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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 \• June 29, 2011

food journal 008

I stopped eating about 11:00 pm on Tuesday. On Wednesday… Wednesday, June 29th, 2011. Yeah. I ignored my food journal all day on Wednesday, and have left the recording of what I ate until now, Thursday morning. Even though this post is published on Wednesday, I am actually writing it Thursday morning. One of the [...]

Nutrition \• June 28, 2011

food journal 007

The fast from day six, with which Tuesday started, was going to be longer than normal anyway, to help me overcome jet-lag more quickly, by resetting my eating clock to west-coast time. But it grew extra prolonged as I refrained from eating, thinking that I would be eating breakfast out. By 8:00 am it was [...]

Nutrition \• June 27, 2011

food journal 006

Began to eat bites of stuff I was preparing only at 8 am, breakfast at 9 am. Coffee w/ heavy cream 3 eggs fried in butter 4 oz sweet potato fried in bacon grease 3 strips bacon 1 patty of sausage 2 cups cooked kale Nothing much until close to lunch time, then, while shopping, [...]

Conditioning \• June 27, 2011

my monday conditioning

Yes, I did some conditioning work today, even as the clock ticks away counting down to our trip to Oregon. Monday, round about 1:00 pm, from my home. Warm-Up 20 double unders. Brief mobility work. Conditioning 25 burpees walk to course start 800 meter run (1/2 mile run) walking cool down, 2 min 25 burpees [...]

Nutrition \• June 26, 2011

going hungry

Some Thoughts on the Benefits of Intermittent Fasting What little I understand of this subject is derived from my own research in the medical literature and also from I.F. gurus like Martin Berkhan and Brad Pilon. When I am being good, I maintain a pretty mellow practice of intermittent fasting. I try to enter a [...]

Health Reports \• June 26, 2011

food journal 005

Sunday, June 26th, 2011 Coffee w/ heavy cream… and skipped breakfast, except I did have some grapes. Around 8:00 am I did about a 20 minute walk pushing the stroller with James. Beautiful day. Weight in mid-morning: 194.5 lbs About 11:30 pm: a big tablespoon of peanut butter and some bites of sausage. About 12:00 [...]

Cheat Days \• June 25, 2011

food journal 004

Saturday June 25th 2011 Woke up bloated and distended from Friday night’s binge eating session. Breakfast (about 8:00 am): 3 scrambled eggs, 5 strips of bacon. Coffee w/ heavy cream. Morning coffee (about 11:00 am): coffee w/ half half No lunch, alas. At work from 12:30 to 3:30 Sparkling water in the afternoon. At the [...]

Cheat Days \• June 24, 2011

food journal 003

In a war, you can’t expect to win every battle. And so, perhaps it will not shock readers to learn that I lost the battle of Friday. Actually, it was worse than losing a battle. My troops completely surrendered and burned an effigy of their general. But I will return… with renewed resolve. After I [...]

Strength Day \• June 24, 2011

friday OHS pr … again

I got up so early, so very very early, hoping to have enough time to execute an ambitious workout plan at Asheville Strength and Conditioning, but for some reason, I just didn’t have time. I did, however, attain another sick PR, redeeming the entire week, and earning me some chocolate milk even in the midst [...]

Health Reports \• June 23, 2011

food journal 002

Thursday 23 Jun 2011 After 8:00 am: Coffee w/ half half and coffee w/ heavy cream 2 eggs fried sauteed spinach (about 1 cup) fritter of ripe banana, coconut flour, egg & butter 2 pieces of sausage 2 strips of bacon Around 12:00 pm: bite of leftover pancake 1/2 leftover sausage spoon full of almond [...]

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