Training Board is…

Training Board is basically my gym notebook.

In theory, I can also blog in a more public spirited way about weightlifting, nutrition, weight loss, etc. But mostly, I just use this blog to track my workouts. And surfing.

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 a trainer 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 am especially happy with helping older or detrained individuals.

My own training now is more focused on developing strength and using basic lifts and classic strength and conditioning techniques. A lot of the older portions of this blog deal with CrossFit and reflect my journey into fitness self-awareness. I first discovered CrossFit, back in late 2008. I learned a lot from CrossFit's "fitness as sport" model of training -- and benefited tremendously from training with my friends at CrossFit Asheville -- and furthermore I must credit my interest in CrossFit for opening my eyes to the larger world of training for strength athletics, Olympic-style weightlifting, powerlifting, and other arcane approaches to moving the Iron around.

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Health Reports \• May 8, 2011

weigh in and metrics

Obviously, I’ve been getting into trouble with my diet here. Besides increasing about 20 lbs over the past 18 months, in the last month alone I’ve added eight pounds which, the calipers tell me, is mostly fat (and my pants tell me it’s mostly at the midsection). In the same period I’ve made few measurable [...]

Health Reports \• April 10, 2011

the hectic life (sunday weigh in and check in)

Lately, life has been impossible to “manage,” and it’s all I can do just to keep up a workout schedule alongside the whole “I have a full time job that’s been demanding more lately than it has in years and so does my wife and we have two small children and it’s my four year [...]

Health Reports \• March 6, 2011

weight and body metrics check-in

Sunday morning, dark and early, I took the following measurements: Body Measurements Date Weight Observed Suprailliac Skinfold Body Fat % Fat Mass Lean Mass Umbilical Bicep Thigh Shoulder/Chest 3/6/2011 186 7+ mm >11.5+% >21.4 lbs <164.6 lbs 34 5/16″ 14 1/8″ 21 11/16″ 47 5/16″ (sh) / 39 3/4″ (ch) 2/20/2011 182.0 lbs 6mm+ 11.5% [...]

Rest Days \• February 20, 2011

back on track (yes it’s that easy)

The data looks good today. And as a result, superficial as it is, I am feeling good! In the past two weeks I have pulled my eating together, kept my training schedule up, and done well as a consequence. Eating fewer carbs, and returning to a near-IF schedule of eating, means I have lost a [...]

Health Reports \• November 21, 2010

Body Metrics, Month Two

Body Measurements Date Weight Observed Suprailliac Skinfold Body Fat % Fat Mass Lean Mass Umbilical Bicep Thigh Shoulder/Chest Oct. 24th, 2010 179.5 lbs 6 mm 11.5% 20.5 lbs 159 lbs 34 1/4″ 12 3/8″ 21 5/8″ 46 3/16″ Nov. 21, 2010 184.0 lbs (less than) 6 mm (less than) 11.5% 21.2 lbs 162.8 34 1/4″ [...]

Reflections \• November 9, 2009

Rest Week Reflections

As I enter the last week of my second cycle through the “new plan” (aka the “Never on a School Night” plan), I pause to reflect on, to analyze, and to assess the measurements I have made in the process of my training.

Nutrition \• May 9, 2009

Tanita Body Fat Percentage Scale

The first in a series of posts on tools and rules I have used for losing weight. My 8 Year Old Tanita TBF-621 The numbers don’t lie. If you say you want to lose some weight—by which I mean lose some fat, not muscle—then you must be able to quantify the changes to your body. [...]

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