Hey Everyone!!!

The past month has been very busy for me! I have been training, training, training and more training (with a bit of work in between). I am coming into the final block of my program which should set me up well for my trip to France in July and the Senior Team Trials after that! This new block is set so that the intensity should is super HIGH, and the volume is low, therefore I am climbing my usual four days a week but focussing on quality rather than quantity. I have now completed every climb at EICA: Ratho which has left me a little stumped for hard climbs to do, however, I came up with a pretty clever idea. Watching how some of the top climbers in the world train, I noticed how a lot of them have started adding weight to the climbs they do to increase the intensity. They did this by either having a weight belt attached to their harnesses or by using a weight vest. So I went out and bought a new weight vest! I have now done all the hardest routes at Ratho with an extra 2.5kg added to my body weight and have even started using the weight vest on the campus board too!!! I can add as much as 18kg to my body if I want too!

On the Compex front, I have been doing a lot of strenth work on my Abdominal muscles, forearm muscles and biceps! Up until now I have been mainly focussing on endurance (apart from abdominals) which I felt has given me a good edge on some of my super long routes (60+ moves). Now I want to build up the intensity to match my program and as I am going to be climbing some super intense routes in France, I need to be focussing on the strength aspect more in the coming month.