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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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Health Reports \• October 25, 2009

My Experiment with Calorie Cycling

On a rest day, I do a quick examination of my attempt, over the past 9 weeks, to use calorie cycling to meet my body composition goals.

CrossFit Mothership WODS \• October 21, 2009

Fear of Burpees

Training Cycle: Week 3/6 (Work Week)Dietary Cycle: Week 3/3 (Cutting)Daily Calorie Target: 2800 (Zone “blocks:” approx 24, 2.5x fat)Second WOD of this Week Struggling to get out of bed today, I said to myself, concerning the WOD: “please, please, at least, let there be no burpees.” There were burpees. Why do I hate them so? [...]

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• October 14, 2009

Pistol Packin’ Franzilla

Pistols. And a fascinating, heavy Met-Con WOD, called Franzilla, involving 21 Front-squats, 15 push-presses, and 9 thrusters, alternating with pull-ups.

Reflections \• October 13, 2009

Sisyphus

I get to thinking about the purpose of it all. Is striving ultimately meaningless? Is work futile? Or should we embrace our absurd isolation in this universe as the greatest of all possible challenges: to progress.

Rest Days \• October 11, 2009

Progress in Spite of Shortcomings

In spite of my many shortcomings, and difficulties with self-discipline and just getting through my days, I am making progress.

Health Reports \• September 27, 2009

Retrospect: Five Weeks on the School Plan

I examine my training and nutrition over the past five weeks in the light of my “never on a school night” plan, which I established on August 23rd. The results are mixed, but I seem to be healthy and on track for good things as I move forward with the plan.

Nutrition \• September 24, 2009

Brillat-Savarin’s Physiology of Taste

Reviews and discusses the historical and gastronomical significance of The Physiology of Taste, the 1825 book by the brilliant French gourmand Jean-Anthelm Brillat-Savarin.

Rest Days \• September 12, 2009

CrossFit Asheville and Friends at the 2009 Citizen-Times Half-Marathon

Four members of CrossFit Asheville competed in the Citizen Times Half Marathon this year, and all of their finishes, all sub 2:00, speak volumes about the effectiveness of CrossFit training. This blog post also contains pictures of a couple of my other friends. In this post: Rustan Adcock, Katie McNabb Nery, Tom Rehm, Frank Castelblanco, Jody Kuhne, Greg Clemons and Kim Stewart, Shonna Campbell, and local legend Charles Dotson.

Cheat Days \• September 5, 2009

Good Cheating in Good Conscience

A planned cheat day falls on Labor Day Weekend, and I have a blast, leading me to reflect on the virtues of cheating on your Paleo-Zone diet.

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• August 29, 2009

Change

A killer WOD in which I lifted 7,125 pounds overhead and ran 1.25 miles in 21:21. But Daniel appears to have done even more work, in fewer rounds. It’s a puzzle.

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