u/West-Firefighter-568

Fingers already injured or just on the edge?

I have been climbing indoor for 15 months. Generally 3x a week for the first 13 months, 2-3 hour long session. Recently I have increased that to volume to 3-4x a week (every other day) for 3-4 hours. Usually about an hour of warm up into limit bouldering attempts. My grade has risen extremely quickly in the last two months, but I know this is unsustainable and I may already be injured.

I am 6'2.5" (189cm) and weigh 160 pounds (72.5kg), if it is relevant.

Yesterday I went to try hangboarding at the beginning of my session and discovered that a 30mm deadhang for 10 seconds took real effort. I could only do a 25mm edge for 8 seconds.

I was able to do 3 pull ups on a 17mm edge just five months into climbing, so ten months ago. I went to try it again on the same doorframe recently and was too scared to even lift my feet off the ground cause it felt very uncomfortable to do so.

I never notice any pain when climbing, or outside of it. Even after the terrible hangboarding results I hopped on the TB2 after an hour of easy climbing and was climbing V4 classics and very close to V5 classics (40 degrees).

I am going to take the next two weeks off, at minimum, of hard/board climbing and just focus on footwork on easy problems. However I am a bit worried that my fingers are already injured and this won't be something I can quickly bounce back from.

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u/West-Firefighter-568 — 2 days ago

Shoes genuinely need a half-rand repair within 3 weeks - What am I doing wrong

I am a beginner climber, been climbing about 15 months. I climb around V4-V5 on TB2 to give you an idea of the stuff I am climbing. Only climb indoor.
Within the last 3 weeks since I bought a pair of (discounted, luckily) Arpia V's, I've probably spent about 40 hours in the gym. No hole yet, but rubber is nearly worn down to the bottom. I genuinely have no idea what I am doing so poorly. My first pair of shoes lasted about 6 months, about 156 hours in the gym before they had a hole.
I don't really know what to do because I can't really afford to replace/resole my shoes every month. I suppose the advice is going to be to only climb easy stuff until my technique improves, but that seems like it will take years before my technique and strength align.

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u/West-Firefighter-568 — 3 days ago

4 days on Wellbutrin XCL 150mg - Feel high

So I just started taking Wellbutrin 4 days ago.
I keep sitting on my PC late at night and thinking "damn im so high"
And then I realize I haven't actually smoked any weed yet
Is this normal?

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u/West-Firefighter-568 — 5 days ago