About Training Board

My name is Matt Baldwin and in this blog I record my fitness and workout routines, and I discuss diet and weight loss techniques. I also publish reflections or reviews of various fitness and nutrition related topics that interest me.

I am into CrossFit and I work out with the crew at CrossFit Asheville here in Asheville, NC.

If anything I have posted seems useful to you, let me know with a comment.
August 17, 2009

Going Ape

After a decent, but short sleep, and a one block breakfast, I got to CFA by about ten minutes to six for the WOD, totally clueless about what to expect. It was fun. SO GREAT TO BE BACK.
Warm-Up
Running H-Drills with side shuffles, low and high karaoke steps, etc. Stretching. Squats (15), [...]

June 23, 2009

"The Flash"

Slept in a bit, cause I could… Lena didn’t wake until after 7:00. Even with her two wakings between 12 and 1 I managed to get at least 6 hours of sleep. Cleaning around the house, breakfast was lots of coffee and “1.5″ block of food (but actually 1.5p/5f/1.5c). Note to self: [...]

June 18, 2009

"In the Fight." aka Vicious. Laid low.

Substantial sleep, woke up sore and stiff in the lower obliques of my back. Got a good breakfast and coffee in, took Lena and Orion for a stroller walk round the ‘hood and to GreenLife, and had a small second breakfast. Then off to Open Gym time at CrossFit Asheville.
Warm Up
Running, martial arts [...]

June 12, 2009

"The Swinger." PUC Day 29.

My wake-up was a little hard. I went to bed at 10:30 but some itinerant folks were making loud party sounds in the creek behind my house the first part of the night, keeping Yael and I up. Not sure when I fell asleep, but not until after 11:00 pm. Also, I woke [...]

May 30, 2009

PUC Day 23. CFA Teamwork WOD. Rafting the Pigeon.

Sleep was long (9:30 pm to 6:30 am) but interrupted about 3-4 times by Lena, including a 3:00 am nightmare, which brought her into our bed for 40 minutes. Food was adequate yesterday, and my choices were, on the whole, good. So I feel good this morning. Coffee, milk, 1 block breakfast, [...]

May 6, 2009

In Honor of SSG Hansen; PUC Day 6

Decent sleep, but too little of it, and interrupted (at 12:30 am) by a piss and a little tossing and turning. Then a 5:00 am wakeup. 1 block breakfast (quadruple fat). Coffee.
CrossFit Asheville WOD: In Honor of SSG Hansen
Our workout today was a scaled and modified version of the “Hansen” Hero WOD [...]

March 9, 2009

A Different "Betsy," Randy's "Betsy"

Randy sprang one on our group today called “Betsy,” not to be confused with the “Betsy” I made up and we did on Jan 1st this year. This one is named after a Betsy who works out at our gym. Her birthday today.
5 rounds for time of:
20 Kettlebell Swings (I used 35 lbs)
1 [...]

February 13, 2009

"Bad Luck"

3 rounds for time:
800 meter run
10 Handstand Pushups
20 Kettleball Swings
I came in first among three, but I used a lighter Kettlebell (25#) and had heavy rubber band assistance on the handstand pushup.
Time: 14:28 min.
After: Day 2 of burpee/pullup challenge: 4 burpees, 2 (failed) pullups, 2 (weak, short) bar hangs, 2 jumping pull ups.
Later today: Snowboarding [...]

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