The beginning

I've a good few years climbing under the belt now and at age thirtysix and with a two year old child i'm finding it very difficult to progress to the level of climbing I desire. It's the start of winter and the perfect time to get into it. Had a good personal coaching session at Ratho today with 'McGeek' who is now preparing a training programme to last about four months with the goal of arriving in spring fitter, stronger and leading 7a comfortably and bouldering at a much higher grade. I'm currently leading 6b/6b+ without too much trouble and boulder at V3/V4. My reason for blogging is primarily selfish as I need to keep a training log over the coming months and figure this to be a good way of doing so. I've also like most climbers read a lot about how to improve your climbing but rarely by anyone holding down a normal desk based 9-5 job and bringing up a family at the same time. It's a large juggling act to find the time to train effectively and requires a lot of motivation to do so. I'm hoping to gain some insights and perhaps provide some for anyone interested in improving their climbing under these very normal circumstances.