When to start Advanced campus routine

[Morty]

I know the book says "climbers should have approximately 5 years of campus training before attempting it."  but the intermediate info says " Once all of the exercises in this routine can be performed smoothly, transition to advanced campus routine"
I've been campusing for 2 years and am on the verge of completing the routine smoothly (almost got the 1-2-3-4 small rung double dynos!!!)
However I believe my max ladder is kinda soft. I can consistently hit small rung 1-3-5 moon spacing(sadly they don't have moon half spacing)

Thoughts?

[tetrault]

Do you ever feel any tweaks in elbows, fingers, etc. with your current routine?

Do you feel that the advanced routine will bring you closer to achieving your climbing goals?

[Morty]

I have slight irritation in the fingers, and I assumed that is normal. I am developing a deeper muscle ache in my forearms that doesn't go away completely after 2 days rest, primarily in my left arm. I feel like it might be due to the shock loading of double dynos. Kinda hoping it'll adapt. Other than that, everything feels good.


I don't think I'll transition to the advanced this cycle, but am trying to get more information for next cycle.

And yes, I feel it will help me. I can already tell it's improving my "go for it" mentality. When I look at a rung and think "that's too far away" and then I get it... great confidence booster, that I think can be applied to real rock.

[Morty]

But I would like more than just my opinion. What do you guys think? next cycle? wait 3 more years of cycles?

[Chris W]

I've taken the approach of advancing based on how smoothly I can complete the protocol. The only danger of this is that tendons take a long time to adapt to stress.

For what it's worth, I'm not doing double dynos at all. I don't think they're applicable to my needs at this time and feel they could hurt me more than help.

I'm 35 years old, and the LAST think I want to do is hurt myself training. One of the (many) reasons I train is to prevent injury. If I were "on the verge" of completing the routine smoothly, I would likely keep it as is until I was definitely completing it smoothly.

[Morty]

Thanks for the input! And yes that makes sense!