Scott,
You weren’t kidding about the time commitment!. I am halfway through with week 5 on the I&M program and I have seen quite a bit of progress since I started. I just purchased the 24 week program and will start tomorrow morning.
I will attempt to work on both programs simultaneously and see how my body recovers. I feel that it will be a bit tricky to combine the specific strength workout from the I&M program with the core workout from the 24 week plan; there are several days where I will need to combine them. I am also considering skipping the climbing workout from the I&M program to get a bit more of recovery time.
Another issue that will arise as well will be my actual climbing trip, 2 weeks in Ouray followed by hopefully another week in the North East. Not sure how I will feel about working on the 24 week program after a long day of climbing.
Either way I feel exited to have a more structured training plan, just hoping I dont over do it.
Cheers!