Getting back in the groove

So this weekend was going to be about working on tying up some of the loose ends from last weekend. But then the guy I was going to meet at Little Si ended up going to Leavenworth, and the person that said they may want to go never texted me back. So as I sat in my apartment eating breakfast on saturday morning debating if I should make the 2 hour drive to Leavenworth to boulder, I came to a realization. I haven't trained, I mean seriously trained, in over a year.

It's been just over a year since I took a heinous fall at an ABS comp at the BRG and tore my left labrum. In the following year, I've done my PT exercises, I've climbed a bit inside, I've climbed outside, but I haven't trained, not even close.

So I sucked it up and headed into the gym both days this weekend. Saturday was all about power. I warmed up then headed straight up into the cave. I finished off everything except for the dark green 9 and the direct finish to the dark blue, plus I messed around on some made up problems. Then it was off the the weight room. Any of you that have known me for a while, know that this is not my style. I worked out my arms and core until I could barely hold my own weight, and did a little leg work just because. Then finished myself off with a full gym traverse.

After waking up sore on sunday, I was ready to get back to it and finish myself off. This day was more basic, just climb. A warm up, followed by just messing around in the cave. Sometimes I'd work a problem, sometimes just trying out different moves. I managed to stick the direct finish to the dark blue problem, which was sweet since it's big move to an undercling/pinch. Then finished up by doing my PT exercises, but bumped back down to 5 lbs instead of the 8 I had been doing. I was psyched because I was able to do sets of 30 straight through instead of having to split them into two sets of 15 like I did before I moved out here.

This weekend has given me a lot of hope that I can get back to where I was before, despite the fact that I will have to go in for surgery on my shoulder some time in the future. It's just a matter of finding a new way to train, and making myself do it. Only time will tell...

See you on the rocks!

-Josh