lundi 2 novembre 2009

Dry tooling at l'Usine

"L'Usine" comes from the fact there is a large factory just at the bottom of the crag... Quite logical and not terribly original you will tell me (usine = factory in English). No need to say that people don't go there for the wilderness...

So, in a few words, my ass got kicked really hard! Dry tooling is definitely an elitist activity, and one needs to be strong to enjoy it at the most... Hard to say, but I may need some cross-fit trainings to get stronger! I know Travis will appreciate that...

Anyhow, it was still fun to watch the big boys climbing the super steep routes, and the settings where good to take picture... At the end of the day, Etienne brought a generator, and people could keep going on climbing at night. With the lights from the factory&motorway, this had a good feeling of urban climbing.




4 commentaires:

Unknown a dit…

Nice pictures! If it makes you feel better, I got my ass kicked climbing last weekend too. But for me it was the 39 degrees when we were climbing in the sun at Araps. It's really hard to keep drinking enough water to cope with that sort of heat.

Travis Holman a dit…

IMG_0507.jpg is a wicked photo! you should employ a little cropping on that and send it in to a mag.

Travis Holman a dit…

oh BTW:
Warm up: 5 Rounds
4x Figure 4 + Pull up
8x Weighted situp @ 45#

Training:

(1) 10 Rounds
20 second dead hang with weight (15/25)
10 second rest

(2) Full Leg Blaster

(3) 10 Rounds
20 second dead hang with weight (15/25)
10 second rest

(4) Full Leg Blaster

(5) 8 Rounds
5 sec. Right Arm Lockoff
10 sec. hang
5 sec. Left arm lockoff
10 sec. hang

(6) 5x Scotty Bobs (15/25)

(7) 8 Rounds
5 sec. Right Arm Lockoff
10 sec. hang
5 sec. Left arm lockoff
10 sec. hang

(8) 5x Scotty Bobs

(9) 30x Figure 4s

Romaric a dit…

The warn up should be enough of a training for me! :D