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Weightlifting, nutrition, paleolithic and "Zone" dieting, weight loss, my workouts, and reflections and reviews of various related topics that interest me. But mostly, I just use this blog to track my workouts.

If anything I have posted seems useful to you, let me know with a comment.

About Me

I'm a level I "sports performance certified" USAW coach, and I train, and work as an assistant coach at Asheville Strength and Conditioning, a great little gym here in Asheville, N.C.

I work with clients who want to get strong and fit, and specialize in helping older, detrained individuals reclaim their fitness and youthful athleticism.

Also, it should be said that I used to train with, and still love many of the folks down at CrossFit Asheville. A lot of the older portions of this blog deals with CrossFit and reflects my earlier fascination with CrossFit's "fitness as sport" model of training. I've learned a lot from CrossFit since I first discovered it, back in late 2008, even though my own training is now more focused on developing pure strength and capacity in the basic strength lifts.

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Cheat Days \• September 19, 2009

animum adeptare

A normal Saturday work-out day is followed by a night on the town with my CFA buds, leading to a wicked drinking binge. Ouch!

Cheat Days \• September 18, 2009

A Greater High

Another awesome Friday morning at CrossFit Asheville. Thrusters. Ball Slams, Pull-Ups, and High Box Jumps. Lots of fun. But then I ended up eating and drinking a bit too much. That’s the weekend for you.

Active Rest \• September 17, 2009

Squat Therapy

Took a rest day today, with a little active recovery this morning. A heavy, 30 minute stretching and yoga session focusing on hips, calves, and hamstrings. This was followed by 30 reps of assisted squats as squat therapy (basically using an door in an open position). Reps continuous. Why do this now? See my post [...]

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• September 16, 2009

Over Under Through

The workout was fun and sweaty, but comments from Corey left me thinking about how I can improve my form, and with it, my performance.

Is It Paleo? \• September 15, 2009

Yeah, but is it Paleo? Black Beans

Tackling the question: are Black Beans acceptable on the Paleolithic diet? The answer is, it depends on how flexible you are feeling. And how the beans are prepared.

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• September 14, 2009

Hardcore

A demanding CrossFit Asheville WOD involving Push-Jerk training and a MetCon with 400 meter sprints and max rep Clean and Jerks with 103 lbs. Quick and dirty. My favorite kind of workout. New 3 rep max Push Jerk PR: 140 lbs.

Active Rest \• September 13, 2009

Avenue as Guru

A brief and mellow Sunday ride reminds me of how rolling on blacktop can be a kind of somatic learning experience. The avenue can be a guru.

Rest Days \• September 12, 2009

CrossFit Asheville and Friends at the 2009 Citizen-Times Half-Marathon

Four members of CrossFit Asheville competed in the Citizen Times Half Marathon this year, and all of their finishes, all sub 2:00, speak volumes about the effectiveness of CrossFit training. This blog post also contains pictures of a couple of my other friends. In this post: Rustan Adcock, Katie McNabb Nery, Tom Rehm, Frank Castelblanco, Jody Kuhne, Greg Clemons and Kim Stewart, Shonna Campbell, and local legend Charles Dotson.

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• September 11, 2009

Belching Fire

Friday morning’s CrossFit Asheville WOD was called “The Belch” and the Skill work was doing Turkish Get Ups. I felt good, really good, recovered and energized after the previous day of rest and calorie packing (Thursday was a 3500 calorie day, but not a cheat day, unless you count the one processed food item I [...]

Rest Days \• September 10, 2009

Ow

SOOO sore today (my back, hamstrings, calves, ankle tendons, especially on the right… see my posts on the single support deadlifts yesterday and deadlifts the day before). After three days on pretty full blast, it’s a good thing it’s a rest day today. I’m a bit worried about my lower right leg. My old break [...]

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