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.
September 8, 2009

Atlantis Revisited

Deadlifts and “Atlantis.” New PRs, but concerns about proper form send me in a new direction.

August 28, 2009

Po-Mo Fran (Our Lady Micah)

There are many ways to work on Fran. Here’s one of them. Also, a PR push-press day.

August 25, 2009

Thrusters Up!

My first Tuesday WOD gets shortened by scheduling issues, but I still set a 3 RM Thruster PR.

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#.

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 3, 2009

Level Headed (CrossFit Seattle)

Gosh I slept terribly last night — tossing and turning, looking for comfort — and little nephew Hugo got up at 4:00 am and started playing on the floor RIGHT ABOVE where we were sleeping. So I guess I got between 4 and 6 hours total sleep… I’m not sure. 1 block breakfast, [...]

July 2, 2009

The Winged M

This post actually concerns my workout from yesterday. It was a nice day in Portland. I got a decent amount of sleep, about 7 hours in total (one waking), but I did take a sleep aid, so that helped. My Dad and I rode bikes up to the Multnomah Athletic Club (MAC).
The [...]

June 26, 2009

“No Limits”

Played poker last night with my whiskey-swilling, cigarette-smoking, pizza-scarfing comrades in vice, and I managed to escape with minimal damage (certainly no cigarettes, only two shots of whiskey, and only one slice of Papa John’s Meat Lover’s Pizza — call it a mini-cheat; it did not appreciably throw off the day’s totals). Went to [...]

June 24, 2009

"Alex"

About 6 hours sleep. 1 block breakfast. 6:00 am CFA workout.
Warm Up
Agility drills; shoulder dislocates; Sampsons; hip-mobility; calf and hamstring stretching; push-ups (15); squats (15); knees-to-elbows (15); pull-ups (medium band assisted, 15).
WOD: Alex
The CFA WOD is “Alex”, in honor of one of our members who is leaving, after today, for the Marines.
3 rounds [...]

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