About Training Board

My name is Matt Baldwin and in this blog I record my fitness and workout routines, and I discuss diet and weight loss techniques. I also publish reflections or reviews of various fitness and nutrition related topics that interest me.

I am into CrossFit and I work out with the crew at CrossFit Asheville here in Asheville, NC.

If anything I have posted seems useful to you, let me know with a comment.
December 30, 2009

Begin the Begin

Some weighted pull-ups (I did 5×5 w/ + 5 – 12.5 lbs) followed by a speedy Met-Con involving three rounds of deadlifts, push-ups and box jumps… though I did step ups because of my legs. Time: 4:59.

December 29, 2009

Deadlift, Muscle Ups, Clean and Jerk

New 3 rep max PR on Deadlift, 290 lbs; plus 40 (band assisted) muscle ups and 5×5x95 clean and jerks.

December 28, 2009

Back Squat and Gone in Sixty Seconds

Back Squat, 5×5 rep work sets, at 78% of 1RM (145 lbs). Gone in Sixty Seconds, 227 reps.

December 24, 2009

364 Reasons to Love CrossFit

An exceptionally challenging (but fun) endurance WOD with 12 different exercises and a total of 364 reps.

December 22, 2009

Squat, Press and Pull

Strength Tuesday: Back Squats 5×3 Max Effort (160 x 3, failed trying for 170 x 3); and Shoulder Presses (5 x 5 x 100);

December 21, 2009

Divine Intervention

The birth of my second child, James Zebediah, is a divine intervention into my scheduled, and managed life. The way we deal with the rhythms and routines of life is to embrace change and disorder without while not bringing it within.

December 18, 2009

Let it Snow (Where’s Baby?)

Hang Power Cleans 5 rep M.E. 5 x 65 / 5 x 85 / 5 x 105 / 5 x 115 / 2 x 126, fail on 3 / 5 x 126. “Snow Day” 12 minute AMRAP: 6 rounds and 4 reps.

December 15, 2009

Open to Strength

New PRs in 5 RM Back Squat (150 lbs) and 3 RM Shoulder Press (120 lbs). Plus 30 muscle ups.

December 14, 2009

Split Jerk and Rowing Helen

Split Jerk 5 Rep Max 125 lbs; Helen with Rowing 400m instead of the 400m run, and 20kg kettlebell: 12:45. Plus my first ever set of 10 kipping pull-ups!

December 13, 2009

Making Grades

“I paid for a hamburger, not a shitburger. Why have you given me a shitburger?”

hi mom!