Jul 20 2008

Campusing Training Videos (Climbing without feet)

Category: Rock ClimbingDmitry @ 7:45 am

Johnny Goicoechea Campusing

Campusing is a climbing exercise or “move” depending on your style :-) where you climb up the wall without using your feet. You don’t have to be able to do this in order to climb — There are plenty of climbers who can climb very hard but can’t even come close to doing what you’re about to see in these videos.

Climbing is not all about power and strength, but it is sure nice to have endless supplies of it!

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Jul 17 2008

Finding a balance in Life

Category: PersonalDmitry @ 2:31 am

Dmitry KalashnikovI am going to share some of my very personal ideas on being balanced and staying on top of things. These things I figured out on my own a while back and I have been perfecting them every day. Being a software developer, I constantly trying to find an improved “algorithm” for … well, Living. I can’t give it all away because it’s too personal but here are a few practical tips and ideas:

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Jul 16 2008

New Climbing Movie Project!

Category: Rock ClimbingDmitry @ 12:53 am

Highball at GoldbarAs many of you already know my friend Johnny Goicoechea and I are making a climbing movie. We have been going climbing every weekend in areas around Seattle (and further) and capturing the best climbs we can find.

It’s all being shot using a very nice hi-def camera, so 10 years from now when everything is in HD, we’ll look back at it and be glad we did :) The plot of the movie is about us, and is about our training for climbing, using gymnastic rings, campusing and other methods. After showing different exercises, we are showing how they apply in real-world situations.

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Jul 13 2008

Jackie Chan and Mitsubishi

Category: PersonalDmitry @ 6:59 am

Jackie Chan has the same car as meJackie Chan loves EVOs (Mitsubishi Evolution) and owns all generations of them (which is 1 through 10). Most of his movies have an Evo chase seen - watch “Who am I”, “Thunderbolt”). As you know, he does his own stunts and most of he is also a great driver.

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Jul 12 2008

Foods to get you ripped

Category: Rock ClimbingDmitry @ 7:40 am

Foods to get you rippedPeople are always wondering what I eat, or if I do any other training besides climbing. I do lots of other stuff, like martial arts, dancing, gymnastic rings, etc. But as far as foods, I actually do have a system that balances my energy.

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