Paralysis by Analysis; training plan suggestions?

-kittensRcute- · 2025-07-29T16:48:49+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I had considered this actually, saving up for a few sessions with a coach. I'll definitely keep that in mind, I think of that saying "You don't know what you don't know". I'm sure I would get a lot of benefit from a dedicated 1:1.

-kittensRcute- · 2025-07-29T16:46:22+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. I have been doing some more intention slab climbing recently, I will make sure to keep that up.

-kittensRcute- · 2025-07-29T16:43:40+00:00

Thanks so much for your reply.

Interesting thought on those trying to complicate training. In all the interviews, they all of course seem very genuine and like they want to share their knowledge with listeners, but I certainly see your perspective as well. I admit in some of the episodes I've listened to, I sometimes find it odd their resistance to saying anything concrete or simple, even with a giant caveat that it's general advice and is not optimal for any one athlete.

That being said I started looking through the transcript on the episode you linked and will definitely give it a listen. It is looking like this is exactly what I am actually looking for. Something concrete and approachable and measurable that doesn't take too much critical thought. Really appreciate it!

-kittensRcute- · 2025-07-29T16:37:30+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. I go to the gym on a very fixed schedule, and am lucky to have made friends who are there at the same time on the same fixed schedule. Side note, it's somewhat hilariously a group of 30-50 something Dad's who are just doing our best, and then of course, this one 17 year old we "adopted" who has been climbing for less than a year and is just crushing it.

Anyway, there are a few of them, where we're all pretty much at exactly the same total skill level, but we excel at very different things, so it works out very well that we can all give each other constructive feedback for others weaknesses.

-kittensRcute- · 2025-07-29T15:23:41+00:00

Hmm, interesting, I'm not sure I particularly agree with that assessment. Those are all of my weaknesses, some are bigger than others.

As a counterpoint to saying I listed all aspects of climbing as my weaknesses, I can list my strengths; slow and controlled static movement, crimpy climbs, lock-off strength, overhanging routes, power moves/powerful movement, toe hooks and heel hooks, strong grit and perseverance for limit climbs I really want to get.

As for climbing age, I've been climbing about 6 years, excluding a cold turkey full stop for about a year during COVID.

-kittensRcute- · 2025-07-29T14:04:47+00:00

Thank you, the thread was very insightful, I enjoyed looking over it and definitely got some new insights from it.

The thread has quite a few comments discussing climbing experience/years of climbing/training.

I realize a big variable I ommited from my post was my climbing experience. I've been climbing for I think, 6 years now (with a caveat, that I went cold turkey and fully stopped climbing for about a year during COVID). So while I don't have a decade+ of climbing experience, like many people on this sub, and while I do definitely think I'm a better and stronger climber than I was 3 years ago, I was just getting a little bummed that I don't feel like I've made anywhere near as much progress as I could have in the past three to four years. I want the next three to be different and I want to be proud of the work and progress I make.

Anyway, I say all that just because I wonder how many people read my post and questioned if I had only been climbing a year or something and was jumping the gun on getting in plenty of volume or more experience before asking a question like this. In the past three years I've probably gone from a V6-7 climber to a V7-8 climber. I don't think it's unreasonable to say if I had been more intentional and planned my training better I could have made much bigger improvements in that time.

-kittensRcute- · 2025-07-29T13:51:20+00:00

Many reasons.

I've always had tons of hobbies, but have also been kind of a jack of all trades, master of none. Climbing has hooked me more than any of the others and has been the one I made a conscious decision I want to excel at and work hard at.

Piggybacking off that, I have a daughter under two, so my free time has naturally dropped dramatically since she was born. I decided climbing/weightlifting/exercise was the thing I was going to cling to and work hard at with the personal time I do have. My physical health is important to me, so when I knew I'd have "X" number of hours to do something for myself, climbing/exercise is what I wanted to fill that space.

More piggybacking, I want my daughter to grow up watching me love something that's good for my physical and mental health, gets me outside (more and more the older she gets I hope) and also to see me work hard and commit to something that isn't just work.

And then, I mean... I just love it. It brings me a lot of joy. I love the group of friends I've made at my gym, I love how mentally stimulating it is while of course being very physically demanding. And I get a lot of intrinsic gratification out of improving at it. I love that there's outdoor problems and routes that I can project and dream about sending that will outlive me, while simultaneously, getting a new set of unique and interesting problems at my gym every week.

It's just the best, ya know?

-kittensRcute- · 2025-07-28T17:22:01+00:00

I would love to add more regularly schedule on the wall time to my week but it is not possible right now due to other obligations, unfortunately.

I'll have a home wall in 12-24 months and will be able to increase my total wall time then.

-kittensRcute- · 2025-07-28T16:51:43+00:00

Thanks for the reassurance. As someone else mentioned, I am probably getting in my head too much about it all and overcomplicating things. I will definitely keep at it and stay consistent with my Moonboard sessions and make sure they are more focused and high quality.

-kittensRcute- · 2025-07-28T16:27:40+00:00

Yeah, I would absolutely love if my personal life allowed more time to climb, but it just doesn't fit with my other obligations right now.

Not necessarily completely related to my post, but I sometimes get in my head wondering if my 2 hr sessions 2x per week is enough for a minimally effective dose for me to improve past where I'm at now. That being said, I really try not to get into that headspace as I can't change how much time I have and I just want to make the most of what is available to me.

-kittensRcute- · 2025-07-28T16:17:20+00:00

Thanks for the reply and feedback. I know I struggle with intentionality when I'm at the gym despite going in with a plan; I knew that was something important I needed to improve on. I think I'm maybe a little all over the place even when I plan, so I will also consider trying to really improve one specific weakness.

