11/3/2010 - endurance day

I am not anything as thorough as carrotfueled but today was an endurance day for me!

I planned on doing a 4x4 session today, but to my horror/delight I got to the gym and they stripped & added a few different routes to the wall I do endurance on.

Part 1 of the day:

• warmup for 20 minutes
• stretching

Part 2:

• I had to choose a few new routes for my 4x4. I climbed 6-7 easy/moderate routes and picked four routes of decreasing difficulty. The first was 45 degrees, the latter were vertical.

Part 3:

• 4x4 time. Jesus christ the new routes kicked my ass. Focus on footwork, do not get sloppy. If you get sloppy you are going to ingrain bad habits.

You should be absolutely pumped and sweating. If you aren't, awesome! You need some harder routes.

Part 4:

• cool-down. I tried climbing a few things but I was laughingly tired. I traversed the wall a few times (about 20 minutes) and called it quits.