Training Board is about…

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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Weight Loss Arsenal \• January 1, 2012

my new year’s resolution: body recomposition

I got six real resolutions, none of which directly impact my training, except that if I can keep them, I’ll be a better athlete and trainee, because I’ll be a better person. Those are between me, my God, and my family. But I’ve got a seventh resolution, that does impact my training. And so I’ll [...]

Health Reports \• May 8, 2011

weigh in and metrics

Obviously, I’ve been getting into trouble with my diet here. Besides increasing about 20 lbs over the past 18 months, in the last month alone I’ve added eight pounds which, the calipers tell me, is mostly fat (and my pants tell me it’s mostly at the midsection). In the same period I’ve made few measurable [...]

Health Reports \• April 10, 2011

the hectic life (sunday weigh in and check in)

Lately, life has been impossible to “manage,” and it’s all I can do just to keep up a workout schedule alongside the whole “I have a full time job that’s been demanding more lately than it has in years and so does my wife and we have two small children and it’s my four year [...]

Health Reports \• March 6, 2011

weight and body metrics check-in

Sunday morning, dark and early, I took the following measurements: Body Measurements Date Weight Observed Suprailliac Skinfold Body Fat % Fat Mass Lean Mass Umbilical Bicep Thigh Shoulder/Chest 3/6/2011 186 7+ mm >11.5+% >21.4 lbs <164.6 lbs 34 5/16″ 14 1/8″ 21 11/16″ 47 5/16″ (sh) / 39 3/4″ (ch) 2/20/2011 182.0 lbs 6mm+ 11.5% [...]

Rest Days \• February 20, 2011

back on track (yes it’s that easy)

The data looks good today. And as a result, superficial as it is, I am feeling good! In the past two weeks I have pulled my eating together, kept my training schedule up, and done well as a consequence. Eating fewer carbs, and returning to a near-IF schedule of eating, means I have lost a [...]

Health Reports \• February 6, 2011

the measure of a man (me)

My last body composition update was on Dec. 5th, 2010, and prior to that, the last time I posted metrics and measures of my body was on Nov. 21st, 2010. The data I collected today, compared to the data collected on these dates, could be interpreted as telling the tale of a Christmas and Winter [...]

Health Reports \• December 5, 2010

body comp update

Body Measurements on Sunday, Dec. 5th, 2010 Weight Observed Suprailiac Skinfold Body Fat % Fat Mass Lean Mass 180.5 lbs less than 6mm less than 11.5% less than 20.75 lbs more than 159.75 lbs In the past two weeks, since my last weigh-in, I appear to have lost 3.5 lbs, but I suspect most of [...]

Health Reports \• November 21, 2010

Body Metrics, Month Two

Body Measurements Date Weight Observed Suprailliac Skinfold Body Fat % Fat Mass Lean Mass Umbilical Bicep Thigh Shoulder/Chest Oct. 24th, 2010 179.5 lbs 6 mm 11.5% 20.5 lbs 159 lbs 34 1/4″ 12 3/8″ 21 5/8″ 46 3/16″ Nov. 21, 2010 184.0 lbs (less than) 6 mm (less than) 11.5% 21.2 lbs 162.8 34 1/4″ [...]

Health Reports \• November 14, 2010

measures

Weighed in today, first time in two weeks. Obviously, the additional carbs in my diet, combined with seriously out of control cheating sessions every weekend for the past three weekends, has resulted in some unintended weight gain. I am about 5 pounds above where I want to be, although most of the gains would appear [...]

Health Reports \• October 31, 2010

check in: plan HTFU and body measures

I took Friday off from the WOD, and skipped my 5k sprint work and the WOD on Saturday. I’m damn glad I did. By Thursday morning this past week I was so wrecked from lack of sleep and general central nervous system overload (caused by excessive working out but also by stress from family and [...]

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