·     Some commonly used terms you will find in my training log.

          PVC – these are breathing exercises (movements) done with a piece of PVC pipe

·       ISG – Ivanko Super Grippers

·       ARC - Aerobic, Respiration, and Capillarity.  This is where you get on and stay on a climbing wall for extended lengths of time without stopping with the goal of increasing local endurance in the climbing muscles or fingers, forearms, and toes.

·       KB = Kettle Bell

·       Hang Board is a device used to increase finger strength for climbing.  A “board” with various holds on which you “hang” with weight either added or subtracted from body weight.

·       40 degree chest pulls – this is a board at a 40 degree angle with climbing holds on it – I can either do simple pulls like inverted rows – or actually climb up and down it

·       Block Weights – are one end of a dumb bell lifted by pinching the sides

·       Leverage Squat machine – a design of my own for doing squats that is easier on my lower back.  It does have a mechanical advantage – the weight on my shoulders is less than the weight listed

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