Climbing Training & Fitness Goals

On our white board in the kitchen, a friend of ours jokingly wrote "visible 6 pack by July 2011" as one of our goals for the year. I haven't erased it since he wrote it there. 

January and February saw us climbing at the gym every Tuesday and swimming on Sundays. In March, I did boot camp at least twice a week, still climbing, and added dog training to the list. Boot camp was tough but it was good. Short and sweet. 3 sets of 11 different exercises. 1 minute each. I hadn't worked out so hard in a really long time. Leg work is always difficult for me since I hardly ever focus on those muscles when I go climbing. There was an excessive amount of leg work in boot camp.

So, I'm going to spend a little time making myself a nutrition*, fitness and climbing training program for the next three months. The end goal: I would like a visible 6 pack before Folk Fest (July 6th-10th) and have no more than 20% body fat. Also, I want to be a more efficient climber, able to climb all of the routes in the 20s and 30s left from the last bouldering comp (if the routes are still up). There were 75 routes total graded by increasing difficulty and I can do most of the 20s and even #39 but am unable to do the rest of the 30s. 

In my training, I'd like to incorporate the following: yoga, a lot of stretching, meditation, gym climbing, weight training, fingerboard training, some P90X (legs, back, and core/abs), and light running and walking with Faolan. Most of this will be done at home as we have a very tight budget. The sessions should take no more than an hour a day other than our long climbs on Tuesdays at the climbing gym. Those are my fun, social climbing days. Besides, I have studying and dog training on top of all this, not to mention a house undergoing major renovations.

Start date: As soon as I compile most of the info together (hopefully by tomorrow) to July 4th. That's potentially 88 days.

In case you're wondering why I'm not just doing P90X, I think I just need a change of pace and have been feeling more in tune with what my body is asking of me. I know I'll do P90X again, but that program won't necessarily help with my finger strength (of which I am severely lacking). Still, it's a great program I would recommend to anyone with at least an intermediate fitness level.

Some climbing resources I will use for training:
Steph Davis: http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/category/climbing/
Beth Rodden: http://blog.bethrodden.com/
Alli Rainey: http://allirainey.com/home/online-climbing-coaching/
Alli on Prana Blog: http://www.prana.com/blog/2011/02/24/alli-rainey-winter-training-20102011/
Onsite Nutrition: http://www.onsitenutrition.blogspot.com/
Climbinginjuries.com: http://climbinginjuries.com/page/fingers
Eric Hörst: http://trainingforclimbing.com/
Metolius Fingerboard: http://www.metoliusclimbing.com/training_giude.html

*My diet will be very close to what I'm eating now, but likely will add more food, not less. My husband and I have been eating a lot more vegetarian dishes in the last month and it's been fantastic.