u/Rotem_

Hello!

I have a 2016)(!) XPS 13 I got from my aunt and it's a great laptop.

The battery doesn't work and it needs to stay plugged-in, but other than that its great, I use it at home all of the time for general browsing and watching stuff and I really like it.

Next year I'll begin university, majoring in math and physics and will need a functioning laptop, and I really want an XPS just because I really like its build and quality.

However, new ones are expensive to me, and I don't really need crazy power or anything, so I thought to get a second hand one.

Which year and spec do you think will be best for me?

I don't have a strict budget, but don't want to spend more than I need to get a functioning laptop for my studies. prefer to save the rest of the money for an iPad.

What would you get (with the hope that I will find a decent one in marketplace)?

Thanks!

Hi guys,

This is going to be a bit long so sorry in advance...

In short, what schedule should I follow if I have all of the time and don't want to get injured.

I've just come back from an 8 month trip, and I'm a bit heavier, a lot weaker, but more stoked than ever to improve at climbing.

I'm 24 years old and have been climbing for a couple of years now, but not so seriously. Sport climbing on weekends in the season, and going to the gym occasionally, with a lot of few months breaks in the middle.

On my trip now I had a short time of bouldering outside and it was absolutely amazing, and gave me serious motivation to up my game.

I've climbed some 6B and 6B+ in a session, and tried some 7A's. No luck on the 7A's but it felt completely possible if I had more time.

Also, I have two or three months until I will get a job again, so I want to invest this time in improving at bouldering as much as I can. I don't have a specific goal in mind since the outdoor season where I live will be only in the next winter, but I would just like to improve as much as possible in the following month, and maybe go on a bouldering trip in summer.

When bouldering before, I was mostly strong in slopers, compression moves and long moves on big holds.

My finger strength is very bad, as I can barely hang on a 20 mm edge with bodyweight (I say very bad because all of my friends can do that easily, maybe it's normal).

The problem is that now I feel after travel that I'm heavier and weaker all through my upper body, so nothing feels like "my style" anymore.

So now I can climb and train as much as I want, but don't want to get injured by over doing anything.

I was thinking about climbing two days on, one day off.

First climbing day, limit bouldering (maybe kilter to help with my fingers? maybe hard problems in my gym).

Second climbing day, volume day, climb a lot of flash level stuff which is v4 in my gym, and then do strength training in the end:

Pullups, dips, glute bridge for those heel hooks, shoulder press and core. Both for climbing, and for my general well being. I don't like feeling like a noodle, which is how I feel these days.

In the rest day, stretching and maybe a long easy run to help with the weight I gained and for general fitness.

How does it sound? Will you add hangboarding? Should I do one day on one day off? Should I do some training in the limit bouldering day?

I am a bit lost here on how to utilize my time best, so any insights will be much appreciated.

Thanks!

Edit: should I also do some prehab work? Is it important in my stage of climbing? If so, what and when?