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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 \• January 17, 2011

double jerk

Monday at six am, with WAY too little sleep for my own good, I made it to CFA for the WOD, entitled “double jerk”. Strength: Muscle-Ups 3 x max reps in 1 minute. Naturally I used a band for assistance. Blue band. Result: 10, 8, 6 (24 total). WOD: “double jerk”. Apparently we did this [...]

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• May 14, 2010

Disco Stud (KB Snatch Fever)

A light day at CrossFit Asheville this morning, with just a few reps of “muscle up progression” followed by a quick and dirty “Kettlebell Snatch Count Down,” a little workout I’m calling Disco Stud, in honor of the Homer Simpson in all of us, or at least, in me. New Program Training Cycle: Week 1/6 [...]

Workouts \• March 17, 2010

Up Up

On about three hours of sleep, and no breakfast, with only coffee to fuel me, I showed up at the 5:00 am workout this morning to do my recovery and rehabilitation thing. Instead of Push-Press and a dynamic WOD of double-unders, deadlifts, and front squats, I did my measly calisthenics (push-ups 20; cross-chops 10xside w/ [...]

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• February 17, 2010

Mini Dunk

A repeat of “slam dunk,” and in my weakened, post-surgical recovery phase, I still do something… and of that I’m proud.

Strength Day \• January 19, 2010

Deadlifts Muscle Ups Handstand Pushups

Deadlift work-sets at 250 lbs (5 x 5), plus red band assisted handstand push-ups (total of 16) and (mostly) blue-band assisted muscle-ups (total of 20). Didn’t get in all the sets I wanted but it was better than nothing.

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• January 8, 2010

Progress in Muscle-Ups and Tempest

Muscle-Ups and the CFA WOD “Tempest” today (Ring Dips, One Arm K.B. Thrusters, Ball Slams, 15 min AMRAP. Progress on all fronts: down to red band assist on muscle-ups, and a 31% increase on my Tempest score from October.

Strength Day \• December 29, 2009

Deadlift, Muscle Ups, Clean and Jerk

New 3 rep max PR on Deadlift, 290 lbs; plus 40 (band assisted) muscle ups and 5x5x95 clean and jerks.

Strength Day \• December 15, 2009

Open to Strength

New PRs in 5 RM Back Squat (150 lbs) and 3 RM Shoulder Press (120 lbs). Plus 30 muscle ups.

Active Rest \• December 3, 2009

Muscle Up Ladder

A little practicing the muscle-up at home.

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.

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