Post by suprcrmpr on Oct 1, 2015 3:49:51 GMT -7
Hi all,
I wanted to ask some advice on planning my training for my big goal for next year.
The best season for my big wall project is august, so my plan is to train with a goal of having peak fitness in august 2016.
The route isn't that long, about 400m in total, but it's quite sustained on vertical to overhanging granite.
Breaking down the grades; 11d,12d,11d,11b,12b,11b,11b,11b - Pitches around 30-55m(both cruxes).
So far so good, right.. one curveball into all this is; I'll have a son in a few months. This will limit my climbing time in winter and spring, and I'm kind of eliminating any hope for a performance period before august.
All of this in mind, how should I plan my training?
One solution is to do two of the 4 month programs outlined in the book, for example 2 x sport climbing programs (long sustained pitches) or sport + big wall programs.
A different solution would be to make a full 8 month program, but I'm not sure how to break down the periods for a program that long. There won't be any use in just doubling all the parts of a 4 month program, I'll just plateau and bash my head against a wall for the extra weeks.
I wanted to ask some advice on planning my training for my big goal for next year.
The best season for my big wall project is august, so my plan is to train with a goal of having peak fitness in august 2016.
The route isn't that long, about 400m in total, but it's quite sustained on vertical to overhanging granite.
Breaking down the grades; 11d,12d,11d,11b,12b,11b,11b,11b - Pitches around 30-55m(both cruxes).
So far so good, right.. one curveball into all this is; I'll have a son in a few months. This will limit my climbing time in winter and spring, and I'm kind of eliminating any hope for a performance period before august.
All of this in mind, how should I plan my training?
One solution is to do two of the 4 month programs outlined in the book, for example 2 x sport climbing programs (long sustained pitches) or sport + big wall programs.
A different solution would be to make a full 8 month program, but I'm not sure how to break down the periods for a program that long. There won't be any use in just doubling all the parts of a 4 month program, I'll just plateau and bash my head against a wall for the extra weeks.