Warm-up:

Pull-ups, decline situps

Workout:

Each set consists of the following exercises. Start at 10 reps per set, then reduce by one by each set. Total number of reps is 55. More »

Time to get psyched on summer, fuckers! The snow has melted and the time is here for Sierra alpine rock blitzes. Throw down all that heavy winter gear, get up onto that high altitude granite, and move your ass!

To get you all stoked here’s a quick report of Charles’s and my ascent last summer of Temple Crag’s Sun Ribbon Arete. We did the route in 18 hours, car-to-car, snagged the Tyrolean first try, and topped out around 5pm. More »

Back to power again. I think Charles was mad at someone or maybe he just didn’t feel like playing with stop watches. The modus operandi for today was reps…lots and lots of reps. More »

For the 3rd time in 3 weeks, I woke up at midnight to go climb a big mountain. The motions have taken on a faint sense of familiarity, a sort of deja vu. An empty house, roomates out at the bars, loaded backpack waiting by the door, laden with dual ice axes and my boots and gaiters sitting peacefully by its side, begging to be dawned and trodden through the snow and ice, over the high alpine rock. The tools of the trade. My food bag sits in the fridge, each of the 3500 calories ready to be burned. More »

Warm-up:

Pull-ups, light power-cleans

Workout:

Three rounds of: More »

Warmup:
Pullups, light deadlifts, light military press

Workout:
Bench Press (4 sets, failing at 5-10 reps) More »

I don’t usually post trip reports, not because that I rarely take trips, but mostly because I’m a sport climber with the literary skill of a fifth grader. But once a while, I get on something so big and exciting that I feel compelled to write about, only to get swamped with work and actual climbing. Let’s see how this one goes… More »

Enduro circuits again with many of the recent MIA members back in full force. Conditions were warm but tolerable and nobody puked. More »

“Maybe that couple” I muttered to Scotty, trying to send the 40th pitch of Galactic Hitchhiker; the ride back down to the valley. More »

We changed it up again with enduro circuits for time.  The goal was to work continuously for 7-10 minutes. Other than one station it looks like we achieved that. More »

Swell workout with Nate blowing chunks after a brawl with the tire.  Conditions were a bit damp making the flesh storm a little easier and the tire a little harder.   Next week we are moving to enduro timed circuits.  Prepare yourselves.   More »

I am proud to announce the grand opening of PullHarder CO. That is not to say that Ian and Buster have not been pulling ridiculously hard in the Rocky Mountain state for quite some time, but this is the first trip report to take place in Colorado and involve 2 Coloradans (I just got residency and registered my car here yesterday). That’s right folks, I now have mountains on my license plate and I live in a town called Boulder. More »