General notes, relevant to supplementation and general progress:
1) Glucosamine Sulfare or Sulfate Salts (Rottapharm) is probably useful as it reduces markers of collagen degradation and thus probably reduces progression towards problematic side effects of too much climbing.
2) Chondroitin appears to be pointless.
3) High calcium intake is very important for climbing health; providing a surplus (in conjunction with other vitamins, e.g. D and K2 - fortunately found in butter/ghee) will go far towards preventing unnecessary injuries.
4) There's very little evidence supporting ZMA specifically, but it's handy if you're low in the ingredients.
5) Importantly, it's probably not a good idea to climb every day. Alternating days of climbing and lifting - when climbing's even possible - probably reigns here. That's also good because it provides a great excuse for getting back on the lifting wagon and reclaiming the old body.
Also probably time to start sketching out an outline for that cardio manifesto I've been toying with.
For supplements, I'm generally skeptical of anything that's associated with reduced symptoms unless it's acting on the underlying; I'm concerned about my fingers hurting because I don't want to fuck them up, not because it's painful.
