g of fat, 3g of protein and 13g of carbs adds up to 1117 calories. Fat is 9 calories per gram; carbs and protein are 4g. And 10*9+(3+13)*4 equals 154 calories, which is quite a bit higher than 117. (Maybe it's ultra high in fibre, so their argument is not to count all the carbs. But that is quite a…

I attempted a rest day on Saturday, but got bored and did a 12 mile walk. I went climbing today for about 2 hours, I was out of form. The walk had nice views.

I lifted yesterday, and got in around 17k steps as well. I did OHP, squat and deadlift, not particularly heavy on any; all for three sets of 5. (Squat was about 1.2* bodyweight; deadlift 1.5; OHP lol what.)

There a many different ways of grading the difficulty of a climb. The two most common for bouldering in the UK are: The Font scale (normally "f" for Font, then a letter and a number e.g. F6b). The higher the letter and the higher the number, the harder the climb is. 7a is harder than 6c, the number trumps the letter. The…

You are very likely right about the machine name! Most of my gym going these days is to climbing gyms, which tend to be light on machines. (A very good on the wall pull up training routine is: Select a climb. Before moving your hands, do a pull up, then get your legs back onto the wall and move your hands. There are five…

There are pull up machines? How odd,I never knew that. I try to do mine of small edges on a hangboard to improve my finger strength at the same time.

I've been active, but crap at logging. I went climbing today. It was fun. I got two v5s, technically making it my best ever session. At least one of them was feather bagged, though (the opposite of sandbagged).

I spent the weekend scuba diving in Cornwall. We got 3 dives on Saturday, but then it became lumpy and we were blown out. We got a nice hike on Sunday, a fairly chilled 10 miles or so. I got back to mine early-ish on Monday, so intended to climb. But there was someone under a train at my destination, which scuppered that…

I spent a week caving in Sardinia. It was brilliant. We also did some Via Ferratta; you can just see me in this photo.

I have been busy. I went scuba diving in Northern Spain last weekend; it was lovely. We flew to Bilbao and did quite a lot of walking around there and San Sebastian between dives. I went climbing on Monday. I was terrible; maybe it was due to sleep. (I woke up at 3.30 a.m. to get the flight home.) I lifted on Tuesday. I…

My biggest recent weight spike was after a 14 hour caving trip. It was flat out; bonkers hard. At one point, I thought I was bleeding badly. I eventually worked out that I was was just completely covered in mud, in a tiny, long, squeeze (tighter than a craw), and I was sweating a lot. I weighted 4 pounds more after that.…

I went climbing on Monday. I concentrated on overhangs, and got pumped quite quickly, so the gravity increased. I did 10 miles walk and a 1 km swim yesterday, with a post swim sauna.

I went caving on Saturday. It was good; we did an exchange trip at Lost Johns. We rugged and descended one route; another team rigged and descended the other. We met up in the middle, then we went up and de rigged their side, and they went up our side. Fun trip; the rope work was pretty straightforward. On Sunday, only…

I went climbing yesterday. I was average. It was good fun; 2 hour session. I went for a swim today. I got to the gym earlier than normal, so I did 2 km. It's the furthest I've swam for a few years.

Saturday I aimed to go caving, but Joe was ill so I had a random weekend instead. I went climbing for 3 hours, it was fun. I was in firm. Sunday Babs, her sister and I went to the beach. They chilled on the beach while I ran around like a hyperactive squirrel on speed. My longest swim was about 40 minutes; it was cold but…

Lifting: barbell squat, military overhead press and deadlift.

I went climbing. It was really good fun. Gravity compensated for Monday; on Monday it was way higher than 9.8 m/s^2; today it was way lower. I got loads of v4s, including 2 flashes; and a v5. It was my first v5 for a few months.

17 day program? That would hurt my limited cognitive abilities...

Yesterday I climbed, sort of. Gravity was unusually high, so it want my greatest effort. Today was my rest day; I swam 500 metres only and walked 5 miles; so it was close to a proper rest for a change.

I used to be terrible at jumping when I started climbing, but I've practiced them for a couple of years now. I'm still pretty bad at them, but I enjoy it and have improved a lot. A caving mate is into parkour and invites me along, but I've i've been too scared to try it.(He breaks bones frequently.)

I went climbing. It was great fun; I got a lot of v4s. I actually videoed me on an eady but super fun climb (V2 dyno.)

I did another climb gif. This one was really easy (V2) but very fun - I did it many times in the session.

A lifting day, my first one in a while. I think I'll aim to barbell lift once a week, climb 3 or 4 times a week, swim 1-2 times a week, and cave or dive most weekends. Which adds up to 9 day weeks, so is a stretch target. Finger boarding. My fingers are pretty stronk compared with a couple of years ago. Bench, 50 kgs, 3…

Climbing, 2.5 hours. A really fun session, I got quite a few v4s. Some were a proper effort; I was shaking like a leaf on the last send of the day. I had one hand in a tiny crimp, and one foot on a tiny chip, and somehow held on to a more comfortable position.

Not a lift, but here is part of a slab climb I did a while ago.

Thursday Climbing, 2 hours. Ok session; I did well on the v4s. Saturday We aimed to survey the cavevwe found, but couldn't find the surveying equipment at the hut. So we did a walk looking for digging prospects; we found a couple of new caves. Sunday We had aimed to do a big trip involving SRT (Single Rope Technique, used…

Rest day, so 6 miles walk and a 1 km swim.

I went climbing today. I was good, gravity was remarkably low.