Mountain Fit!

Two months ago I was talking with my wife and I found that she had signed us up for the cross-fit program.  It is an exciting thing and also an overwhelming thing to try a new type of fitness regime. The first four sessions were two hour training classes where the technique of each of the moves that happen during a typical class have been reviewed.  This was the first time that I have learned some type of physical movement that has some serious technique to it.  The concept is to take high intensity movements such as an Olympic weight dead lift and combine the timed aspect of a cardio type exercise and enough core exercises to make my head spin.   The idea is to do this two days a week and get some serious power in all my movements beyond climbing so that I am more efficient. Each of the four workouts that we have done so far has used some form of body weight type exercise and another piece of equipment to build accuracy and fitness. Each time I have also been sore enough to know that I am going somewhere with the program.

The hope has been that it will help me on hard sport climbs to just power through the tough overhangs and get to a point where I can relax again during the climb. In my research while learning about the crossfit program I found a gymnastics specific type WOD or (workout of the day) type program that looks really interesting too.  It makes me wonder if there is already a climbing one out there and some searches have revealed that there are but I have not been able to do the full amount of reading.  The one thing that I will say even though I am trying not to drink the cult like kool-aid is that there is a lot of camaraderie it seems in the workouts and I like that aspect.

Now I am at the point where I have completed two months and have enjoyed it emensely and am thinking that it is time for climbing outdoors to see what it has done.  I am also thinking that this is something I could get back to.  So far I think that the most impressive thing I have learned to do is a gymnastics style muscle up on the rings.  This I am hoping will make my mantle type move in climbing really progress