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CrossFit, nutrition, the Paleo-Zone diet, weight loss, my workouts, and reflections and reviews of various related topics that interest me.

I train with the crew at CrossFit Asheville here in Asheville, NC.

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August 20, 2010

Paris, Burning

Ouch! Something about today’s workout put the hurt on me. I’m not injured, it’s just that when I finished my work (dead last in the 6:00 am class) I felt like dying. I took a walk through the bank parking lot so my pain wouldn’t be so evident to all. Warm-Up I got decent sleep [...]

June 26, 2010

Green Lake Loop (2.8 mile run)

2.8 miles, 23:15 (8:18 min/mile pace). Also: set of 10 burpees immediately followed by bleacher run (at the boathouse, same as yesterday’s round). Handstand and rolling practice in the afternoon, running around barefoot in the grass in the sunny afternoon with the kids.

May 31, 2010

Esplanade HIIT

My first workout of the summer season was sprinting and burpees on the Katz Esplanade in Portland Oregon. The location was perfect for some high intensity interval training, and I was lucky to hit a brief interval of warmth and sun. Training Cycle: Week 4/6 (Vacation Work Week) Diet: Calorie Cycling (4 days low, 1 [...]

May 7, 2010

Turkish Jeremy

6:07 on Jeremy (w/ 45# bar) and revisiting my 1 RM of 53 lbs on the Turkish Get Up. And the first day of a 30 hour fast.

April 26, 2010

Push Press PR and Hangman

A new PR in Push Press (130 lbs x 5) and a rough little HPC and Burpees WOD called “Hangman.”

April 17, 2010

The Sugars

200 meter sprints, plus push-ups, burpees, and squats. Loads of fun. A solo workout at the UNCA track.

April 7, 2010

Lil’ Dutch Boy / What I Know

You can bless him or curse him, but celebrity CrossFit programming guru Dutch Lowy can certainly craft a powerfully painful WOD. Today at CrossFit Asheville: 10 minute AMRAP 12 burpees and 8 back squats, Rx’d at body-weight (I did about 5 lbs less than 50% of my body weight). For those of us going below [...]

April 2, 2010

Full Throttle

Training Cycle: New Program Week 1/6 No Alcohol Month 4/5 Diet: Flexible-Paleo-Zone WOD #4 of the Week Five o’clock am, I love you. Ok maybe not, but I do love my CrossFit Asheville 5 am peeps. WOD, PART I: 100 burpees for time Result: 10:40. WOD, PART II: 3200 relay sprint w/ 25 lb sandbag [...]

January 30, 2010

Cycle’s End

The last WOD of the latest cycle, and it was a doozy. Weighted ring dips. And a Tabata protocol Mash-Up of Wall Ball shots (12 lbs) with box step-ups (20″), rest 3 min, then Kettlebell Swings (1.5 pood / 53 lbs) and

December 12, 2009

Cold Work

Sub 40 degrees outside, and the coaches away at a meet. Time to get cold with some outdoor parkour and calisthenics!

hi mom!