Considering I'm a proud papa of a sweet little 2 week old boy and I'm a little delirious from the sporadic sleep cycles, I'm pretty happy with my accomplishments so far. My climbing workout on Wednesday was great, culminating in me climbing on lead a route more difficult than I've done in a long time.
Also, I was able to pull out 18 pull-ups this week. Progress is slow but steady. I've been strategizing to achieve my goal of 25 pull-ups using a multi-pronged approach. Workouts have included rock climbing, enduro sets of pull-downs (50 rep sets at low weight), pull-ups with added weight, 15 minute interval workouts on the rowing machine, or of course actual pull-ups (either a lot of sets with few reps, or a couple sets with more reps). My overall strategy has been to build overall stamina and power, and teach my body to push through the lactic acid buildup burn. I'm also trying to do a mix of other weight training workouts (split by lower and upper body workouts) to build overall strength and power and cardio workouts to improve my cardiovascular fitness. My cardio workouts have primarily included interval training which has helped me make some quick improvements. I'm thinking a couple more cardio workouts a week would help, although I don't enjoy them nearly as much. I guess if I can get at least 2 cardio workouts in a week I'll be happy.
That's all for now. I tried to include a video I took of me doing 18 pull-ups last week. Check it out below:
-Erich
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