Ten workouts have passed since my last retrospective, which means it’s time to run the numbers. In case you haven’t been following along, I analyze my climbing data every ten workouts to see how I’m doing at a more macro level. Here’s the link to my second retrospective.
This stretch was an incredibly strong period of climbing. In my second set of climbs this year, I sent my first V6. I continued to push myself in sessions #21-30 as I sent a few more V6s.
Sends:
| Grade | Count | % |
| V0 | 20 | 13.33% |
| V1 | 19 | 12.67% |
| V2 | 19 | 12.67% |
| V3 | 34 | 22.67% |
| V4 | 37 | 24.67% |
| V5 | 18 | 12.00% |
| V6 | 3 | 2.00% |
| V7 | 0 |
Failures:
| Grade | Count | % |
| V0 | 0 | |
| V1 | 0 | |
| V2 | 0 | |
| V3 | 1 | 2.50% |
| V4 | 6 | 15.00% |
| V5 | 20 | 50.o0% |
| V6 | 6 | 15.00% |
| V7 | 2 | 5.00% |
| V8 | 5 | 12.50% |
Warmup/Cooldown:
| Exercises | Count | Average/Session |
| Pull-Ups | 215 | 21.5 |
| Pushups | 20 | 2 |
| Biceps | 0 | 0 |
| Triceps | 0 | 0 |
| Forearms | 0 | 0 |
| Shoulders | 0 | 0 |
| Squats | 60 | 6 |
| Peg Board / Hang or Campus Board | 9 | 0.9 |
| Abs | 90 | 9 |
| Total Points | 499 | 49.9 |
Visualized into a pie chart, here are my sends and failures from my last ten sessions.
I went on an absolute tear between February 21st and March 18th. My average point total for sessions 21-30 was 49.9, +12.45 points from the last stretch!
I’m really happy how these ten sessions went, especially given how I took a minor step back in my second set of sessions compared to my first. The only knock on this stretch was I completely ignored regular exercises (as you can tell from my warmup and cooldown stats).
The main tweak I made was reintroducing pyramiding grades of problems for warm up (starting at V0, working up to V1, V2, etc.). Overall, doing so brought up the volume of problems I did in each session and my overall point totals.
Aside from the high level stats, I’m happy with how my failures worked out in this third stretch — I pushed myself considerably including a few tries at V7s and V8s.
Looking forward to the next ten sessions.
Best session in this stretch: 3/10/2018 – 91.5 points, ironically exactly a month from my prior PR.
Worst session: 3/5/2018 – 37 points. Tough day where I couldn’t send a particular V5.
