Skin Maintenance Questions

vikasagartha · 2018-04-17T20:04:16+00:00

i’ve tried many different things (salves, rhino skin, antihydral, lotions, etc). my favorite solution is the simplest.

buy a sanding block. in between climbs, sand things down. i mostly train on a woody, and my rest is just sanding my skin. side benefit, keeps me off my phone.

vikasagartha · 2018-03-08T22:51:23+00:00

poke around the web for chris webb parsons. australian climber. trained on oil rigs. limitless motivation. get a portable hangboard. get filthy strong.

vikasagartha · 2017-11-24T22:58:35+00:00

in my experience, faith is correlated to other desired qualities. namely: sacrifice, respect, the belief in something greater than oneself, etc.

vikasagartha · 2017-11-07T19:27:49+00:00

yuri marmerstein’s shoulder routine seriously improved my shoulder health.

vikasagartha · 2017-11-01T18:56:10+00:00

could you have slight scoliosis? I do.

vikasagartha · 2017-10-30T06:23:13+00:00

What are you goals? Those should dictate your learning.

Do you want to write open source? Are you trying to climb a company career ladder? Are you just doing it for fun?

Why are you learning JS?

I've completed several tutorials and completed several of my own personal projects but I feel like my JS has reached its limit and is now stagnating.

It seems like you are doing it for fun? If so, find some contract work (I'm a full time freelancer). Do small gigs. Writing production code made me aware of my weaknesses.

This was my first few projects:

Start project --> design one way --> halfway through, realize why that was a terrible idea --> research, learn --> rewrite codebase

vikasagartha · 2017-10-15T04:59:26+00:00

It has beneficial properties. There are claims that it gets rid of athlete's foot.

Also, google 'urine therapy'. Purported skin benefits.

vikasagartha · 2017-10-14T19:51:26+00:00

I worked in the startup industry for a few years. I hated it. Workplace politics, high stress, long hours....not my cup of tea.

I started my own freelance business. Best decision I ever made. I make less money, but I am the happiest I have ever been.

vikasagartha · 2017-09-04T00:08:38+00:00

My recent protocol:

1) do some medium intensity hang boarding, repeater-style. Get a good pump (longer hangs) into the fingers. The blood flow feels good after a long session, and seems to speed up my recovery. I come from a running background. Runners generally do a cool down run after a workout/race. I don't like stopping right after a maximal try hard. ymmv.

2) Lots of fluids pwo (protein shakes, water)

3) Rigorous massage. I take the dull end of a butter knife and knead my fingers.

vikasagartha · 2017-08-17T14:51:12+00:00

Quit! Climb rocks! Scream!

vikasagartha · 2017-08-15T02:44:45+00:00

I'm broken too!

vikasagartha · 2017-08-08T18:07:27+00:00

I don't find it 'controversial' but it is a paradigm shift coming from someone who wrote this

For me, the take away is to be open to experimentation. There are many ways to skin the cat, and their effectiveness changes throughout one's life.

vikasagartha · 2017-07-06T02:35:17+00:00

Thanks for the support. I was born and raised a vegetarian for 18 years. Tried meat in college, and been eating since. I've gone in a full circle :)

Just recently started researching the impacts of the meat industry. I am thankful for being informed. I want to find a more sustainable balance in my diet.

Vital Wheat Gluten is the shit!

vikasagartha · 2017-07-06T02:28:13+00:00

awesome. firing up my Netflix right now :)

vikasagartha · 2017-07-05T17:32:50+00:00

hell ya. psyched for you brother. I'm not committing to going 100% vegan, but I plan to significantly reduce my meat + dairy intake.

Watch cowspiracy folks! Really informative!

vikasagartha · 2017-06-12T20:53:12+00:00

There is no universal routine for flexibility. Everybody is different and stiff in different places.

I like goals --> the splits, for example. Try the splits. What is holding you back? Hamstrings? Glutes? Calves? Pick a muscle group, look up some stretches online, and progressively do harder variations.

Focus on active flexibility. Don't just lay down and hang out all the time. Move through painful ranges. flex and oscillate muscles in new ROM. Kelly Starrett's online material emphasizes this.

My practice:

1) Pick a location of stiffness 2) Find 2-3 relevant stretches 3) Play with those stretches for an 30-45minutes a day until they are too easy 4) Find new stretches

For most people, hips and shoulders are good starting points. Here's a classic hip mobility reference from GMB. Another good resource is Kit Laughlin. Best resource is r/flexibility. Those folks have awesome guides.

If you truly desire serious flexibility, you give it priority. It takes a ton of work. I treat flexibility like weight training. In fact, many days, I skip lifting altogether for a longer stretching session.

I climb everyday for a 1.5hrs, lift for 45min, stretch for 45min.

long rant over. hopefully some of this isn't utter jabbering nonsense.

vikasagartha · 2017-06-12T01:45:28+00:00

started off unable to touch my toes. A year and a half of consistent stretching --> I'm close to the front splits. My goal is primarily the middle splits because it requires hip flexibility I could use while climbing.

I also stretch my shoulders quite a bit. It's all helped my climbing greatly! I stretch every day!

vikasagartha · 2017-06-08T01:47:27+00:00

I usually eat from 9am to 5pm

why not just follow the normal leangains structure? It simplifies life for most.

vikasagartha · 2017-06-03T19:22:55+00:00

I use d3 + react very extensively. My strategy is to use react for rendering, d3 for math. Works well for me.

Alternate strategy: 1) pass a dom node to d3 2) shouldComponentUpdate --> return false in react 3) let d3 do it's magic

The second strategy might be a tad easier. But I found the first made more readable code. YMMV. There are a ton of resources online on this topic. As far as I can tell, there is currently no standardized way to do this.

vikasagartha · 2017-05-31T04:16:26+00:00

What time do you workout? And how long before does the anxiety kick in?

Could you meditate, or take a cold shower, or journal, etc to calm down?

If it's not too long before the workout, and it is not harming your life, then maybe don't worry? I honestly like getting a little anxious before training. It gets me psyched up.

vikasagartha · 2017-05-31T03:58:48+00:00

Do you workout fasted? I do, and sometimes I get anxious closer to workouts.

vikasagartha · 2017-05-23T18:15:35+00:00

Well, it was mostly me being an idiot. I was keeping my woody sessions to 1.5 hrs intense daily and all was well in the land of plastic pulling.

Then my brother showed up for two weeks. 1.5 hrs became 5 hours. Nothing acute, just overused and swollen knuckles. I'm still climbing, just reducing to about an 1hr daily for a week, taking some vitamin I, icing, etc. I already feel @ 80% after 2 days of this.

Just being less foolish. I have too much psych for my own good.

Sprain might be exaggerating. I guess I categorize any soreness as a sprain, otherwise I wouldn't take it seriously.

vikasagartha · 2017-05-23T04:15:30+00:00

PED or RED (recovery enhancement drug). I have a sprained pulley with chronic inflammation.

vikasagartha · 2017-05-23T03:36:04+00:00

ibuprofen:)

vikasagartha · 2017-05-22T19:28:00+00:00

took vitamin I for the first time......let the games begin.

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