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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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Workouts \• May 11, 2012

weak friday

Friday morning, not enough sleep! And feeling very very tired and sore from the week. Thursday night my right side lumbar was killing me. And I was just not up to much. And what I did, was ok, but it wasn’t much. And made me feel weak. Warm Up: 4 x 200 meter run / [...]

Conditioning \• May 7, 2012

fatter monday

Weighing in a bit heavy at the start of my 6th week of my current 8 week cycle. Not a bit happy about it, except, my skinfold measure is down today and my waist measure was within normal limits. Lean mass gain? Looks like it. I injured my back two weeks ago today. That is, [...]

Workouts \• April 25, 2012

rehab day 1

well, by Wednesday AM I could move. Let’s just say it hurts most when I try to put on my socks. Warm-Up: 5 minutes on the airdyne, then, agility ladder stuff. Shoulder mobility. Jumping jacks. High knees, etc. Burpees: 5 x 5 @ 60s. Surprised, but these were not a problem. Shoulder Rehab: Front deltoid [...]

Workouts \• April 13, 2012

friday being there

Warm Up 5 min on airdyne, floor work, shoulder mobility, Burpees 5 x 3 @ 60s. SSB Squats: 5 x 70 / 5 x 120 / 3 x 140 / 1 x 150 / 5 x 5 x 155 Deadlifts: 5 x 135 / 3 x 185 / 1 x 225 / 2 x 5 [...]

Workouts \• March 30, 2012

end of week twelve

Last workout of week twelve Friday morning. Warm-Up: Various. Wrist/Forearm/Shoulder Rehab: Wrist Curls: 3 x 20 x 10 lbs DBs; external rotations 3 x 10 x 10 lb DBs; Y/T/Is 3 x 10 x 10 lbs DBs (one 3 and one 5 missing? Tamara? Brian?); shoulder presses: 3 x 10 x 15 lbs KBs. SSB [...]

Workouts \• March 23, 2012

glory

Something about this morning was awesome. Glorious. I was riding the clouds of glory. In spite of the fact that I got absolutely LOUSY sleep last night. So, what was it? A great lecture event at work last night? maybe the birds I heard outside, at 5 am, after the alarm woke me? maybe the [...]

Strength Day \• March 16, 2012

keeping on

Friday morning, early at ASC, as per usual. Well, not quite usual, cause I didn’t get started until about 6:00 am. Warmed up quickly, since I was actually starting a bit later. Nothing fancy today. Squat with Safety Squat Bar: 5 x 70 / 5 x 140 / 3 x 160 / 1 x 180 [...]

Strength Day \• February 24, 2012

work work work

Friday, I was not motivated at all. Pain in my right shoulder is getting me down. I considered changing up my plan, but decided against it. I would push through shoulder discomfort for at least one more training day and decide later whether the efforts were worth it. I was also pleasantly sore and worn [...]

Strength Day \• February 10, 2012

welcome to the working week

Long slow warm up this morning. Up early too early, not enough sleep. Headache. Body weight: 200 lbs. That’s pretty low! Probably dehydrated. In the end, it took me two hours to get moving. I arrived at the gym at 5:15 but probably didn’t start my warm up until 5:30. It was cold and I [...]

Strength Day \• February 6, 2012

monday squat PR

Monday, if I recall, was not a volume intensive day, but it was a good day. Long warm up on Airdyne, like 10 minutes, followed by floor work and mobility. Squat: 10 x 45 / 5 x 160 / 3 x 235 / 1 x 250 / 5 x 255 (PR) Good Morning: 5 x [...]

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