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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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Strength Day \• February 3, 2012

also work fridays

I have a head cold. But show up at 5:15 am at ASC anyway. I warmed up for about 20 minutes. Then Squats: 5 x 45 / 5 x 157.5 / 3 x 205 / 1 x 225 / 7 x 3 x 230. Romanian Deadlift: 10 x 45 / 3 x 10 x 145. [...]

Strength Day \• February 1, 2012

minimal wednesday

Warm-Up 5 min on Airdyne, floor work, mobility. Deadlift: 5 x 135 / 3 x 225 / 1 x 275 / 3 x 3 x 300. Just some work sets. Trying to focus on back extension. Press: 10 x 45 / 5 x 75 / 3 x 95 / 3 x 5 x 105. Nice [...]

Strength Day \• January 30, 2012

monday again

Monday am early at ASC. Warm-Up on the Cycle, 5 minutes. Floor work and lots of mobility. Then squats. Squat: 5 x 45 / 5 x 157.5 / 3 x 235 / 1 x 250 / 4 x 255, fail on 5 / 4 x 255, fail on 5. Still a PR! Never done 255 [...]

Strength Day \• January 27, 2012

all good all good

Friday AM, a good workout. I laid off the power cleans and KB swings, out of deference to the fact that my left forearm was weirdly pained and achy all week. I obviously overstressed it, but I’m not sure how. It wasn’t pained by what I did today, and by day’s end it’s feeling better, [...]

Strength Day \• January 25, 2012

feeling good feeling bad

So so. Wednesday AM my workout was decent. But in the aftermath I notice that I seem to have messed up my (formerly broken) arm. Warm-Up. Deadlift: 10 x 45 / 5 x 165 / 3 x 275 / 1 x 300 / 5 x 320 (PR). I will not celebrate this PR too much. [...]

Strength Day \• January 23, 2012

monday like friday

In my program Monday is like Friday is like last Monday. I’m loving the simplicity. The pattern of auxiliary lifts is different but the bones are the same. Warm-Up. Cycle, floor work, mobility. Squat: 5 x 45 lbs / 5 x 160 / 3 x 225 / 1 x 245 / 1 x 250 / [...]

Strength Day \• January 18, 2012

another week another deadlift PR

Early AM at ASC. Got off to a later start. A bit weird around my head but otherwise fine. Plenty of sleep. Had a pretty nice strict fast from 6:30 the previous evening. Weighed in at 204.5 this morning. Warm-Up: a bit of jump rope, floor work, rowing machine, mobility. Deadlift: 10 x 45 / [...]

Strength Day \• January 16, 2012

monday new squat pr

Warm-Up: Airdyne, 5 min or so, floor work of various kinds (high knees, mountain climbers, deadlift walk, karaoke, power skip, bounding), then stretching hips, hams, quads, calves, mobilizing shoulders, forearms, wrists, etc. Squat: 4 x 45 / 5 x 155 / 3 x 225 / 1 x 235 / 1 x 245 / 5 x [...]

Strength Day \• January 13, 2012

fasted training

Friday morning at the gym I was in a very fasted state, running at about 19 hours (10:30 am to 5:30 am) when I got to work. Of course I drank some BCAAs before I began. Strength Warm Up karaoke, Airdyne for 5, floor work, bear crawl, knee raises, ballistic legs, mountain clmbers, stretching hips, [...]

Strength Day \• January 11, 2012

even bigger wednesday

Early start at ASC. Warm-Up: a few minutes on the Airdyne, then various things like power skips, high knees, deadlift walks, karaoke, mountain climbers, leg swings, then static stretching. Deadlift: 10 x 45 / 5 x 155 / 3 x 245 / 1 x 300 / 5 x 310 (PR). During deadlift and press work: [...]

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