Oh.....I was thinking in C (cause -4C isn't too bad!).

yah, that's why I was wondering. -4 C, not TOOOO bad. for ice climbing, mean, where you already assume 's gonna be cold. -4 F is decidedly really fucking cold though.

Yeah, -4F is about my limit for what I'll willingly go out at climb in during the day.

-4 C is not too bad. If it was sunny I would still boulder in those temps.

Winters where I grew up in NoUT would regularly get down to well below Zero F. Funny thing is that the stupid clammy, wet cold in Greyhio, which I don't think has ever gotten below the teens since I've live here, feels colder than stuff in Yewtaw.

The weather up in hyalite. It's been around or below zero for the past three days.
Mah milk is frozen and the honey is mighty slow here.

Gud day yesterday. Went over to our gym's v14 cockroach's garage, where he was all psyched that his gf had gotten him the Beastmaker 2000 for Christmas Hanukkah. I call it the Beastmaster instead, because THIS IS AWESOME.

[image]http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/marc-singer-beastmaster.jpg[/image]

Anyway, it's the Rolls Royce of hangboreds, definitely. The wood texture is super easy on the skin, and surprisingly high friction. I usually have to chalk every two reps, but I was able to do full seven rep sets on slimpers and slopers without every having to chalk, and this was on a day that was SUPER muggy for January. Our other fiernd did blow a flapper open, and the beastmaker owner banzed him from the board, he was so freaked out about ruining its texture with blood.

So, killer board sesh, was pleased to see how my Endurance was shaping up in relation to the cockroach's (I still can't touch him on pure strength, obviously, and don't really want to).

Went on to our friendly neighborhood bar for delayed burfday celebrations. It's literally 30 seconds form our back door, but we only make it there maybe twice a year, which is a good thing. We karaoked the night away, bunch of climbing and swingity swing fiernds showed up. We lit off fireworks in the parking lot on our way back home. Was pretty restrained actually.

that is awl.

WOHOOO!!!!!1

I'm in.....

and knot to worry, I has teh experience with wimin, that wunts to kill me.

Gud day yesterday. Went over to our gym's v14 cockroach's garage, where he was all psyched that his gf had gotten him the Beastmaker 2000 for Christmas Hanukkah. I call it the Beastmaster instead, because THIS IS AWESOME.

[image]http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/marc-singer-beastmaster.jpg[/image]

Anyway, it's the Rolls Royce of hangboreds, definitely. The wood texture is super easy on the skin, and surprisingly high friction. I usually have to chalk every two reps, but I was able to do full seven rep sets on slimpers and slopers without every having to chalk, and this was on a day that was SUPER muggy for January. Our other fiernd did blow a flapper open, and the beastmaker owner banzed him from the board, he was so freaked out about ruining its texture with blood.

So, killer board sesh, was pleased to see how my Endurance was shaping up in relation to the cockroach's (I still can't touch him on pure strength, obviously, and don't really want to).

Went on to our friendly neighborhood bar for delayed burfday celebrations. It's literally 30 seconds form our back door, but we only make it there maybe twice a year, which is a good thing. We karaoked the night away, bunch of climbing and swingity swing fiernds showed up. We lit off fireworks in the parking lot on our way back home. Was pretty restrained actually.

that is awl.

He came in at 15 or 30 in his group. Even taking both men's group at the same time he came in ~30 of 60. Considering he's never done a comp like this before he actually did not too bad IMO.

We are looking for Top 10 this leg.

Heh, so, more wheather tawk...

On teh facespace this morning, everyone out west was going, OMG, it's -10! -15! -25!

Then, I see Kel, who sez, OMG, it's 25! Though, that is pretty cold for Vegas.

Greyhio is just boring, wet, and 30s. Meh.

already passed our hight for today, temps are just going to keep dropping.

So I signed up for this running clinic this weekend. The hope is to make running less hateful for me because it's an excellent way to keep off weight. Ran Thurs and Sat, tonight will be the first time out when it's actually kinda cold. I'm running 10min and walking 1min for 5km so we'll see how much more hateful the cold weather makes it for me.

Gud day yesterday. Went over to our gym's v14 cockroach's garage, where he was all psyched that his gf had gotten him the Beastmaker 2000 for Christmas Hanukkah. I call it the Beastmaster instead, because THIS IS AWESOME.

