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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 [...]

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 [...]

Active Rest \• May 20, 2011

mon wed thu fri this week

Monday hit CFA 6:00 am warm up included shoulder work then did the WOD. Best OHS # was 12 x 95. Will look up the rest. Afternoon included multiple rounds of jump rope and wood chopping and splitting with axe, 10 lb sledge and 5 lb wedge. Also: pull ups dead hang weighted 1 x [...]

Cheat Days \• May 29, 2010

Kimberly Lakeshore Elk Mountain Riverside (17k ride)

A bike ride. A discussion of some health problems that have hit hard this week.

Cheat Days \• May 22, 2010

Southeast Warrior Dash 2010 CFA Stylee

CrossFit Asheville made a great showing at the Southeast Warrior Dash 2010, in Mountain City, GA. In terms of overall results, I placed 15th in my age group (among the Saturday racers), and 247th overall… out of 5455 contestants (that’s top 5%)! The crew from AshevilleRustan Adcock, Kim Schwartz,Britt Cannon, Matt Baldwin and Brian Cohen [...]

Cheat Days \• April 17, 2010

The Sugars

200 meter sprints, plus push-ups, burpees, and squats. Loads of fun. A solo workout at the UNCA track.

Cheat Days \• March 21, 2010

Epic Excess

Another cheat day leads me out of the Paleo-Zone and into the land of excessive sugar consumption.

Cheat Days \• January 27, 2010

Fall of Troy (Get Up, Turkey)

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

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.

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