Friday glee is not sure about the encouragement

[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: Shauna Coxsey gets her second Font 8B (V13).

Comments

[wpadmirer]

Thanks for the videos you find each Friday! I share them with my local rock gym.

I climbed on Sunday, and I was SO stiff at first. My hips, my shoulders and my hands were miserable. But then I started on some easier grades, and my body loosened up and before the end of my two hours of climbing I was back on 5.9s.

Even us old farts can have good days. (grin)

[rydra_wong]

Glad you're enjoying the videos, and yay for good days!

Do you do any yoga? I've found that, especially as I get older, it's critical as body maintenance to stop me from seizing up.

[wpadmirer]

No, yoga has been recommended to me before. I will admit that though it would probably be good for me, I can't see myself doing it. I've even had friends give me yoga books. Instead, I just go climb. I lack motivation for other things.

[rydra_wong]

One of my most useful strategies has been to make my pre-climbing warm-up yoga-based. I found out early on that I really can't skimp on warming up or I break, so at the moment, I've got a 20-25 minute routine which is mostly yoga and gets me thoroughly unstiffened and loosened up before I start climbing.

Then I'll usually do some more stretching at the end, especially of my shoulders.

I lack motivation for other things.

See, I find I can be extremely motivated by "this will help me climb better". *g*

[wpadmirer]

While I just use lower grade climbs to stretch out and then climb harder. If it ain't climbing, apparently I'm not going to do it. (grin)

[emperor]

I was climbing this week for the first time after a couple of weeks off due to 'flu. Curiously, that doesn't seem to have improved my stamina at all! Good to be back, though :)

[wpadmirer]

I hate it when my stamina goes away. Glad you're feeling better and getting to climb again!

[rydra_wong]

I find viruses tend to knock the stuffing out of me for a bit. Glad you're back to climbing!