So I'm reading Dave MacLeod's book "9 out of 10 climbers make the same mistakes". I'm really enjoying it. It talks about the big four: "technique, finger strength, endurance, & body mass", but it doesn't give specific, useful advice about diet. In particular, I'm wondering if I should eat all the girl scout cookies today, so they are not around to temp me all week, or am I better off eating fewer cookies each day but eating cookies on more days?

They are Thin Mints & Peanut Butter Sandwich.

You're best off giving them away and avoiding all kinds of such junk food.

I suggest freezing the thin mints. That way you can burn a few extra calories thawing them in your mouth.

That's an interesting hypothesis. Unfortunately, it's too hard to test now, as I've already had some cookies. I was thinking of eating all the cookies today, and then seeing how long I can hang from my training-board. Then tomorrow I'll eat some cookies and hang from the same holds (with the remaining cookies tied around my waist so my weight would be the same).

I'll adjust my training regiment according to how this experiment works out. Can't wait for spring. I'm going to get so strong with this science-based approach to training.

Excellent! That's exactly the kind of advice I was looking for. Did you know another poster actually suggested *not* eating the cookies. I know! But if you search this thread (and the webmaster doesn't delete such nonsense) you can see it.

Glad to help!

Now where can I find ME some thin mints....

Now where can I find ME some thin mints

Recall, in that Monty Python masterpiece, The Meaning of Life, what one thin mint can do.

Please eat them before your girlfriend gets home. Thank you!

I live by the "you are what you eat" scientific discipline. For example, birds have an excellent strength/weight ratio. I mean, hell, they're so strong they can just flap their wings and take off. So anyway, since the wings probably are the most strength-to-weightiest part of them, I had about 15 buffalo wings smothered in blue-cheese dressing while sinking ever deeper into the couch and watching the superbowl and drinking beer (note the bubbles in beer - they make it especially light and bubbly!) the other day.

I'm sure the combination of beer and wings will allow me to pull at least another letter grade harder.

I'll report back on how it goes.

In the meantime, I'd suggest you hurry up and finish those cookies, and then buy some of these girlscout cookies:



The hollow circle is a very strong and light form found throughout nature, wherever large area but light weight is required.

They're especially good frozen, with some ice cream sandwiched between two of them.

Cheers!

GO

place them above the hangboard. you only get to eat one after you crank a few off.
keep them under the fridge. you have to lift the fridge to get to them.
etc.