Last Sunday found me in Squamish, BC for some light rock-climbing with Dave and some friends (Evan, Amin, and Sona), so I thought I'd share some pictures from the afternoon. It was a gorgeous day - blue skies, light breeze, and sun shining down on our wall. We set up in Murrin Provincial Park on a wall called Sugarloaf, where there were a nice range of beginner-friendly routes.
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I took all of those photos, so none of them are of me, unfortunately. I can only assume that I looked absolutely spider-like.
This was only my second time rock-climbing outside on a wall (read about my first time here), and it's pretty fun but definitely a little frightening. Ok, sometimes it's really frightening. There has to be so much trust in the equipment, which isn't an easy thing to come around to. Your life depends on the knot that you've tied and the care with which you've secured your carabiner and how strong your rope is and how much your belayer at the bottom knows what they're doing. Honestly, I'm too unsure of myself to belay for anyone yet. It's a lot of responsibility!! I'm learning though, and eventually I'll trust myself to do it.
For the last couple of weeks Vancouver's weather has been going back and forth between beautiful blue days with light breezes and grey rainy days with complete cloud coverage. I've been trying to take advantage of the blue days by going on long walks to get fresh air and balance out my regular weekly workouts. Because I neglected to post a "Workouts of the Week" blog last week, here's an outline of all of my workouts since my last workout post:
4/6 - hiked up to first pump of Mt. Seymour (pictures here)
4/9 (upper body and core)
3 mins jumping jacks
10 overhead press, 12.5 lbs each hand
20 crunches on exercise ball, holding 12.5 lbs
15 deltoid raises, 5 lbs each hand
10 close grip chest press on exercise ball, 12.5 lbs each hand
20 lying overhead raise + double crunch, holding 5 lbs
15 deltoid flys, 5 lbs each hand
40 alternating weighted side bends, 12.5 lbs each hand
10 chest press on exercise ball, 12.5 lbs each hand
20 Russian get ups, 5 lbs each hand
15 tricep extensions on exercise ball, 5 lbs each hand
30 alternating chest flys, 5 lbs each hand
40 weighted v-sit twists, holding 12.5 lbs
15 squats, holding 15 lbs
15 squats, holding 20 lbs
15 squats, holding 25 lbs
10 lat pulldowns, 30 lbs
10 lat pulldowns, 40 lbs
10 lat pulldowns, 50 lbs
10 lat pulldowns, 60 lbs
4/11 (lower body and core)
5 mins biking, 1 mile
15 deadlifts, 12.5 lbs each hand
15 suitcase deadlifts (each side), holding 12.5 lbs
40 bridges
40 weighted v-sit twists, holding 12.5 lbs
40 calf raises, 12.5 lbs each hand
20 lying overhead raise + double crunch, holding 5 lbs
30 diamond clamshells each leg
30 cobras
4/13 - rock climbing
4/14 (upper body and core)
5 mins elliptical, .5 mile
12 bent over rows, 12.5 lbs each hand
20 crunches on exercise ball, holding 12.5 lbs
12 deltoid flys, 8 lbs each hand
20 lying overhead raise + double crunch, holding 8 lbs
12 close grip chest press on exercise ball, 12.5 lbs each hand
40 weighted v-sit twists, holding 12.5 lbs
12 deltoid raises, 8 lbs each hand
20 Russian get ups, holding 8 lbs
12 overhead press, 12.5 lbs each hand
12 tricep extensions on exercise ball, 8 lbs each hand
1:15 plank
10 lat pulldowns, 30 lbs
10 lat pulldowns, 40 lbs
10 lat pulldowns, 50 lbs
10 lat pulldowns, 60 lbs
4/15 (lower body and core)
5 mins biking
12 deadlifts, 15 lbs each hand
40 weighted v-sit twists, holding 15 lbs
60 bridges
40 calf raises, 15 lbs each hand
20 lying overhead raise + double crunch, holding 5 lbs
30 side lunges + plyometric pushoff each leg
40 alternating weighted side bends, 15 lbs each hand
15 squats, holding 15 lbs
15 squats, holding 20 lbs
15 squats, holding 25 lbs
30 cobras
4/16 (cardio and core)
5 mins elliptical, .5 miles
40 weighted v-sit twists, holding 15 lbs
30 Russian get ups, holding 5 lbs
40 alternating weighted side bends, 15 lbs each hand
20 lying overhead raise + double crunch, holding 5 lbs
30 cobras
20 mins stairstepper
4/18 - 4.8 mile walk
4/19 (upper body and core)
5 minutes elliptical, .5 miles
13 chest press on exercise ball, 12.5 lbs each hand
20 crunches on exercise ball, 12.5 lbs
13 deltoid flys, 8 lbs each hand
20 Russian get ups, holding 8 lbs
13 close grip chest press on exercise ball, 12.5 lbs each hand
40 weighted v-sit twists, holding 12.5 lbs
13 deltoid raises, 8 lbs each hand
20 lying overhead raise + double crunch, holding 8 lbs
13 overhead press, 12.5 lbs each hand
40 alternating weighted side bends, 12.5 lbs each hand
13 tricep extensions on exercise ball, 8 lbs each hand
13 bent over rows each arm, 12.5 lbs
40 Brazilian crunchesI assume my gym is closed today for Easter, so hopefully the grey sky I'm looking at right now won't turn to rain before I have a chance to go for a nice walk. Now if you'll eggggscuse me, I'm going to go cook up an eggs 'n bacon breaky. Enjoy your day!
::claps hands giddily:: HIIIIIII! Glad you're back :) I went rock climbing/repelling once and almost peed m pants. This little one is terrified of heights. It was a bad combination but exhilarating at the same time! Can you whip me up some eggs and bacon, too? Kthxbyeeeee
ReplyDeleteso awesome! i really like wall climbing but haven't really taken on anything more intense. i've taken a ballay-ing course though but its all forgotten now.
ReplyDeleteI'm venturing into this rock-climbing thing VERY casually, myself. It's fun to climb up a wall, but I'm not at the point where I feel like I need to take it super seriously or commit to learning all about it. In due time! :)
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