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.
January 19, 2010

Deadlifts Muscle Ups Handstand Pushups

Deadlift work-sets at 250 lbs (5 x 5), plus red band assisted handstand push-ups (total of 16) and (mostly) blue-band assisted muscle-ups (total of 20). Didn’t get in all the sets I wanted but it was better than nothing.

January 12, 2010

Back Squat, Pull-Ups, Ring Dips, Deadlifts

5×5 pull ups and ring dips with 5×5x150 back squat and 5×5x225 deadlift.

January 5, 2010

Back Squat 1RM, Pull-Ups, Power Snatch

Another strength day, working the back squat (tied 1 RM PR at 185), pull-ups (7 sets of 5 reps), and 5×5 work sets of Power Snatch (at 75 lbs).

December 29, 2009

Deadlift, Muscle Ups, Clean and Jerk

New 3 rep max PR on Deadlift, 290 lbs; plus 40 (band assisted) muscle ups and 5×5x95 clean and jerks.

December 22, 2009

Squat, Press and Pull

Strength Tuesday: Back Squats 5×3 Max Effort (160 x 3, failed trying for 170 x 3); and Shoulder Presses (5 x 5 x 100);

December 15, 2009

Open to Strength

New PRs in 5 RM Back Squat (150 lbs) and 3 RM Shoulder Press (120 lbs). Plus 30 muscle ups.

December 8, 2009

Back Squat and Grace

Another “strength Tuesday:” Back Squats 1 rep ME (I got 185 lbs, my new max but not a PR) and Grace w/ 110 lbs, 4:34 seconds, a 1:21 improvement over last time!

December 1, 2009

Deadlift, Squats, Pull-Ups

Deadlift, 5 Max Effort RM, did not establish a new PR (maxed out at 265, plus two partial sets of 285). 5×5 Back Squat at 115 lbs (75% of 5 RM), alternating sets with 5 x 5 Pull-Ups.

November 24, 2009

Squat and Press

A quick note about my second Tuesday strength day.

November 17, 2009

Clean, Jerk, Deadlift

First of my new program of Tuesday Strength Days. I set a new PR in Clean and Jerk at 140 lbs, and did work sets in Deadlift at 225 lbs.

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