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Here is some info: relax and enjoy the climb.

gotcha. yeah I'd agree to a certain extent, although I'd caveat with the following: the build-up to 90% of max with higher (5 and 3) reps and lower intensity works more like a warm-up for me, saving pop for the high weights. I think also the idea with the lower weight reps is that you build a base upon which to develop more pop. But I could see having days where one omits the build-up and goes straight to high after warm up. maybe a few week cycle or somesuch. And then apply this to climbing specific work-outs too, such as campusing, system board, bouldering, etc. Right on--good way to get at it. But remember that when building endurance, we are not necessarily improving our muscle power. Developing fast twitch muscle response will have little impact on slow twitch muscle cells. But you are right to say that alternating your workouts gives a better overall result. And building tendon strength occurs during almost any lifting workout--and that translates to more strength in everything else you do. Lifting rocks.

Hey, he might seem worthless, but his compact size and extreme density qualify him as extremely effective training weight. Are you saying he's a dumbell?

indeed.

I think if you and your partner were both developing a route, cleaning it, bolting it, and you flipped a coin / took turns to see who would get the first redpoint (and the other follows with a redpoint), then you both deserve credit. What kind of coin, specifically? Do you have to call it in the air, or before the flip is initiated? Does it have to land on the ground, or do you have to do the hand catch, arm slap deal? Is it two out of three, or only one flip? How do you decide on who gets to be the flipper and who is the flippee? Who supplies the coin? Is there an independent third party to verify the results? These are important considerations to have clarified before the big moment arrives.

M arts good for you

My bad--I wasn't very clear. It's not the low rep part of that workout that catagorizes it as strength, its the actual lifts and the pyramid aspects that make it a more strength-based workout.

bingo. Old school teaching: you can lift with one of three options as a goal: Strength, Power, or Endurance. Alternating programs to focus on one at a time is supposed to be affective to build a good foundation in each; then, incorporate them by shifting among them more rapidly. blah blah blah I could go on forever and bore the shit outta ya.

Quit my job

Rumr is so scientific about it that he wears a lab coat when he lifts. But the lifting strategy you mention here will actually impact strength more than power. But its all good.

That he has an ego issue.

Ditto. I have been climbing in the same old shoes forever. Buddies even started making fun of me. I finally got chided into buying new shoes, and I got those Mythos too. Couldn't believe the difference!! I used to try to muscle my way through crack climbing fiascos, and now, I actually use my feet. But yeah, I still suck.

Fine, fine reading.

Pics please.

Of course, you're the target.

Oh please, lots of chicks can't even find their clits.

It didn'end up well for Him either...

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Right on. Order the case.

It's a good think!!

"You gonna eat that?"

I quit my job.

Brimstone and Treacle

Paper.