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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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Conditioning \• November 30, 2011

renewal

Oh I got a good and early start on Wednesday. I’m feeling good again. Good, for the first time in weeks, and getting back towards 100%. I’d call it 85%+. The danger for me always is, when I feel good I forget to take the best possible care of myself. Going forward, I need to [...]

Workouts \• November 28, 2011

gently easing back into it

This is my 7th week of illness, and my 18th week of post-broken-radius recovery. As for the sickness, I really am getting better. But I’m not out of the woods yet. Still on antibiotics, and filled with mucosity, coughing, sore spots in the throat, etc. I’m working on this! As for the broken arm, I [...]

Health Reports \• November 25, 2011

wtf sinuses? chronic sinusitis and me

An Evil Six-Week Cold As of today, I’ve been suffering with a variety of evil cold and flu like symptoms for a hellish six weeks. Twice already, the symptoms have been so bad that I’ve visited my doctor; first back on Halloween and again this week. Both doctor visits resulted in an antibiotic prescription, even [...]

Rest Days \• November 21, 2011

unplanned rest

Monday morning. Sunday evening I cancelled my training, got T to cover 6:00 am open gym. I cancelled my work, all my classes. I am sick. Sore throat, sinuses, continued semi-productive cough in the chest. My mouth is dry and pasty and painful. This sucks ass. I first started feeling sick on Friday, the 21st [...]

Conditioning \• November 19, 2011

sick days

Wasn’t going to work out on Saturday. Because I was feeling like death. Pretty sick, really. No sleep the night before, at all. Abused in body mind and spirit. But there I was at open gym. Alone. All alone. And although it had been a freezing morning, by about 10:00 am it was warming up, [...]

Strength Day \• November 18, 2011

squat squat squat

Workout Friday, Nov. 18th, 2011 Warm-Up 1000 m ergometer row, easy pace Mobility Hips, Hams, Quads, Calves, Shoulders, Forearms, Wrists; Thoracic Training Squat: 2 x 5 x 45 / 5 x 145 / 3 x 195 / 2 x 225 / 1 x 240 / 3 x 5 x 242.5. Not as bad as Monday’s [...]

Strength Day \• November 16, 2011

hump day follies

Wed. Nov. 16th, 2011 Warm-Up: AirDyne Mobility: Hips, Hams, Quads, Calves, Ankles, Shoulders, Forearms, Wrists Deadlifts (w/ fat grip bar): 5 x 70 / 5 x 110 / 3 x 140 / 2 x 160 / 1 x 180 / 3 x 200, F on 4 / 8 x 2 x 160 lbs. This was [...]

Strength Day \• November 14, 2011

monday PR

Workout, Monday, November 14th, 2011 Monday, about 5:10 am, I rolled into Asheville Strength and Conditioning. Great session. New squat PR. And I even have it on video! See below. If you have USEFUL comments on my form, please share them. Do be aware, though, that I already know that I basically suck … that [...]

Workouts \• November 11, 2011

creeping back up

Went to ASC early this morning, about 5:10 am, and got my squat on! After a brief hiatus, and a little reset, now the weight is starting to creep back up. Sleep is a problem lately, because the kids are sick. Heck, I am sick. As of today it’s been three weeks of coughing, hacking, [...]

Conditioning \• November 9, 2011

the second goal

In recent months, it’s always the same. Wednesdays are my deadlifting days. And now, having just yesterday settled some issues with help from Andrew G — who convinced me that I really have only two goals: first squat 300 and second deadlift 400 — it seems that Wednesday deadlift days are a fundamental part of [...]

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