Motivation

It was probably about two months ago that I started playing guinea pig for Juergen's Strength class. One of the first things we did was an 3-high endurance pyramid. Basically, you climb up and down a route one time (a nice easy, juggy route, like a 5.4). Then up, down, up down (no touching the ground). Then three times up and down. Then you start back down the pyramid: up/down twice, and up/down once. Those first few times we did the pyramid, it kicked my ass. That 3rd up/down sucked.

Tonight I was able to do a 6-high pyramid. I bet if I pushed it, I could have done 7 (it would have hurt like hell.. and I'd probably have no skin left on my hands... but I probably could have pushed it out). So... lets see, a 6-high pyramid makes (1+2+3+4+5+6+5+4+3+2+1) 36 climbs up and climbs down... you figure I was on a 25 foot-high part of the wall... that's (insert 2 minutes while I do lots of calculations while being uber-tired) 900ish feet up and 900ish feet down? Go me.

Thank you for crafting this class, Juergen. I love having the homework assignments. I love having you push me, I love pushing myself, and I love having different things by which I can measure my progress. Seeing yourself progress, seeing yourself improve... that's the best motivation you can get.