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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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Outdoor Recreation \• June 30, 2010

monday tuesday wednesday

Surfing 11: Indian Beach on Monday Afternoon Monday morning I lifted (see previous post), and then Monday afternoon Sean and I surfed Indian Beach. We were among perhaps five foolhardy surfers out on a gray rainy afternoon near high tide. It was actually really fun. Five to six foot swells, the north side channel was [...]

Strength Day \• June 28, 2010

Back (Squats) at the Beach

Workout today: moving rocks, kipping pull ups and power clean and jerks (up to 140 x 5) and back squats (up to 160 x 8). Warm-Up Moved 10 large rocks (45-75 lbs each), mostly in overhead position, and shoveled sand (working on the path to the beach) Walking on the beach, wading in the creek. [...]

Outdoor Recreation \• June 26, 2010

Green Lake Loop (2.8 mile run)

2.8 miles, 23:15 (8:18 min/mile pace). Also: set of 10 burpees immediately followed by bleacher run (at the boathouse, same as yesterday’s round). Handstand and rolling practice in the afternoon, running around barefoot in the grass in the sunny afternoon with the kids.

Outdoor Recreation \• June 25, 2010

Boathouse Burpee Sprints

Friday morning I went out into the gray drizzle around Green Lake and did a brief warm-up and work out. Warm-Up Light running, karaoke, suicide sprinting down the lines of a soccer field. Stretches. 10 squats, 10 elevated feet push-ups, 10 kipping ring pull-ups. Workout 5 rounds of: 10 burpees as fast as possible followed [...]

Strength Day \• June 22, 2010

Deadlift and Press (5/3/1 phase II)

5/3/1 A beautiful day… oh wow. Time to lift. Warm-Up Jump rope, minutes, including double under practice. Shoulder dislocates. Overhead squats with 45 lb bar (10). Broomstick shoulder press. Broomstick deadlifts. Press 5/3/1 Phase II (70/80/90). Base weight: 112.5 Result: 80 x 3 / 90 x 3 / 100 x 13 This was ok. In [...]

Outdoor Recreation \• June 21, 2010

Flat Waters Rock

Surfing 10: Arch Cape Monday morning during breakfast hours I hit the surf right here in Arch Cape. It was irresistible out there: smooth, high tide, no wind except a light SW breeze, great light and temperature, and rolling, semi-predictable 3 to 4 foot swell. It was just a bit dicey getting out. Humps were [...]

Outdoor Recreation \• June 20, 2010

Father’s Day

Surfing 09: Oswald Sunday was father’s day and I went surfing with my dad at Oswald. Totally great times! 2-3 foot swell, minimal wind and chop, and “high low” tide conditions. It was overcast, but there was good light and some hints of the sun. Overall the conditions were not as cool as they were [...]

Outdoor Recreation \• June 19, 2010

South End

A perfect day,

Health Reports \• June 19, 2010

Giardiasis

My mother was the first one to suggest that I might have Giardia. Yael was describing my illness to her on Wednesday and she just immediately spat out, “Giardia. He has Giardia.” She is an intuitive, armchair doctor, and always thinks she can diagnose things over the phone. So, initially, I refused to even consider [...]

Outdoor Recreation \• June 18, 2010

Sweet Session

Surfing 07: Indian Beach By Thursday evening I could see that the weather would clear up Friday. I was still feeling ill, but I wasn’t blind or numb. The sky was clear. The temperature was rising. The winds were softening. A half moon hung over the water. Friday morning I set out for dawn patrol [...]

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