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Not enough time

The greatest failure that we as humans make, is believing that we have enough time.As days and weeks rush by, I find myself wanting to fight all the more to be caught up in every…

I am still alive because of luck. Not skill, not good decision making, not experience. Beautiful brilliant luck. Whenever the hubris starts to build and thoughts of my own capacity surface, I try to suffocate…

November 1st, 2019

I would like to not need the risk of it. It would be nice if the harshness of extremes didn’t demand as much shadow and dark. Yet the harsh light of those high points demands…

Reflections: Strength Training

How do I become more in my body while training?Strength fundamentals have little to do with actually lifting weight. There is a lot more to be said for knowing where your body is in space,…

Reflections: Why do we climb?

Why do we climb? This is a question that is often examined only lightly, and the answers to it are perhaps inadequate to laying a ground work for the central question that I am continually…

Reflections: Understanding Pain

Reflections: Understanding Pain Pain, /pān/, noun 1. physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury. “she’s in great pain” I spend much of my time working with people in pain. Injuries and illness are unprejudiced; making pain a…

Reflections: What is the point?

article on how people seem to be training obsessively and are losing sight of having fun. Now I agree that sometimes it is good to just train for the emotional release, or for the honesty of…

Training: Horizontal Pulling

PLAY Which planes should you pull in?We neglect horizontal pulling. When new clients are introduced, when possible we start them with some form of a horizontal row on rings, and then as they get stronger…

Training: Zercher Deadlift

PLAY Prayers are all that get these up.So I am back on a hunt for a triple body weight dead lift. At around 175lbs I need to pull 525lbs off the floor, which will not…

Training: Hand Strength and Weighted Rope Climbs

Weighted Rope ClimbsIt seems a little over the top that I always talk about how much stuff hurts, and perhaps it is just that I am soft and weak… but climbing our particular ropes with…