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Post by daustin on Oct 26, 2016 19:27:34 GMT -7
That's awesome, Chris -- well done!!! Must have been a great feeling to latch that "thank god" jug, especially with the wetness!
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Post by Chris W on Oct 28, 2016 3:04:38 GMT -7
Thanks guys! Funny, but three of my breakthrough sends have happened in the rain or with wet holds. I think you're right about the pressure thing. I celebrated by eating the majority of a pizza from Pies and Pints and followed it with way too many chocolate chip cookies. I love chocolate chip cookies...
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Post by jetjackson on Oct 28, 2016 6:38:58 GMT -7
Nice Chris! How good is Pies and Pints after a hard day at the New!
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Post by srossabi42 on Nov 4, 2016 11:29:34 GMT -7
i had sent one 12a before starting the RCTM, after about 10 months of training with the program (including 6 consecutive weeks of not climbing in the middle, due to a field work campaign) i sent my first 13a two weeks ago!
nothing but praise for the program, its awesome!
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Post by jetjackson on Nov 4, 2016 13:57:26 GMT -7
i had sent one 12a before starting the RCTM, after about 10 months of training with the program (including 6 consecutive weeks of not climbing in the middle, due to a field work campaign) i sent my first 13a two weeks ago! nothing but praise for the program, its awesome! Does the 42 in your name refer to your age? |
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Post by srossabi42 on Nov 4, 2016 14:33:52 GMT -7
i had sent one 12a before starting the RCTM, after about 10 months of training with the program (including 6 consecutive weeks of not climbing in the middle, due to a field work campaign) i sent my first 13a two weeks ago! nothing but praise for the program, its awesome! Does the 42 in your name refer to your age? jet, no it doesn't, but hopefully i'll still be climbing when i'm 42! |
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Post by seano on Nov 4, 2016 18:56:55 GMT -7
12a to 13a in ten months? That's amazing, great work!! I'm psyched to improve a letter grade in that amount of time!
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Post by alexandra on Nov 14, 2016 10:50:40 GMT -7
This past weekend, I finally sent one of my bouldering projects!! It is a steep 10-move V6 (or 6 moves if you are taller ;p) that requires both strength and power and I had worked on it 8 sessions (but only a 2-4 tries per session given how exhausting the moves are at this angle). The time when I sent it, it felt easy. I had sent one V5 and two or three V4s before starting the RCTM about 8 months ago, and now I am up to 2 V6s, 5 to 6 V5s (some debate about the grade of one of them) and more V4s that I remember (there is also a debate about a V7 that I might have done, but I am not counting that since nobody else that I know has done this problem and for all I know, it might not be the right line that they are calling V7). I can send V5s in one or two sessions if they are super reachy, while my first V5 took something like 5 sessions with a few hours work on it every time. I think this is progress, thanks for the training advice!
I am no longer scared to project hard climbs, and I have my eyes on two more V6s and two V7s for the season, most of which are reachy or powerful. I am thinking of focusing more on power and Max R hangboard next cycle (10-12 sessions straight, then 10 sessions power and Max R hang board), but let me know if you have other advice to tackle powerful reachy problems.
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Post by jetjackson on Nov 14, 2016 11:43:24 GMT -7
Awesome! What was the problem?
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Post by alexandra on Nov 14, 2016 11:49:24 GMT -7
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Post by scojo on Nov 22, 2016 22:02:36 GMT -7
The one arm pullup has been realized! I've been training weighted pullups for a while now, but didn't think I was that close. Dropped a couple of pounds over the weekend and suddenly it was possible! Now, if I just send my project, this season will be perfect  edit: Weird coincidence: definitely had a dream last night that I could do one arms |
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Post by alexandra on Nov 28, 2016 9:06:20 GMT -7
congrats!!
would you mind sharing your program that you followed in order to achieve one arms? (e.g. rep scheme, weight percentages, frequency, anything else?)
thanks!
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Post by scojo on Nov 28, 2016 9:53:04 GMT -7
Thanks! For the past few months, I've been following Wendler's 5/3/1, but modified slightly (I skip the deload days and the only lift I implement is pullups). Basically you start out by finding your "training max." The way I did this was find my weighted pullups 3-rep max. Then, the weight I plug into the 5/3/1 calculator is my BW + added weight from the 3-rep max (eg. app.paulswartz.net/wendler/ ). After every three training sessions, I increase the training max by 5 lb and recalculate. On average, I think I did the workout twice per week (but sometimes 3 times and sometimes just once). If you use your 3-rep max for your "training max," you should expect to be able to do a lot more than the prescribed reps for the last set (the last set of each training day is to failure). I think the main reason this worked for me is because the progression is quite slow compared to say a linear progression where you increase the resistance by 5 lb. every workout. |
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Post by alexandra on Nov 28, 2016 10:00:15 GMT -7
thanks!
the link you posted is not working...Is there somewhere I can find that protocol explained well? (or perhaps you can let me know what was the rep scheme?)
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Post by alexandra on Nov 28, 2016 10:42:43 GMT -7
and just to get an idea, what was your starting 1RM pullup the first time you did the program? I am asking because you mention a 5 lb increase after 3 sessions. However, I am wondering if this would be too much for me (it would be around 9% of my 1RM) and whether I should do 2.5 lbs increase, or some set percentage? (e.g. increase 5% of old 1RM)
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