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 18, 2010

Back Squat and Rando

Back Squat 5 Rep Max Effort: 160 lbs. “Rando” (200/150/100 m Farmer’s Walk, 21/15/9 OHS, and 10/10/10 Burpee-Pull-Ups) at 17:45. 45# and 65# on the Walk and OHS, respectively. A nice morning.

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 28, 2009

Back Squat and Gone in Sixty Seconds

Back Squat, 5×5 rep work sets, at 78% of 1RM (145 lbs). Gone in Sixty Seconds, 227 reps.

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!

November 24, 2009

Squat and Press

A quick note about my second Tuesday strength day.

November 16, 2009

Strength Tuesdays

Laying out a plan for lifting heavy on Tuesdays.

October 20, 2009

Five by Four at Thirty Five Degrees

Back Squats, and CFA revisits “Inclement Weather,” a WOD I missed back at the end of July. The WOD was well named for this 35 degree morning, as I did five rounds of 400 meter sprints outside in the cold.

hi mom!