Rest Day!

Sleep:
11:40 - 8:10 slept pretty soundly but had lots of dreams - not particularly restful. Woke up at about 4:15 because of achy muscles. Took some advil, went back to sleep.

I currently have the worst case of DOMS I have had in several weeks. This past weekend was particularly heavy on the Deadlifts, and it was a lot of work in general, but I kinda think that the main reason I am so sore is that I did not have my PWO milk after the OPD workout saturday morning because I was trying to fast, and it wasn't time to break the fast yet. As it was, I didn't eat anything until a couple hours after that workout. I think that was a mistake. In the future I will remember that PWO milk > fasting.

Food:
9:00 - 3 egg cheesy scramble, 1 piece turkey bacon, coffee w/milk
9:25 - 1 multiv, 2 glucosamine, 4 omega-3
12:15 - 1 oz mixed nuts
1:45 - Cottage cheese, etc. not as many almonds today :-(
3:20 - 1 oz mixed nuts
6:50 - 8oz whole milk
7:45 - spinach salad w/ walnuts, feta, dried cranberries, chicken quesadilla, 16 oz milk
11:00 - 2 zma

Today's WOD: going down stairs.

I was pretty pleased with my results on Sunday's WOD, but it came with a hefty price. It has pretty much crippled us. It's not the WORST case of DOMS I've ever had...but it's up there. Damn rest weeks - the first workout back is so treacherous.

So, naturally, I went climbing at Ironworks.

10a(o), ML10b(o), ML10b(f), 10c(o)

It wasn't actually as bad as I feared it would be, though I kept the grades pretty low and focused on mock-leading. The first 10b went fairly well, although I BARELY got the last clip before peeling off. The second 10b wasn't so hot - I found myself in a really awkward clipping stance, hanging off my left arm and trying to clip with my right across my body to a draw with a right-facing gate. I spent a lot of time in this position, unable to get the damn rope in the draw, and stubbornly reluctant to try repositioning. I wound up back-clipping it, which isn't all that surprising. The rest of the climb went fine, but I'll need to do it again to figure out the optimal stance for that draw. The last 10c was a nice face with a little roof that went pretty much fine, but I was clearly venturing into trouble territory with pushing my legs too far, so I called it a night and hobbled home.


Climbing clip time!

Here's Natalija Gros, my latest obsession, at the World Climbing Championships last year. It's a long video, but the best part starts at about 3:30, with a tricky dyno move into a long, impossible-looking horizontal roof that she handles with no problem.