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.
January 23, 2010

Vitality (“Running Elbell”)

An exhausting and difficult WOD, involving Rowing on the Erg, KB swings, and K2Es. Skill work: skin the cats.

December 9, 2009

Shoulder Press and “Ellbell”

New PR in shoulder press 1 rep max (125 lbs) and a wicked good 5 rounds of 30 kettlebell swings and 15 knees to elbows, in 12:45.

October 2, 2009

Our Hansen

We practice the Snatch, and I hit 70 lbs. then we all return to “In Honor of SSG Hansen,” a CrossFit Asheville version of one of the main-site Hero WODs, previously done on May 5th, 2009, involving Burpees, Kettlebell Swings, and Sit-Ups. Our WOD is considerably less brutal than the original Hero WOD, but still quite challenging.

September 26, 2009

Six Moves, Ninety Reps, Eleven Minutes

The last WOD of a five week training cycle: L-Sits and a tricky met-con with six different olympic lifts. Next week I get to rest, thank God. Also, another Saturday night on the town leads to an extremely high calorie day, and a couple of different cheat items, and an excess of alcohol.

September 25, 2009

Befuddled

Too little sleep means a fuzzy head at the workout, resulting in, what, a kind of mushy seventeen minutes of sweat but no real measurable/comparable results. What kind of crap is that? And then, it’s Friday, so I get some drinks in me, and it becomes a cheat day. When I feel hungry after dinner, I eat more, and end up overshooting my calorie limits by almost 1200 calories.

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?

September 22, 2009

Lordy Lordy (Robert is 40)

CrossFit Asheville member Robert turns 40 today. The WOD “celebrates” his joining our 40 and over club.
Interrupted sleep (Orion, crying in the basement again, at 3:45, 4:30, and 5:10 am). Decent nutrition yesterday, but no breakfast this morning. I was late to the workout.
Warm-Up
Late, I rushed through. I’ll describe this week’s [...]

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), [...]

July 20, 2009

Old Iron Balls

A “rest day,” with respect to surfing (which basically means my wife asked me to stay home today and help with Lena), nevertheless I got in a killer WOD, based on two recent CrossFit Asheville WODS, from today (Monday, July 20th, 2009) and from Saturday (July 18th).
Warm-Up
Jump Rope (x20), Push-Ups (10), Jump-Rope (x40), Sit-Ups (10), [...]

July 17, 2009

In the Absence of Ocean Waves

No surfing, but a nice hard workout and a beautiful day for an eerie trip into the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge on my Kayak. Followed by an evening binge on banana ice cream and chocolate.

hi mom!