Monday, October 12, 2009

Karen Monday

Karen Monday:
squat 5 reps: 45,95, 105, 105, 115
bench 2x5 85 (fail on last 2), 1x5 80
DL 2x 45, 95, 145, 155, 145
28 min on elliptical

I am getting less good at weightlifting - but I am seeing remarkable progress in the climbing gym.

3 comments:

Melanie said...

what do you think is going on?

Chris said...

The weight lifting helps climbing to a degree (mostly with muscle balance and injury prevention), but the climbing does not help you lift more weight. Having a big squat, DL, or press doesn't really help you climb better (except the press helps mantleing, tho dips would be better). Want to get better at climbing? Climb more and do weighted pull ups.

Karen said...

The difference is that I am climbing 2-3 times a week instead of once a week. I am weightlifting less.