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 12, 2009

Cold Work

Sub 40 degrees outside, and the coaches away at a meet. Time to get cold with some outdoor parkour and calisthenics!

December 12, 2009

Today’s Parkour Skills

Some parkour techniques to practice.

October 19, 2009

Folly Beach Surfing Folly

We spend three days in Folly Beach, SC, trying to get some Indian Summer sun, and mostly flailing instead of surfing. Did some excessive eating, too. Best food of the trip: Taco Boy on Center Street. Best souvenir? My new (used) Todd Sutz longboard from McKevlin’s!

August 22, 2009

Hot August Night 5k

Race day becomes Cheat Day. Oh well, it’s Jody Kuhne’s Birthday party! Rock on everybody.

August 16, 2009

Longboard on Broadway

Active Rest. Sunday. Rode my longboard a bit in the Montford Neighborhood of Asheville.

August 11, 2009

Short Timers

I had an interesting (penultimate) surfing session today. I was joined by two fellow CrossFitters: Robert Novy-Marx — one of my oldest friends, an scholar of finance and an independent CrossFitter, living in Chicago — and his brother-in-law Will Novy-Hildesley — a newer friend, and a member of CrossFit H.E.L. in Portland, OR (and [...]

August 10, 2009

Antepenultimatic

I left for Indian Beach with my Dad at about 5:20 am, arriving a good 20 minutes before sunrise, we were pleasantly surprised by the wave shape and size. The surface was far from clean, but the swell was breaking pretty nicely in surfable sets, that were setting up nicely because the ocean stood [...]

August 9, 2009

The Lovely Lady

Spalding! The sea’s a lovely lady when you play in her. But if you play with her, she’s a bitch! Play in the sea, yes, but never play with her. You’re lucky to be here! You’re lucky to be ALIVE! — Swimming to Cambodia
The ocean, though ever changing, is always lovely and awesome. In [...]

August 8, 2009

Two Days at Shorties

I surfed with my dad, James L. Baldwin, during the past two sessions, both at Short Sand Beach in Oswald West. I’ll spare you the details, except to say that each session topped one hour thirty minutes and that the first, on Friday, Aug. 7th (yesterday) was at Lena’s nap time and coincided with [...]

August 6, 2009

Fractal Surfing

Today I waited for an opportunity to surf at high tide, so, just before Lena went down for a nap, I set out for Indian Beach, about 12:30 pm.
This morning, the buoys and NOAA were reporting a 3 foot SW swell, and low winds. Arch Cape was flat like a lake, confirming the winds, [...]

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