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  • Finger Strength and Climbing.

    Finger Strength and Climbing.

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThe more often you boulder and climb, the stronger the muscles that pull the tendons to your fingers become, and the stronger those muscles become, the higher the grade of your climbs. Hand holds are not the rungs of a ladder or via ferrata. Sometimes you can use your entire hand but…

  • Thoughts on the Garmin Vivosmart 4

    Thoughts on the Garmin Vivosmart 4

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    Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Garmin Vivosmart 4 is the first activity tracker that I see tracking descent as well as ascent. It is yet another fitness tracker and in theory I had no need for it as my Suunto Spartan Wrist HR Baro and my Apple Watch Series 4 do almost the same thing. I…

  • 100 Move Day Goals reached

    100 Move Day Goals reached

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI have 100 move day goals reached. The difficulty of this goal depends on how high you set the bar. If you set the bar at two hundred calories a day then the goal is easy to achieve. If you set the goal at 500 or 600 calories then the achievement is…

  • A theoretical Seven Minute Workout a day

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesSeven Minute Workout for 36 days For about six weeks I have been trying to do at least one seven-minute workout every single day. I eventually fell out of the habit for a few days because I had to fight a little virus. I’m feeling better again. Time to see if I…

  • The SUUNTO SPARTAN SPORT WRIST HR BLUE

    The SUUNTO SPARTAN SPORT WRIST HR BLUE

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI have logged 799 activities with my Suunto devices. This includes hikes, via ferrata, climbing, swimming and scuba diving. I like Suunto devices because their battery life is good enough to last through entire days of hiking and the battery lasts for weeks between charges when used as a simple watch. I…

  • The High Tech World is not making us weak and weird.

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThe High Tech world is not making us weak and weird. I believe that the opposite is true. According to Patrick Mustain in his article “Welcome to the Devolution: The High-Tech World Is Making Us Weak and Weird” for The Daily Beast he worries that modern technology and conveniences have taken the…

  • Amersports and Sports tracker

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday Amer Sports announced that it has bought Sports tracker. Sports Tracker is an application that I have been using since I had the Nokia N95 8GB. I used it on symbian, iOS and Android devices over the years. What I love about this app is the way it displays information about…