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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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Workouts \• January 30, 2010

Cycle’s End

The last WOD of the latest cycle, and it was a doozy. Weighted ring dips. And a Tabata protocol Mash-Up of Wall Ball shots (12 lbs) with box step-ups (20″), rest 3 min, then Kettlebell Swings (1.5 pood / 53 lbs) and

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• January 29, 2010

Heavy Daze, Again

Power Cleans (set new 1 RM at 155 and new 3 RM at 145), and Heavy Daze, Again, with 175 lbs, again, finishing in 4:49, a 26 second improvement over my last time, Aug. 31st, 2009.

Cheat Days \• January 27, 2010

Fall of Troy (Get Up, Turkey)

A buttload of Turkish Get-Ups. A Paleo Cheat Day.

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• January 25, 2010

Our Lady (Po Mo Fran Again)

A mixed result on “Our Lady Micah,” but I did use Rx’d weights for Fran (95 lbs, no assistance bands). 3×75 on the Snatch Balance.

Cheat Days \• January 23, 2010

The “Paleo” Cheat Day (Coco-Cocoa-Banana Pudding Recipe)

An experimental recipe for a pretty tasty Paleo “Coco-Cocoa-Banana-Pudding” creates a great opportunity for overeating and storing a few extra calories as fat.

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• January 23, 2010

Vitality (“Running Elbell”)

An exhausting and difficult WOD, involving Rowing on the Erg, KB swings, and K2Es. Skill work: skin the cats.

Rest Days \• January 22, 2010

Foiled by a Sleepless Night

A night without sleep foils a planned workout.

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• January 20, 2010

Heavy KBs and Clean Rowing

Kettlebell swings, 10 x 45 / 10x 53 / 5 x 10 x 2 pood. Then: 4 rounds of Clean and Jerks and Rowing for Watts, max reps (used 120 lbs): 24 reps and 1276 watts.

Strength Day \• January 19, 2010

Deadlifts Muscle Ups Handstand Pushups

Deadlift work-sets at 250 lbs (5 x 5), plus red band assisted handstand push-ups (total of 16) and (mostly) blue-band assisted muscle-ups (total of 20). Didn’t get in all the sets I wanted but it was better than nothing.

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• January 18, 2010

Back Squat and Rando

Back Squat 5 Rep Max Effort: 160 lbs. “Rando” (200/150/100 m Farmer’s Walk, 21/15/9 OHS, and 10/10/10 Burpee-Pull-Ups) at 17:45. 45# and 65# on the Walk and OHS, respectively. A nice morning.

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