Sandstone Bouldering (Kalmit, Pfalz)

Today was magnificant. The sun was out every now and then, it was neither too hot (to climb) neither was it too cold to be out all day long. We set out for Kalmit this morning after squeezing three pads into the car which already involved some effort.

It was a brilliant day outside with the guys. We did not complete (but we did try) some harder problems (some 6c-ish stuff), but I was able to pull several 6a flashes out of the bag which rendered me confident for the upcoming visit to the Bouldering Mekka - Fointainebleau. One more week... I can't await it!

Pul-ups, pull-ups and ... pull-ups

I started doing pull-ups every morning after my jogging lap and started with a pyramid of 6-7-8-9-8-7-6 reps with legs kept straight and horizontal. The later is awesome for core tension - just try! Today I decided to do a simple 10 times 10 set. The first 50 or 60 are made at ease. However, then the pain (and hence gain ;) ) increases with each set. Again, I tried to keep my legs from dangling in vertical direction but to lift them - if not 90 deg then at leas a little.

Let's see how this effort reproduces on the wall in, say, a month...

The nice weather is finally destroying my motivation for work today, so hopefully your day start's out with a little more enthusiasm...