[image]http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/marc-singer-beastmaster.jpg[/image]

Anyway, it's the Rolls Royce of hangboreds, definitely. The wood texture is super easy on the skin, and surprisingly high friction. I usually have to chalk every two reps, but I was able to do full seven rep sets on slimpers and slopers without every having to chalk, and this was on a day that was SUPER muggy for January. Our other fiernd did blow a flapper open, and the beastmaker owner banzed him from the board, he was so freaked out about ruining its texture with blood.

So, killer board sesh, was pleased to see how my Endurance was shaping up in relation to the cockroach's (I still can't touch him on pure strength, obviously, and don't really want to).

Went on to our friendly neighborhood bar for delayed burfday celebrations. It's literally 30 seconds form our back door, but we only make it there maybe twice a year, which is a good thing. We karaoked the night away, bunch of climbing and swingity swing fiernds showed up. We lit off fireworks in the parking lot on our way back home. Was pretty restrained actually.

that is awl.

Do i know this V14 cockroach? The board looks pretty awesome.

I am progressing well on hngbored, ithink. Not subtracting any waight on the one hold where I started with -20lb, and up to 15 lb added on all holds, except the mini-jug, on which I am up to 20lb.

There are a bunch of people who want to get hangbored with me, but on a sporadic basis, as in, once every couple weeks. I am happy that I have company, bc it is a bitch to do alone, and it works out so i have company for 2/3 hangbored workouts. But the difference is pretty clear. I am 20 lbs up from where I started, and they are still falling off the same holds they started on, with no weight.

I actually stooped to using CHALK now... yes, it is true... These last couple days were so warm and humid, and I could tell the difference on small crimpers for sure.

Can't wait until the gym finishes the remodeling and moves the hangboards and systems/campus walls up in a separate training corner, away from the pathway to the bathroom, where every visiting gumbie with greasy pizza fingers wants to come and crank a few pullups on jugs. I wouldn't mind THAT, bc I don't use the jugs, but then they admiringly touch every other hold on the hangbored and smear the pizza grease on them, too.

Heh, so, more wheather tawk...

On teh facespace this morning, everyone out west was going, OMG, it's -10! -15! -25!

Then, I see Kel, who sez, OMG, it's 25! Though, that is pretty cold for Vegas.

Greyhio is just boring, wet, and 30s. Meh.

Cockroach is Aaron, a med student here. Not exactly a cockroach, since he's i his early 20s, but is most definitely a double-digit mutant. Super gneiss guy, too.

And yeah, the key to improving on the hangbored is just consistency, like you said. That's part of the reason that I feel even the folks that want to do like 1 brief 20 minute sesh once a week after climbing, just won't see that many gains.

On the chawk thingie, think of it like this: use of chalk in climbing can be a personal stylistic choice. But, the whole purpose of hangboreding is to build forearm and finger strength as quickly and efficiently as possible. So, if you are able to do 15 lbs without chalk, that probably means that you could do 20 lbs with chalk, thus making more gains. So, it is just silly not to use it. The end goal is ALWAYS to make yourself fall off from muscle failure, not from slipping.

So here's a questoin: at what point does a guys stop being a cockroach? In your early 20s most guys are still ragging pretty okay with testosterone and while their healing powers aren't quite that of Wolverene anymore, they still seem to heal damn quick.

not that rad, actually.

Heh, so, more wheather tawk...

On teh facespace this morning, everyone out west was going, OMG, it's -10! -15! -25!

Then, I see Kel, who sez, OMG, it's 25! Though, that is pretty cold for Vegas.

Greyhio is just boring, wet, and 30s. Meh.

overnight lows are in the high 30s/low 40s here. which is pretty damn cold for teh westside.

Was talking about this the other day after teh dribble went and ran on the eliptical at the university. I have always really hated running, mostly because the jarring hurts my knees. A long time ago I liked hiking, would occasionally hike 35+ miles in a day, but I've never ran more than probably 2.5 miles at a time. Anyho, elipticals sound kind of cool for getting cardio without the jarring. Or, cycling. Yeah.

I've been considering checking out the campus gym's options for legless cardio machines.

I just purchased a feet-only elliptical, that has stretch bands for your arms and can slide under the couch. Should come today.

I really dislike ellipticals. The movement on them doesn't feel right.