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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 \• April 30, 2010

45 Thrusters and an American Idol

Awesome WOD, tough stuff. 45 Thrusters and then a 7 round for time Metcon of Power Snatches and Jumprope revolutions.

Strength Day \• January 5, 2010

Back Squat 1RM, Pull-Ups, Power Snatch

Another strength day, working the back squat (tied 1 RM PR at 185), pull-ups (7 sets of 5 reps), and 5×5 work sets of Power Snatch (at 75 lbs).

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• November 2, 2009

Oh Fran Fran Fran

CrossFit Asheville does Fran. Strength Work: Overhead Squats, with a new 5 rep PR at 95 lbs. Followed by the benchmark most loved and feared, in which WOD I smash my previous time and performance (from February).

Cheat Days \• 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.

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• September 16, 2009

Over Under Through

The workout was fun and sweaty, but comments from Corey left me thinking about how I can improve my form, and with it, my performance.

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• August 19, 2009

Snatch Like Lynne

6:00 am CrossFit Asheville WOD: “Lynne-Like” Power Snatch Strength and skill work was Power Snatch. I blasted past previous PRs with 5 x 45, 5 x 65, 5 x 75, 5 x 85 (PR), 5 x 95 (PR), 5 x 105 (PR). Obviously I wasn’t really getting it before. I love the snatch! “Lynne-Like” 3 [...]

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• June 2, 2009

"The Click" and PUC Day 25

Morning came a little early as Lena woke up with the birds and the sun (at 5:50 am). Sleep was decent, nutrition yesterday was decent (maybe too many calories), and I felt ok. But SOOO stiff and sore from yesterday’s WOD. If stressing the body like that doesn’t cause an adaptive response (building muscle) then [...]

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