I thought it might be a fun idea to write a journal of our activity level for one week. This is not a new thing for us, as we’ve kept training journals in the past, but we always slack off on maintaining them for more than a few days.

Why is this a good idea? Because we can look back and see what we’ve done, to amp it up for the next round. We will also be able to see trends on how diet/sleep/stress-levels effect energy and performance. Ultimately this will help to keep us operating at a very high level. (note: there are always those crap days where you just can’t perform to your optimum level no matter what, and that is okay…its just how it goes sometimes)

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We are a little behind in posting on the blog because I, Jake, normally will write the bulk of them, and Jilly will make them sound good (and she has been REALLY BUSY)…

So with that, we have to fill you in on all the details of our lives. If you keep up with our blog, you will have noticed the “You’re Not Hardcore” series starting to unveil. Inbetween working and training, we haven’t had a lot of quality time (as we used to). So, we like to have date night’s and do something fun (and different) to keep the spark alive 🙂

So with that, I give you this month’s “Date Night” extravaganza:

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Rock climbing is a physically and mentally demanding sport. It will test your strength, endurance, agility, and balance along with your mental control. In rock climbing, climbs have grades that describe the difficulty and danger that you can expect with a climb. The grading system factors several qualities including the technical demand of the moves, strength and stamina required, the level of committment (mental control) required and the difficulty of protection. Anything that is considered rock climbing requires the use of a 3 point stance (Two hands and a foot or two feet and a hand) on the rock, and it begins at level 5.0. This is called the Yosemite Decimal System.

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