Forearms are BLOWN!

[Jean-Paul]

I just got back from the climbing gym and my forearms and hands are so blown that I can hardly make a fist, let alone type. I still have a long way to go though. They had some pretty challenging routes set up. I was really struggling with 5.9's tonight. One was a full route of laybacks, which really kicked my ass!

Kaiser, I hope you are getting back to the climbing gym. I think I am going to invent a new game... Don't know the legality of it though. May be a bit dangerous.

[Kaiser]

5.9s? I hadn't even tackled those when my arms were blown last time...they got fried on the 'warm-up' routes - ones that I was rainbow climbing to boot.

I only made it in that one time, and then haven't been in much to workout. Yesterday I thanked my lucky stars for stronger than average forearm strength (I think): I had a plasma TV delivered and the delivery guy and me hosted this large 220 lb. box of the back of the semi, and carried it up and into the house. I damn near dropped it (that would have sucked) because my finger strength was about to give out (the box was so large, that was about all I could get around the bottom. Today it feels as though I was climbing yesterday (maximal effort for a short period of time, it would be called [img]smile.gif[/img] ). But the bad part...I sprained my index finger at the middle joint, or pulled a tendon there. The pain woke me up a few times at night. So I'm not going to be able to climb for another week or two.

[Jean-Paul]

5.9s? I hadn't even tackled those when my arms were blown last time...they got fried on the 'warm-up' routes - ones that I was rainbow climbing to boot.

Uh, I said that they kicked my ass, which means I could finish them today. Pretty damn sad. I did do a couple of really overhung 5.8's that were challenging but doable.

I had a plasma TV delivered and....

Damn! I am in the wrong industry! I have priced those bad boys cause I really want one.

[Kaiser]

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JP, my friend is a a custom installer and got me mine basically at cost. And, of course, the wife brought up the initial idea of getting one. We also got a Tivo recorder and disc burner, and that thing flat out rocks. Gone from being someone who never tapes anything, to taping a whole bunch of stuff since it is so easy.

I gotta say, hi-def is all it's cracked up to be. After 2 weeks with this, I still sit there with my mouth agape at some of the images. The Superbowl on HD was mind blowing. The downside: I've gone from watching virtually no TV in a week to watching 3 or 4 hours worth (not including when I get into the groove and watch back to back episodes of Trading Spaces. That Paige is just so perky! [img]smile.gif[/img] )