Training Journal: 4/11/22 - 4/17/22 - Justin Simoni as: THE LONG RANGER

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Monday

Bouldering @ Movement, 2 hours

Good session. Resent a new V7, so two V7s for me in this session and many V6’s. Finished off with 12 pullups in a row. Very much a lifetime PR. My arbitrary lifetime goal has been 15 (probably because I set it when I was 15!), which now seems doable! Perhaps I should try a set of pullups more than once a month.

Later, I wandered a bit on Green for some photography, but no summit. We’ll call it, “active rest”.

Tuesday

Green Mountain

The usual. Real windy.

Wednesday

Bouldering @ Movement, 2 hours

Real great session. Left the gym with four V7 tops – two being the first time for me, and one being after only a few minutes of work at the end of a session. I also topped the tricky/slippery V6 problem I would have thought impossible when it was first put up.

Thursday

Weight Training

Squats and Deadlifts, fairly light.

Freeway + Green Mountain

A quick lap with Drewbob, who I am planning to do a Nolans/Slowlans/Snowlans/Swole-lans in a month, which is an absolutely terrible idea. This was about my 300th time up Freeway, so I decided to celebrate.

Friday

Boulder @ Movement, 2 hours

Felt the deadlifts from the day before believe you me. Thought I’d at least try bouldering, because that’s what I like to do – as well as see how much the deadlifts affected my max efforts. Although I felt a little less than fully fresh, it was really a repeat of Wednesday’s high, plus an extra V6 I’ve only done once before. Pretty wild: hardest bouldering session I’ve ever done, and it all felt pretty relaxed. I may have to pick out a V8 to session as my climbing grade pyramid is pointing to this being something I can realistically go for.

Spin Bike, 30 minutes

Hey why not, I’m there. 30 minutes is a drop in the pan of all the cycling I did just putzing around town, but I’ll mark it here.

Saturday

Green Mountain x3

A good trifecta of summits up the local hill. The second lap was up the ridge south of the South Amphitheater Pinnacle (that’s a mouthful), then onto the East Ridge of the Spy. The third was up Freeway.