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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 \• July 24, 2011

sunday deads, squats, cleans, etc.

Sunday afternoon, in the driveway at “Arch Cape Strength and Conditioning,” I completed the following workout. It made me feel fat and sluggish and weak, but I did it. Almost a week had elapsed since my last barbell workout. Too much time. This workout had slightly more total volume than the last, but other than [...]

Conditioning \• July 8, 2011

friday squats and Grace 1000

Another great workout in our driveway (aka “Arch Cape Strength and Conditioning”) here this afternoon. Warm up 800 meter run Shoulder mobility 50 jumping Jacks 20 double unders (sucked so bad) Hip and leg mobility 10 x 45 x each back squat, front squat, overhead squat 10 push ups 10 sit ups Strength Squat (LBBS) [...]

Strength Day \• July 4, 2011

independence day

Beautiful day. Got a workout in in the driveway during the afternoon. my beach weightlifting shoes are my jungle boots, and my platform is a dirt, sand and gravel drivewaythese wooden squat racks are unstable and crazy, and the iron plates and bar from play it again sports are merely functional, but this is beachfront [...]

Strength Day \• June 24, 2011

friday OHS pr … again

I got up so early, so very very early, hoping to have enough time to execute an ambitious workout plan at Asheville Strength and Conditioning, but for some reason, I just didn’t have time. I did, however, attain another sick PR, redeeming the entire week, and earning me some chocolate milk even in the midst [...]

Strength Day \• June 17, 2011

three pr lunch friday

Mid day training session at ASC yielded awesome results, namely, a bunch of PRs!

Strength Day \• June 9, 2011

wednesday OHS pr

Afternoon Training at ASC: Warm Up: 500 meter row (1:41). Besides that it was a freaking super hot day. Mobility. Light db shoulder press reps (2 x 10 x 20 lb dbs) Deadlift: 10 x 45 / 5 x 135 / 3 x 5 x 205. Volume: 3,075. Back Squat: 10 x 45 / 3 [...]

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• June 6, 2011

monday conditioning and lifting

A full Monday. I was stoked to see this morning’s workout at CrossFit Asheville. Back to a more simple and direct program? Maybe so. In the meantime, I’ll take today. CFA WOD: Hang Cleans, Double Unders, and 8 min AMRAP of burpees and running Hang Cleans: 5 x 45 / 5 x 75 / 5 [...]

Strength Day \• June 1, 2011

the hump day hump

Blistering hot day (90+ degrees), open gym session, mid-day at CFA, working on Overhead Squat and Snatch, ended up with new PRs in OHS and Snatch Balance. My day was full to the brim with work, with parenting, with shopping, with obtaining materials for the new Asheville Strength and Conditioning space, and of course, with [...]

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• May 27, 2011

fantastic active friday

6:00 am workout at CrossFit Asheville. More than three hours of hardcore lumberjacking. Then squats, with a new 1 RM PR (235) at Brian’s house. What a day!

Strength Day \• May 13, 2011

friday folderol

Stayed up so late, being bad, on Thursday, that I missed my customary 6:00 am CFA workout. Instead I did several short workouts over the course of the day. Am warm-up: one mile run 80% RPE Hamstring flexibility/mobility Shoulder rotates Shadow boxing Later at the YMCA: 500 meter row (8 resistance, 26 spm, 1:56 time) [...]

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