How to Have a Training Intervention

Yes, I am the ice cream sandwich person. When I was a runner, I trained a horrific amount and was always injured. I know overtraining is bad.

By every possible metric, I have a friend that is significantly stronger than me. However, he has not been climbing very good as of recent. He hasn't taken more than 1 full day off in maybe a year, his off days are always lifting and fingerboarding. He won't listen to me or really anyone else about recovery days. How do I help him? 

Schedule a 3 day camping/climbing trip here in the PNW. Odds are you won't be climbing anything due to the weather. :-/ 

make a bet with him, if he doesn't send a project he's close on after two days rest you'll get him an ice cream sandwich

he needs another hobby. duh

Princess Puppy Lovrwrote:

How do I help him? 

Help him get a climber girlfriend who wants to get into trad. 

abe rwrote:

he needs another hobby. duh

I'm with Abe. Get him another hobby. He will be "forced" to rest, hopefully gain some more stoke in the absence of climbing, and most importantly, it will mean one less person at the gym/crag.

Break his knee caps. Mandatory rest days. I know a guy if you need his number.

wouldnt it be funny if u forced a rest day and did it each day for two weeks?!? just by being nice and making or buying the friend  food or drinks like soup or buy a smoothie or a fancy sweet coffee drink and put a few glugs of liquid laxitives in it? or visine max strength eyedrops? J/K and then the next week maybe at the end of the day after climbing offer them a homemade meal or something u bought or made that u covertly pour into it parasites  from mexico the ones sold as extreme weight loss supplements, would be a funny joke and intervention story to tell

Maybe Considerwrote:

wouldnt it be funny if u forced a rest day and did it each day for two weeks?!? just by being nice and making or buying the friend  food or drinks like soup or buy a smoothie or a fancy sweet coffee drink and put a few glugs of liquid laxitives in it? or visine max strength eyedrops? J/K and then the next week maybe at the end of the day after climbing offer them a homemade meal or something u bought or made that u covertly pour into it parasites  from mexico the ones sold as extreme weight loss supplements, would be a funny joke and intervention story to tell

Those South American parasites do work. I've lost 25 pounds every time I've visited.

Once he blows a couple pulleys, he’ll rest up.

JonasMRwrote:

I know a guy if you need his number.

Better have toes too.

Hm I was gonna put a banana in his tail pipe or give him drugs.

Princess Puppy Lovrwrote:

Hm I was gonna put a banana in his tail pipe or give him drugs.

I bet you were 

Princess Puppy Lovrwrote:

Hm I was gonna put a banana in his tail pipe or give him drugs.

I'm presuming the friend in question is an avowed Chode Rider? You sure you got the right plantain for the job?

JonasMRwrote:

I'm presuming the friend in question is an avowed Chode Rider? You sure you got the right plantain for the job?

I have other friends! But he did agree I should start a thread on the subject!

Kidnap him of course.  Perhaps in addition to breaking the kneecaps.

People are stupid. He is the epitome of stupidity. If he doesn't "know" and won't accept other's people's feedback on basic training methodology/concept, there is no way around it. Let stupid do stupid. I have seen a few of these kind of people. They are going to continue doing it anyway, simply out of compulsiveness, until they can't do it anymore, when they are completely broken/injured.

He sent after two days off!