Its time, time for BoulderFit

So here it is, BoulderFit. The idea behind BoulderFit is much like Crossfit Football, we are going to look at applying Crossfit to Bouldering. This will be an on going blog outlining workouts, training and climbing.

The Workouts
For BoulderFit I'll be taking inspiration from several sources including MainSite, Crossfit Football and local affiliate websites that I've visited, as well as some programming done by me when I feel the need. The workouts will be done on a 3 days on 1 day off schedule and on the day off I'll go climbing. Most workouts will be timed some might not depending on their requirements, and the resources available to me at the time.

The training will follow a certain pattern, I'm going to take 2 body parts/movements (A & B) every cycle. On day 1 I'll do strength work for movement A and a metcon involving movement B, day 2 will be similar but reversed. Day 3 will combine both of these movements into a longer workout.

For example A might be front squats and B might be deadlifts, so on day 1 I'll do some form of  strength training for Front squats, it could be omem (on the minute every minute) it could be 5x5 or 5x1 etc. The metcon could be something similar to 10 rounds of 10 deadlifts and 10 burpees.

Day 2 would then switch and strength work on deadlifts would be first up followed by a wod like Fran or Sage (both involving thrusters a lighter more power driven form of the front squat).

Day 3 would then be a workout involving both movements along with some calisthenics and perhaps some rowing, this workout would be slightly longer or interval based to work on conditioning.

One thing to avoid would be having 2 movements that use very similar muscle groups e.g. doing front squats and overhead squats would be a bad combination.

The Training
Things like finger strength can be difficult to fit into a wod and so will probably be done inbetween the strength work and WOD, at the climbing wall or at home. Things like calisthenics (pushups, squats etc) are also an important part of the training for climbing and when there is no time for them during workouts doing them at home will have to suffice.

I'll also be running drills on the climbing wall, these will mostly me mind-muscle connectivity based i.e. trying to make the muscles contract faster when climbing or practising common movements so that they become muscle memory.

The Climbing
At the moment I'm able to climb some V3 problems with some difficulty depending on the style of the climb. I'll make sure to photograph routes and annotate them with details on how I completed them or where I'm having problems. I won't be doing this for all climbs just ones that I find challenging.

The Future
Hopefully one day soon I'll be able to split this site up into workouts and personal blogs to make it easier for people to follow if they are interested in training like this for climbing. There may also be posts about diet, and general body maintenance as well as climbing techniques and tips.