Friday glee hasn't yet had a chance to watch this but thinks it looks amazing

[rydra_wong]

The Friday post of glee is where you get to tell us about your climbing-related happiness this week.

It can be a new achievement or adventure, or just that you climbed and had fun; it can be that your favourite climbing wall is expanding or that you bought new rock shoes or that you found a cool ice-climbing vid on YouTube. No glee is too small -- or too big. Members are encouraged to cheer each other on and share the squee.

N.B. Please feel free to post your glee on any day of the week; the Friday glee is just to get the ball rolling.

To enhance this week's glee: Soul Resolution - An Irish Bouldering Film.

Comments

[wpadmirer]

My glee this week was being able to hold a completely straight classic push-up position for two minutes.

Climbing didn't happen. I had wanted to go on Monday, but those plans went kerflooey. So maybe next month.

[rydra_wong]

My glee this week was being able to hold a completely straight classic push-up position for two minutes.

Top of the push-up? So, plank exercise? \o/ \o/ \o/

It's such a great exercise.

Though it does create the danger of getting into competitive planking with other climbing/exercise/sports friends ...

[wpadmirer]

Yep, pretty much planking, but up on the hands and not on the elbows.

It hurts WAY too much to do competitively! Are people crazy? (grin)

[rydra_wong]

Seriously, as soon as you say "two minutes", people will go off and furtively test themselves and see if they can beat you. *g*

I find the secret is to have some kind of distracting video on YouTube to watch. Much easier than just staring grimly at the stopwatch.

[wpadmirer]

OMG, if someone said they could do three minutes, I'd be - Cool, Go YOU! and then going back to slumping in my chair. (grin)

I'm doing it in the boxing gym, so it's the coach and a stopwatch. At least he's encouraging.

[ivy]

I just started out at super impressed... I'm happy with myself if I get to sixty seconds! So go you!