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monday at CFA

Matt Baldwin — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:45:18 +0000

Monday AM at 6:00 I dragged myself to the old standby workout session at CrossFit Asheville, a workout combining push-press, box jumps, kettlebell swings, and finishing with a high-rep barbell metcon including hang power cleans, front squats, and push presses again. Push-Press: 4 x 45 / 4 x 75 / 4 x 95 / 4 [...]

three pr lunch friday

Matt Baldwin — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:10:29 +0000

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

friday fun at ASC

Matt Baldwin — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 03:45:45 +0000

Friday afternoon workout, at ASC, with Brian Cohen: Warm Up 500 meter row 1:55 Double unders practice; best set was 7 DUs. 200 meter run Shoulder mobility and dumbbell calisthenics Leg stretches Some heavy bag Strength Front squat: 10 x 45 / 5 x 115 / 3 x 145 / 1 x 160 / 5 [...]

monday: hang power cleans and much more

Matt Baldwin — Tue, 24 May 2011 03:45:22 +0000

Monday, what a full day. AM at CFA At 6:00 am I went to the CFA workout. Which was as follows: A. Hang power snatch 8 sets of 2-4 reps w/2 minutes rest b/w sets for emphasis on mobility B. Complete 4 rounds of B1/B2: B1. Barbell Reverse lunge @ 20×1; 6-8/leg No rest b/w [...]

return to the fitness challenge

Matt Baldwin — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:15:40 +0000

Friday morning I set a new personal record for the Overhead Squat and then established some new numbers for the Carolina Fitness Challenge final WOD, which I first did back on Dec. 11th., 2010, at the CFC. Overhead Squat: 12 x 45 in warm up / 5 x 45 / 2 x 95 / 2 [...]

friday open sectionals WOD #2 and back squat

Matt Baldwin — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 03:45:08 +0000

What a horrible week. My sleep was all screwed up. I was working long stressful days and getting up super early to grade. From Tuesday to Wednesday: 3 hours. Wednesday to Thursday: 3 hours. I was in a foggy, dream like state all day Wednesday and Thursday, and feeling depressed to boot. Not sleeping is [...]

unraveling and beyond

Matt Baldwin — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 03:45:47 +0000

Friday morning at 6:00 am I showed up to CFA, and was greeted by the sight of a wonderfully brutal workout on the whiteboard. Brief warm up: including blue band dead hang pull ups (11); ring dips (1, 3, 3, 2); front squats (45# x 10); and toes to bar (5). Power Snatch and Box [...]

wednesday morning workout

Matt Baldwin — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:45:10 +0000

Wednesday AM I made it to the 6:00 am class at CFA. It was a fun class, consisting of warm up, heavy clean pulls, and a 24 minute lower intensity circuit, too complex to describe here (see the link above). The circuit included: rowing, jumprope, wall balls, slam balls, sledgehammers, walking lunges, inverse burpees, and [...]

virulent

Matt Baldwin — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:45:07 +0000

At 6:00 am on Wednesday I showed up for the WOD at CFA (“Camel Clutch”). This was after 3 days of rest. Sunday was a normal rest day. Monday was a planned extra rest day, which I took in preparation for doing an OPT assessment on Tuesday with Shanna. But Tuesday became an unplanned rest [...]

Friday AM Split Squats and Carolina Fitness Flashback

Matt Baldwin — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:45:21 +0000

Friday 6:00 am I made it in to CFA for the WOD (thank God… having some trouble with my training schedule at present) for a third session of the week. I wasn’t fully with-it (sleep, etc., the whole shebang) and yet I was present. I did OK. Skill: Split Squat Using a 20″ box, I [...]