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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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Conditioning \• July 14, 2011

lifting thursday and pipoboarding

Most of today was wet and drizzling. This workout was done in my driveway and on E. Shingle Mill Ln in Arch Cape. Wearing jungle combat boots even for the runs. Barefoot for the pipo boarding of course. Warm-Up 800 meter run Mobility (shoulders and hips) Deadlift: 10 x 45 / 5 x 135 / [...]

Outdoor Recreation \• July 12, 2011

three days of miracles

Surfing (and Kayaking) 04-07 Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, July 10th through 12th. The wind has been down, and when it has been blowing, it’s been coming from the south. It’s brought moist warm air and warm surface waters to the North Coast. The hard, regional WNW swell that was kicking up so much sand during the [...]

Outdoor Recreation \• July 5, 2011

murphy’s law

Surfing session 03 Very early Tuesday morning, July 5th, did not look especially promising. On the plus side: almost no wind, only very light breezes from NNE, which meant that the beach break at Short Sand would be clean. Blue skies, which meant that the sun would come up over the basin of Smuggler Cove. [...]

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• July 2, 2011

chop and stop

Surfing session 02 Saturday I tried to catch the latter half of the falling high tide, setting out at about 5:30 am for Indian Beach. It was mid 50s outside, overcast, drizzling, light north winds. According to one source, at 5:00 am, the buoy reports said the water was 53 degrees; according to another, they [...]

Outdoor Recreation \• July 1, 2011

first surf of summer 2011

Session 01 I went to short sands mid-morning on Friday, July 1st. Overnight and in the early morning the winds were light and the surf forecast was 6-8 foot (which is huge), medium period, semi-glassy in AM moving towards junky in the PM as winds picked up. The tide was low right about 8:30 which [...]

Outdoor Recreation \• May 28, 2011

saturday sprints

Met up with Brian at UNCA track at 7:15 on Saturday morning for some brutal sprint training. 10 x 40 meter sprints, carrying a 50 lb sandbag, then 3 x 100 meter sprints, without. Fun, tiring. Exhausting, actually. 100 meter sprint results: 16.26, 16.52, 16.16.

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• May 23, 2011

monday: hang power cleans and much more

Monday, what a full day. AM at CFA At 6:00 am I went to the CFA workout. Which was as follows: A. Hang power snatch 8 sets of 2-4 reps w/2 minutes rest b/w sets for emphasis on mobility B. Complete 4 rounds of B1/B2: B1. Barbell Reverse lunge @ 20×1; 6-8/leg No rest b/w [...]

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 [...]

Outdoor Recreation \• May 14, 2011

saturday snatches again

Actually Saturday was a great day, full of activity. Fun. Here’s a summary of it. Woke up, worked on shoulder and forearm mobility. Boxing/Karate shadow boxing. Hamstring flexibility. Shoulder work with 5 & 10 lb plates: high-pulls, rotations, presses, T3s, all x12-20. Push-Ups (10). Then: working out with my Jump Rope in the back yard, [...]

Outdoor Recreation \• January 8, 2011

Maui no ka oi

“Maui is the best!” Ok, maybe there’s someplace better, but it doesn’t even matter if it’s true. It’s currently Saturday, January 8th, 2011. My last post was on Saturday, January 1st. I’ve been so busy with my family on this vacation that I just can’t find the time to catch up with my blogging. This [...]

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