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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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CrossFit Asheville WODS \• May 25, 2010

Deadlift and Chieftain

In the first WOD of my last week at CFA before summer break begins in earnest, I managed to get a pretty solid new 1 rep max deadlift PR, and then pushed my way through a few humbling rounds of “The Chieftain,” a metcon involving ring push ups, hang power cleans and push presses. New [...]

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• May 15, 2010

KB Thrusters and Partner WOD

53 lbs (each arm) on the Kettlebell Thrusters, and a partner WOD of 10 rounds of 4 Hang Power Cleans, 4 Front Squats, 4 Thrusters (5 rounds each), using 105# on the bar.

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• 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.”

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• January 13, 2010

Squat Snatch Chieftain

Full snatch at 75 lbs; 127 reps of the Chieftain (ring push ups, hang power cleans, and push press) with 95 lbs.

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• November 6, 2009

A Higher Power

strength work on Turkish Get Ups and metabolic conditioning with the workout “Overhead Power,” a brutal workout last performed on September 26th, 2009, involving six different weighlifting moves (Hang Power Snatch, Overhead Squats, Hang Power Cleans, Push Presses, Hang Squat Cleans, and Push Jerks), in a patterned and progressive cycle that totals ninety reps.

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• October 27, 2009

Jump Ball, Hey Ya!

An excellent start to the workout week, with new warm-up routine, then Hang Power Cleans (new 3 rep and 5 rep PRs, 130 lbs and 120 lbs respectively), and a fun 21-18-15-12-9-6-3 / 3-6-9-12-15-18-21 Kettlebells and Boxjumps WOD, 9:48, Rx’d.

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• October 9, 2009

Nasty Nasty

CrossFit Asheville does Nasty Girls! Squats, Muscle-Ups, Hang Power Cleans! What more could you wish for? Tougher wrists, traps, lats, and triceps, that’s what.

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• October 7, 2009

Tempestuous

Decent sleep preceding a fun day

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• September 23, 2009

Lost Dog, Found Dog

Troubles with dog and wife interfere with the WOD. How badly does stress impact working out? I don’t know. How badly stressed can you be?

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• August 21, 2009

Delirium Tremens

CrossFit Asheville does the Hero WOD “D.T.,” again. I use 105#. This is up from 95# in April. I am making my way slowly towards the Rx’d 155#.

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