Am I headed for disaster?

I started climbing in late July, and as of right now, I can routinely send V4, and I've done a V5 once..

1-2 times a week, I do a simple hangboard routine. I climb once a week usually on Sundays.

I've done this since late July.

Should I take a break?

Also, am I heading for a injury? Everything I've read says that I am moving a little fast.

People who boulder more than once a month usually die in their first year of climbing.

Garret Nuzzo-Jones wrote:People who boulder more than once a month usually die in their first year of climbing.

FACT

Proven fact. Also clipping perma draws is a leasing cause of cancer.

I'm sorry, I didn't catch the question. I was distracted by all the spray in my face.

Muscles keep you from getting hurt. Lift weights, brah

Sounds like you need a project to focus your workout/rest routine. Your weekdays should build to a crescendo, and then rest a couple days before your weekend sends, then rest Monday.

In the gym?

Tough crowd today Wilson - there is some good advice in between the smart ass comments though. Take it slow, finger/elbow injuries suck.

I started climbing earlier this morning and now boulder V12. I have since developed sores all over my shirtless body. The only place they aren't appearing is under my beanie. Am I going to get worse when I crank V14 later this afternoon?

Sounds more like you are headed to V10!
I am jealous, we all are, take it with a grain of salt... took my big arse a long time to plateau at v4.

Rest days are your friend, go for a hike.

Chufftard and Tits, thanks for the good laughs, always some thoughtful stuff!

and don't forget, every time you tick a pebble, God kills a puppy

just realized we need a share function on mountain project

Forestvonsinkafinger wrote:Sounds like you need a project to focus your workout/rest routine. Your weekdays should build to a crescendo, and then rest a couple days before your weekend sends, then rest Monday.

So, when you say "weekdays should build to a crescendo", you mean Tuesday and Wednesday?

You're most likely gonna die.

but seriously you actually aren't progessing that quickly in comparison to other youngin's I've seen these days. I've watched kids at the gym climb V3 their first week and by the time they get on problems outside, probably a month after they start, they are routinely sending and projecting V5 and above. They do train on hangboards routinely and some of them are now doing laps on campus rungs...

But alas, a few of them have royally f-ed themselves with injuries.

The trick I suppose is being in tune with your own body, clearly easier said then done, and WARMING UP! I heard more tendons pop watching my friends go for it not being sufficiently warm.

I used to boulder, then, like all of us, we had to grow up... pulled that beanie off my head, put my shirt back on and bought a rack of cams and have lost my f-ing mind.

Not sure why you're climbing on the Sabbath, but you should probably chill on that

chufftard wrote:go do a 5.6 in the Gunks, then get back to us on how awesome you are.

OMG Gunkz Five Six = Euro 9a!!!111

Dear Thread,

Thank you.

-Dank

Take it easy, guys. I think the OP's question was in response to a recent Coache's Corner in Rock and Ice, which detailed advice for hangboard workouts and basically said to wait until after a full year or two of only bouldering before using a hangboard at all.

Wilson, in response to your question, I think the mag gave good advice. I pretty much lost a season when I was 23 due to hangboarding too obsessively when I had never bouldered much and thus didn't have the base strength built up to handle the intensity of 'board training.

OP, be careful. Listen to your body and try not to push it too hard. You're less likely to injure yourself if you stick to routes/problems that allow open hand movement, meaning slopers instead of crimps.

I had similar performance in my first year of climbing and ended up injuring myself. It forced me to slow down and I still don't boulder any harder than I did 7 years ago.

Who knows where you headed, but read Dave MacLeod's musings on the topic