So it has been a month since I installed my Beastmaker 2000 and with at least one session a week on it along with my other training I have noticed some improvement in my grip strength. I can know use the holds suggested in the training plan.

With my ambitions goals for the summer I have had to look at another angle to improve my performance. I have started to do three runs a week in the hope that this will help me drop some weight. My goal weight is 12 stone which would mean losing a stone. My previous attempts to run regularly Have never lasted more than a few weeks but this time I have sorted out a running partner to help make sure I keep it up.

It seems the cold weather and fewer days out climbing have taken their toll on my stamina. A weekend at Brean ended with only a red point of a 6c+ but I have had a play on a few other routes that will hopefully go down on my next visit. I have decided to spend this year red pointing hard. My goal for this year is to complete a climbing pyramid which is a thing a couple of my other climbing friends are doing to. By the end of this year I hope to climb four 7a's, three 7a+'s, two 7b's and one 7b+. If I achieve this I will be very pleased with my years climbing