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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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Strength Day \• January 13, 2012

fasted training

Friday morning at the gym I was in a very fasted state, running at about 19 hours (10:30 am to 5:30 am) when I got to work. Of course I drank some BCAAs before I began. Strength Warm Up karaoke, Airdyne for 5, floor work, bear crawl, knee raises, ballistic legs, mountain clmbers, stretching hips, [...]

Strength Day \• January 11, 2012

even bigger wednesday

Early start at ASC. Warm-Up: a few minutes on the Airdyne, then various things like power skips, high knees, deadlift walks, karaoke, mountain climbers, leg swings, then static stretching. Deadlift: 10 x 45 / 5 x 155 / 3 x 245 / 1 x 300 / 5 x 310 (PR). During deadlift and press work: [...]

Conditioning \• January 9, 2012

big monday

Super early start at ASC. Felt great to be there today. Warm-Up and Mobility: 500 meters on the C2. Then a variety of things like power skips, high knees, karaoke steps, mountain climbers, ballistic leg swings; and the usual mobilizing stretches. Squat: 5 x 45 / 5 x 155 / 3 x 225 / 1 [...]

Health Reports \• January 8, 2012

week 1: new twelve week cycle begins today

Today marks the start of two parallel but different 12 week cycles in my program. They are (a) a training cycle, and (b) a cycle of attempting to change the composition of my body. The 12 week cycle runs from today, January 8th, 2012, through March 31st, 2012. This post is a brief report on [...]

Strength Day \• January 6, 2012

Birthday PR: new squat 1 RM

So, I’m 43 years old now. Friday AM at the gym I was encouraged by Matt Smith to get a new PR. So I set out after a new 1 RM in the squat. It’s been a long time since I did a day of heavy singles for maximum effort. Warm-Up: about 200 meters on [...]

Strength Day \• January 4, 2012

deadlift PR fun

Back at ASC in the morning. Happy freaking new year! Fasted training on BCAAs and Jack3d, of course. That’s always the case… unless otherwise noted. A little jetlagged; not quite enough sleep. But good enough for an easy workout. Warm-Up: Jump rope, bear crawls, power skips, deadlift walk, mountain climbers. Some reps of: 15 lb [...]

Weight Loss Arsenal \• January 1, 2012

my new year’s resolution: body recomposition

I got six real resolutions, none of which directly impact my training, except that if I can keep them, I’ll be a better athlete and trainee, because I’ll be a better person. Those are between me, my God, and my family. But I’ve got a seventh resolution, that does impact my training. And so I’ll [...]

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