About Training Board

My name is Matt Baldwin and in this blog I record my fitness and workout routines, and I discuss diet and weight loss techniques. I also publish reflections or reviews of various fitness and nutrition related topics that interest me.

I am into CrossFit and I work out with the crew at CrossFit Asheville here in Asheville, NC.

If anything I have posted seems useful to you, let me know with a comment.
February 4, 2010

Reflecting on the May 22nd Program

I review the rules of my program and discuss my recent compliance, or lack of compliance, with it.

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.

January 5, 2010

The Evils of Sugar

A lecture by Dr. Robert Lustig of UCSF on the fact that dietary Sugar, esp. its Fructose component, is an environmental toxin that is killing us, primarily by causing obesity.

December 2, 2009

Quality versus Quantity

I address the debate between the Quantity and Quality approaches to diet; Zone versus Paleo? Paleo-Zone? As usual, I end up straddling the fence.

November 22, 2009

Airport Eating and the American Diet

A rest day and travel day finds me trying to eat breakfast while in the airports of Asheville and Charlotte. Which leads to another rant on American eating habits.

November 11, 2009

After Fasting

I complete my first ever full day fast. In this post I debrief on the experience and consider its effects on my body, mind, and spirit.

November 7, 2009

Purposive Cheating

Another planned cheat day reminds me of the purpose of cheating on purpose.

November 2, 2009

On Zone Blocks, and my Zone Prescription

Close readers of this blog know that I use Barry Sears’ “Zone” diet system as the foundation of my eating plan. And that, like many CrossFitters who are into the Zone, I eat a high-fat version of the diet. In this post I break down my thinking about how much I am eating, when I eat it, and why.

October 28, 2009

Push Back

Training Cycle: Week 4/6 (Work Week)Dietary Cycle: Week 1/3 (Building)Daily Calorie Target: 3350 (Zone “blocks:” approx 23 pro/cho [161 g / 207 g], 69 fat [207 g])Second WOD of this Week
My sleep was horrible. Not sure why. Probably I should cut back on TV and computer after the dinner hour. 1 block [...]

October 25, 2009

My Experiment with Calorie Cycling

On a rest day, I do a quick examination of my attempt, over the past 9 weeks, to use calorie cycling to meet my body composition goals.

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