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.
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.

December 2nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Nutrition, The Zone | 7 comments
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.

November 2nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: The Zone | One comment
March 8, 2009

Revisiting “the Zone”

Explores my CrossFit inspired rediscovery of “the Zone” diet, 14 years after the original publication of Barry Sears’ 1995 book, Enter the Zone. In my own experience, the Zone-favorable diet is the best way to control your weight and promote your overall health and well-being.

March 8th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Nutrition, Reviews, The Zone, Weight Loss Arsenal | 2 comments
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