from Stevie Haston
The Yoga breathing is working for the climbing, but its not working so well for my swimming, phooee! The problem with my climbing now is that I am relatively weak. The Yoga has worked because it has maximised my potential at this level of strength, but I cant do any better. In fact I think I am really lucky to have squeezed out my last few ascents. So in truth it’s back to some basic training because I lack the ability to do a long sustained sequence, or a hard powerful pull, or two. In my underwater ...
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from Stevie Haston
In 6 weeks I haven’t really been climbing but I managed 8a+ today. How is it possible? Some years I tried fairly hard, and never made it past 8a+, what is going on? I guess I am very fit, both Cardio wise and in a muscle sense, but this seems too good to be true. For the last 10 years I have been thinking that climbing is quite complex, but in some ways you might be able to say it is simple. Or is it complex and simple, depending on you, yourself, and more importantly the link between you and your mind.
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from Stevie Haston
Man this week I’ve really regretted taking up running again. Why? Well it’s hard that’s why. Snowboarding in powder, I just turn my head, accept some fear and my body turns, and fast, fast enough to create an interesting cocktail of chemicals in my body. Climbing is the same, I was born to climb, and I’ve created routes that are works of art, they feed my need to feel proud of making something that give people pleasure. So here we are today, my thighs are full of lactic porridge, my hip girdle is
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from High Places
Hi Steph, I am a climber based in Ireland and am currently training to be a yoga teacher, qualifying in September. I am really keen to provide yoga classes for climbers. I have read your blog and was just wondering would you or have you ever run workshops for yoga with a climbing focus. I [...]
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from Weekend Sherpa - Get outdoors in the Bay Area
With winter wrapping up, nows a good time to take a breather Bay Area-style. Here are three ways to relax your bones before springing forward. Enlighten Up Nobody does Zen like Green Gulch Farm Zen Center . For nearly 40 years, this Marin County staple of mindfullness has blazed a trail to ahhs. And now its opening its wooden temple doors to the public for a Sunday morning meditation program. Remove your shoes at the door and take a seat on a pillow-cushioned wooden platform. Then, assume the position: ...
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from Stevie Haston
It’s snowing, its dumping, and its only November. There’s ice, frozen waterfalls to be climbed, and a question that I need to answer. Will I climb in the mountains this winter? Yes or no? I am living in Coumayer, Italy at the foot of Montblanc and every day I stare at some great routes that I have dreamt of climbing and some I have climbed but wouldn’t mind doing again. Shall I stay or shall I go? I left the Alps because it’s too serious for a man who loves mountains, steep powder, and wild ice.
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from Weekend Sherpa - Get outdoors in the Bay Area
Theres something supernatural in the air, and were not talking about the Giants being in the World Series. This Halloween, scare up some spooky fun in the great outdoors. Get freaky! Tombstones and Tarantulas: Take a half-mile hike to an old pioneer graveyard at Antiochs Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve. The Rose Hill Cemetery and the legend of the white witch date back to the 1850s. Watch for roaming tarantulas on your walk out. Where Wolf: In the early 1900s, famed author Jack London lived in Glen
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from Weekend Sherpa - Get outdoors in the Bay Area
Bonus Sherpa: Indian Summer Hike, swim, picnic, hit the beach! Have faith: our Indian Summer will come. When it does, here are a few ways to make the most of it. Slice of Simplicity: Follow a trail through an artichoke field just south of Half Moon Bay, and descend a wooden staircase to a crescent-shaped beach backed by towering cliffs and visited only by those who know how to find it. Ancient Chinese Secret: Grab your favorite takeout, then beeline for China Beach, San Franciscos semi-hidden seaside ...
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from Weekend Sherpa - Get outdoors in the Bay Area
Labor Day Getaways Did the long weekend sneak up on you? Labor no more. Its easy to plan in a pinch with any of these ready to go adventures. Youve Got Purisima: A 10-mile hike that combines all the right stuff: hulking second-growth redwoods, rich fern canyons, spectacular views, and almost no people! Good Abbotts: Hike 1.5 miles to Point Reyes Abbotts Lagoon, a quiet oasis protected from the elements by large sand dunes. Spread a blanket and a picnic. Afterward wander the nearby seashore in search of ...
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from gravsports
It's been a lot of fun working through ideas on fitness by experimenting, thinking, reading, talking and emailing with different folks in the last couple of years. I think I've finally figured something useful out: I care most about performance. That's the top of my priority list in terms of athletics. "Fitness" is one component of performance, yet it's often not even close to the most important component of athletic performance. But fitness is the easiest to measure, and the easiest to improve at (at a
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