kheegster wrote:I've taken a look at some of the mtnathlete exercises and they seem pretty hardcore (I'm not sure I've ever done 10 sets of *anything*). Also I usually work out in my college gym which is free, but slightly crowded so I'm usually limited to the regular array of free weights and machines. The only open space is a stretching mat which is usually crowded with freshman girls
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Right now a typical schedule for my week looks like:
2 x 5 to 7 miles running
2 x climbing gym
2-3 x weight gym, maybe with intervals on the ellipticals as warmup
My main limitation seems to be recovery time. A long run or a solid resistance session will leave me sore enough the next day that I can't climb properly...
It depends on your goals. If you are looking to push your climbing in the gym from 5.11 to 5.12 (or whatever), then focus on the climbing. If you are looking to get stronger to make yourself "harder to kill" in the mountains, then the crossfit stuff will be very efficient. Try 1 day of heavy-ish squats
or deadlifts each week. Then 2 metcons (circuits, ie: 5 pullups, 10 pushups 15 squats for 10 rounds - Or 20 sit ups, 20 back extensions 20 standing dumbell shoulder press as many times as you can in 10 minutes.)
You are not looking to bodybuild, but get fit, so isolation crap and weight machines are BS.
It's too much to learn here, but check out
http://www.crossfitbrandx.com/index.php ... wforum/16/ for easier versions of the crossfit WOD. Start slow and work up to it.
Also, being a bit sore is OK, don't worry about working out when you are mildly sore occasionally from DOMS. What's going to happen in the mountains? Will you be too sore from the approach to summit? No, you'll go for it. Train yourself to work through some occasional mild/moderate soreness. Feel free to email or pm me.