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08-25-2014, 09:01 PM #621Plausibly implausible
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Hey, I'm there with you JB! I've only just started riding a bike and all i can repeat to myself as I ride is 'lactic acid buildup' over and over again...
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08-27-2014, 11:15 AM #622Plausibly implausible
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Finally traversed from one side of the Bouldering club to the other after many attempts. Crappy photo but I got all the way to the floor on the LH side from the 'cave' area on the RH side starting at the roof.
Great endurance stuff with some strength in there too.
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08-27-2014, 11:39 AM #623
That rock looks like a giant digital dog Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider
Finally traversed from one side of the Bouldering club to the other after many attempts. Crappy photo but I got all the way to the floor on the LH side from the 'cave' area on the RH side starting at the roof.
Great endurance stuff with some strength in there too.
Bread and water can so easily become tea and toast
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08-27-2014, 11:56 AM #624
Got back into the gym today, just did 3.8km of intervals on the treadmill and a few 1/2 dips to ease myself back into it.
MickR likes this.Bread and water can so easily become tea and toast
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08-27-2014, 12:59 PM #625Plausibly implausible
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Does a bit! It's concrete sprayed on a framework in an industrial shed. Very humble in comparison to what they have overseas, but this is little tiny South Australia... Originally Posted by edhewitt
That rock looks like a giant digital dog
A lot of climbing gyms are made of plywood, but the concrete allows for more friction similar to rock; so you can 'smear' the wall with your climbing shoes and get purchase.
I absolutely love climbing; sometimes at night I lie awake worrying about getting old and not being able to climb anymore.
For most of my life I 'did weights' (and the normal army training for ten years) and used to have the same concerns (i.e., if I were on a desert island, how would I manufacture a barbell and dumbells?) but now climbing has completely taken over.
I see climbing as an almost complete body workout; all functional movements; nothing non-functional. It strengthens your body from the very very tips of your fingers to the very very tips of your toes and you have the callouses and skin you idly pick off and throw away while waiting at the bus stop to prove it.
You pinch yourself several times a day to ascertain how much 'baggage you're carrying'.
You progress past the '5.5 kilos plus 5.5 kilos plus the bar equals 26 klilos' level and try and analyse angles and forces while fantasizing about climbing buildings, freeway cuttings and random cliff faces as you drive or walk past them.
At about one in two family gatherings you'll challenge your sons to door frame pullups.
You see pushups simply as a means to warming up the shoulders pre-climbing and all aerobic activity serves the simple purpose of eliminating 'baggage'.
You talk to other climbers about problems in the most intricate, insular language and are able to describe movements like describing the choreography in Swan Lake in a way that's specific, constrained and secretive.
When people ask you on Monday what you did on the weekend you know they know they already know it's climbing.Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?
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08-27-2014, 08:41 PM #626
At least it doesnt sound like you have become obsessive carl
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08-27-2014, 09:59 PM #627Predictably Unpredictiable
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On vacation so I rode 16 miles around Jekyll Island. Nice place to ride.
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08-28-2014, 09:20 AM #628May your bone always be well buried
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Out on the bike again. Just an easy 20km ride, but I pushed it hard all the way and hit a top speed of 46kph along a straight section. A good aerobic workout if nothing else.
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09-07-2014, 09:01 PM #629Senior Member
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Today's workout was a 3 mile mountain bike ride on a local horse trail. Rough trail conditions and 7 steep hills had me pushing my single speed a lot. Right now I'm laying on the couch icing my knee.
, good times.
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09-07-2014, 11:43 PM #630Plausibly implausible
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Two hours of bouldering on Saturday mainly traversing, then Sunday a bike ride. I tried to beat my personal best of 44:40 but ended up coming in at 45:57!
I day off work today so I'm off outdoor bouldering at The Bachelor Pad...
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