Hey. I'll probably stop updating in like 2 weeks. Hopefully not though. Some of you probably remember me from the heyday of this forum. I like Seneca and David Foster Wallace and big words and sentences that at first seem needlessly long but actually represent something important both within and without the context they are presented and/or are being read. And so but sometimes I get off topic and meander or whatever - this is not an example of such a sentence, see really anything by David Foster Wallace of Henry James for examples of what I'm talking about.

w/r/t training I can be bothered to explain what I'm up to right now. I'll give it the old precognizant college try anyway.

So I'm, like, doing rockclimbing - bouldering really - and bodyweight stuff. I like the forum gymnasticbodies.com for gaining training knowledge in that direction. What else, what else. I'll post up training as it happens so you guys can peruse if you aren't already put off by the shear pointless and polmerization of irony and sincerity that is this post so far

Today I did the following:

Oh wait, before that I'll post stats or whatever.

Physical
Age: 17
Height: 175cm (5'9")
Weight: 74kg (163bs)
BF%: No idea. I don't have abs but I'm not fat but I could also be more not fat.
Waist: Like 31.5-32"
I'll measure more stuff as I get around to it.

Strengthwise I'm pretty much as strong as I was at the end of my last journal.

Okay, so, today I did the following:

A1: Tuck Front Lever - 6 x 10 seconds
A2: Bent arm frog stand - 6 x 20 seconds
B1: L-Sit - 6 x 10 seconds
B2: German Hang - 6 x 10 seconds
C: Hollow Hold - 1 x 30 seconds
D1: Pullups - 5 x 5 (Each set with a different grip. Shoulder width pronated -> narrow pronated -> shoulder width supinated ->  narrow supinated -> neutral)
D2: Dips - 5 x 5
Then some thick bar wrist curls and reverse wrist curls.
Thick bar hold - 40kg x 6 x 10 seconds

I'm more or less going to be doing this exact workout for a while. At least the first half, the isometric half that is.¹ The second half (from pullups onward) is what I'll actually try to progress on. I'll also do leg stuff even though it's counter productive to my climbing and bodyweight goals. Oh yeah, my goals.

Goals

Long Term

Full Lay Planche x 5 seconds
Full Lay Front Lever x 10 seconds
Back Lever x 20 seconds
One arm chin (This still fucking eludes me, the fucker. Maybe if I actually trained consistently for a long time I would manage it)

Short Term

Tuck Front Lever x 60 seconds
Tuck Planche x 10 seconds
Pullups x 20
Dips x 20
L-Sit x 60 seconds
Hollow Hold x 3 x 60 seconds with <45 seconds rest

I climb, like, 2-4 times a week. I can currently send all V0-V1 problems at my gym, 90% of the V2s, and a few of the V3s.

That's about all I have to say I guess.

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¹ For the reasoning and general theory as to why I will be doing this see www.gymnasticbodies.com/forum

Today I walked a lot and got drunk.

Who did the testing?

A1: Tuck Front Lever - 6 x 10 seconds
A2: Bent arm frog stand - 6 x 20 seconds
B1: L-Sit - 6 x 10 seconds
B2: German Hang - 6 x 10 seconds
C: Hollow Hold - 1 x 30 seconds
D1: Pullups - 6 x 5 (Each set with a different grip. Shoulder width pronated -> narrow pronated -> shoulder width supinated ->  narrow supinated -> neutral x 2)  
D2: Dips - 6 x 5  
E1: Dumbbell simulation of front lever (pause for 2 sec) pull to victorian (pause for 2 sec) x 3 x 5 @ 4kg
E2: Dumbbell simulation of back lever (pause for 2 sec) pull to maltese (pause for 2 sec) to planche (pause for 2 sec) x 3 x 5 @ 4kg
Thick bar hold - 50kg x 6 x 10 seconds  

Front levers and german hangs felt much stronger. L-Sit felt weak. Hollow hold felt better. Pullups and dips felt much stronger. Dumbbell simulation thingies are hard to explain, I will try to find a video for ya'll. Thick bar was good.

Edit: The "PRs" are cheap and apply only to my most recent bout of actually training.

A1: Tuck Front Lever - 6 x 10 seconds
A2: Bent arm frog stand - 6 x 20 seconds
B1: L-Sit - 6 x 10 seconds
B2: German Hang - 6 x 10 seconds
C1: Pullups - 5 x 5 @ 2.5 kg (pronated -> narrow pronated -> wide pronate -> supinated -> narrow supinated)   
C2: Dips - 6 x 5  @ 2.5 kg 
D1: Dumbbell simulation of front lever (pause for 2 sec) pull to victorian (pause for 2 sec) x 4 x 5 @ 4kg + 1 x 5 @ 6kg 
D2: Dumbbell simulation of back lever (pause for 2 sec) pull to maltese (pause for 2 sec) to planche (pause for 2 sec) x 3 x 5 @ 4kg
Thick bar hold - 50kg x 6 x 10 seconds + 1 x 5 @ 6 kg 

Played 3 more hours today.

ok?

Deep Squat
50kg x 6
80kg x 5
95kg x 5
100kg x 3
110kg x 3

Then messed around with some random lifts:

Thickbar Deadlift
70kg x 5

Hip Thrust
70kg x 5

Deep RDL
70kg x 5
90kg x 2 x 5

Thick Bar Holds
40kg x 20 seconds x 5 with 10 seconds rest (Essentially tabata timing system, but isometric gripping exercises don't really make much sense tabata wise because you can't micro regulate effort. You can either hold the bar or not.)

I am really good at squatting. Depth was great, a few inches below parallel on every rep. Great glute and ham recruitment. RDLs suck donkey bollocks in a good way.