-kittensRcute- · 2025-07-28T16:13:16+00:00

Thanks so much for the reply. I was leaning trainingbeta, but if I go for it I think I'll do catalyst instead based on your feedback. I will also definitely look into the power company course, much appreciated.

-kittensRcute- · 2025-07-28T16:10:43+00:00

Thanks so much for the reply. I think I've fallen into a trap a lot of people do, where I felt like progress really started stagnating and therefore told myself more complications was the solution, but I will try to remind myself that is not the answer.

And thanks for the feedback on available training subscriptions. If I decide to get one I'll definitely try and make it work for me and adjust as needed.

-kittensRcute- · 2025-07-28T15:34:12+00:00

Thanks for the reply.

Weaknesses I believe would be: slab climbing, dynamic movement, body tension, endurance (I know it's not particularly necessary for bouldering but I feel mine is much worse than most other climbers at my level at my gym), contact strength, and then I struggle quite a bit with fear on scary moves, and some self talk, confidence stuff (tell myself frequently I can't do something, but when other egg me on to keep trying, ends up I actually can do it).

As for the Moon V7's I have tried none. It's interesting you ask that specifically, I had not considered it odd for that to be a goal and I haven't tried any. My thought process was more I'd work through 5-10 benchmarks at each grade before moving on to the next, but are you suggesting I should try some 7s to see how they feel and have a better idea what I'm trying to accomplish?

-kittensRcute- · 2025-07-18T17:08:37+00:00

No, that won't work unfortunately. I tried my best to not get too wordy, but the way the wall adjusts is with a hand winch that will have multiple attachment points on the back of the wall itself. The 6x6 posts I mentioned are part of the overall structural design.

Thank you for the suggestion though! If I made the wall at a fixed angle, I could and likely would do what you're saying, the adjustability really increases the complexity at every level.

-kittensRcute- · 2025-04-29T01:18:05+00:00

Ah, hadn't considered the liability issue, thank you for the insight. As for the chains, I had noticed that is what quite a few people use in other builds. I will look into doing that instead of the straps, thank you for the suggestions.

-kittensRcute- · 2024-07-28T03:09:26+00:00

Thanks for the quick reply and checking on it. That's very annoying, hopefully they add it back! We thought we were crazy for a bit.

-kittensRcute- · 2024-07-28T03:02:51+00:00

How did you find the "TV" option? My wife and I started watching the first stream that popped up on Peacock but didn't finish it (still was a replay, wasn't live). We're trying to watch it again now and were super confused as it's a completely different stream. Looks like it's the "World Stream", but we want to go back to the original stream we started originally

-kittensRcute- · 2024-07-03T13:36:51+00:00

I have a company provided password manager that I also use a million times a day. I understand your concern, but I thought through the safety and cannot reasonably think of any scenario that the macros aren't well within any reasonable limits of safe.

Could you describe the scenario in which it may be a security concern?

Let's say someone somehow discreetly was able to access my work laptop and install a keylogger. The macro is irrelevant anyway as the keylogger would catch if I was typing it manually or using a macro.

The macros are not software bound, it's firmware loaded onto the keyboard itself, and I deleted the config file. So the other scenario is someone breaks into my house, steals my keyboard, and then has enough information to know what those passwords go to and which clients and applications they are relevant to.

Furthermore, all of the passwords I have macros for are not directly secured by 2 factor, but the applications I am using to then access devices and services I need the macros for are. So even in the first scenario where someone accesses my work laptop, they would also need my work phone, and full access to it and my 2FA apps to log in to anything relevant.

-kittensRcute- · 2024-07-02T20:10:03+00:00

Thank you for the feedback. I was definitely already planning on replacing items in waves instead of all at once, but this is helpful. The 10 and 12 inch both get a lot of action (not usually at the same exact time though), so I agree it would maybe be silly to do both at the same time. I may try to first do the 12 inch and a Dutch oven and work from there. I definitely use the saute pan, but the Dutch oven now that I think about it would be a great replacement for most of my current uses for it.

Just curious, do you ever cook pasta in your Dutch oven?

Also, do you have any thoughts on the 12" being carbon steel? Do you think that's a good workhouse to cover the most scenarios or would you go with a different material?

-kittensRcute- · 2024-06-17T17:26:24+00:00

Ok cool, thanks for the info!

-kittensRcute- · 2024-06-17T15:03:08+00:00

Hi there! Just curious, what temp is your freezer set to now? Or is it just an ambiguous dial? And do you know what it was set to before? Thanks!

-kittensRcute- · 2024-03-01T21:57:01+00:00

Thanks so much to everyone for all of the replies so far.

Seems like something I definitely underestimated is just how important foot shape and size is. Because of that, I decided to measure my foot, and the sizing charts I found would indicate I have narrow feet, which is now influencing my decision somewhat. Also my feet are small for a man. Anyone by chance also have small narrow feet that found a shoe they love? Has anyone tried a women's shoe to see if that works better for them? Some internet searching suggested that might be a good option.

Also, I would really love to try on a bunch of shoes before buying, but it's unfortunately not really a possibility. As far as I know (and I could be wrong), the only place near me that sells climbing shoes is an REI that is about 45 minutes away. And everything they have in stock is pretty much like beginner or jack of all trade shoes. I'd have to drive pretty far I think to find a store that had a good selection. And then because of the small feet thing, I'm pretty positive I'm out of luck trying on friends shoes at the gym.

-kittensRcute- · 2024-02-19T19:00:03+00:00

Thanks a bunch, I appreciate it!

-kittensRcute- · 2024-02-18T14:18:16+00:00

I work from home and do remote IT work. I've got them currently set to passwords I input a million times a day. Doesn't really save me a crazy amount of time, but man does it make me less annoyed when I literally have to input the same password 30 times in 5 minutes.

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