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Post by MarkAnderson on Jan 17, 2017 14:13:55 GMT -7
...who just yesterday added a new baby girl to his family. He will now have to switch from double team to man-to-man defense.
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Post by Chris W on Jan 17, 2017 18:27:13 GMT -7
Nice job! Two's easier than one, because they can entertain each other.
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Post by MarkAnderson on Jan 17, 2017 18:40:07 GMT -7
Nice job! Two's easier than one, because they can entertain each other. Ya, right!
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Post by climbnkev on Jan 17, 2017 19:22:40 GMT -7
Nice job! Two's easier than one, because they can entertain each other. Yea, maybe when the youngest is 5....Congrats Aikibujin!
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Post by aikibujin on Jan 17, 2017 21:22:16 GMT -7
Thank you, everyone! This marks the start of my hangboard-only training cycle...
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Post by Chris W on Jan 18, 2017 3:40:48 GMT -7
Hey, I'm serious! My wife and I both thought two was easier than one. [Actually, maybe it was just my wife who thought that, but when she thinks things are easier, life in general gets much easier for me.] I have three of them now, and they're all two years apart. Of course, my first was also our hardest so far...
Aikibujin, do you have a home wall? That can be a major plus for training when you start adding kids.
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Post by Lundy on Jan 18, 2017 18:11:50 GMT -7
Not sure about your current training schedule, but once I had two kids I moved to 5a sessions and have seen some great progress. It's almost certain that my lack of sleep is inhibiting my gains, but still I think you can make a lot of progress. But like Chris said, you definitely need a home wall to make that happen...
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Post by aikibujin on Jan 19, 2017 17:12:38 GMT -7
Unfortunately no home wall. First I don't have anywhere to put one in, and second I'm not very handy. It took all my skills just to put together a freestanding frame for my hangboard. Prior to kid #2, I had permission from my wife to go to the climbing gym once a week, and go outside once on the weekends. So I do 2-3 hangboard workouts at home in addition to training once a week in the gym. Obviously it's not ideal, but I work with what I have. For the next month or two, my wife is probably not going to be very excited about me going to the climbing gym, so I forsee I'll be doing all my climbing on a hangboard. But hopefully at some point in the future I can get back to the once-a-week gym training schedule. Shortly before our daughter was born, I found a little 5.12b project in Clear Creek. My daughter was born on Monday (1/16), and two days before that I went out to give my proj one last attempt and to record the sequence. It was cold, overcast, and the humidity was pretty high for Colorado winter. It'd be nice to say I sent, but I didn't. The main reason was a lack of endurance. I intend to get on that route as soon as my wife would let me, and in the meanwhile, I'll be training on the hangboard. So I think it will be a very interesting experiment to see if I can improve my endurance on a hangboard. Here's the clip of the start of my proj (beta alert: this is Big Dog at the Dog House in Clear Creek, so don't watch this if you want to onsight it in the future). Up to where I fell off is the crux of the route and the most interesting. The rest is probably mid-5.11 climbing to 5.10 near the anchor, but it's pretty pumpy for me, so there were tons of hanging and shaking out before I clipped the anchor. goo.gl/photos/hkGiKsxcZPonr4KG7
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Post by jetjackson on Jan 19, 2017 20:10:23 GMT -7
Congrats mate!
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Post by climber511 on Jan 19, 2017 21:55:27 GMT -7
Congratulations! Kids change your life in a good way - remember that at 3am when the crying starts
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Post by korduroy on Jan 20, 2017 5:28:57 GMT -7
Congratulations!
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Post by climbnkev on Jan 20, 2017 7:11:16 GMT -7
If you play your cards right you should be able to earn some gym days(1-2 hour sessions) but all day climbing with the Bro's might not be in the cards for a while. The key is to be the one who offers to watch the baby while she is sleeping so that your wife can go do something for herself for a little while. Do this a couple times a week, then mention that it would be nice if you could go do something to de-stress too. It's not like your asking to go hang out and drink beers in a bar or something.
Kids will teach you ultimate focus and efficiency. Right after our second was born I was getting up at 5:00am on Saturdays, and going out and establishing new routes at a local crag and getting home before lunch time. Lauri knew how much it meant to me and not to mention I would be totally psyched all week from it. More than ever with little kids you need time to re-charge without having to worry about them waking up and you being on the clock again. Your wife will soon discover this, you might just have to help her to this discovery. Good luck!
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