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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.

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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 \• June 19, 2011

monday at CFA

Monday AM at 6:00 I dragged myself to the old standby workout session at CrossFit Asheville, a workout combining push-press, box jumps, kettlebell swings, and finishing with a high-rep barbell metcon including hang power cleans, front squats, and push presses again. Push-Press: 4 x 45 / 4 x 75 / 4 x 95 / 4 [...]

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• January 31, 2011

push press PR and burpee-clean and sandbag lunges

6:00 am CFA. Warm-Up, then: Push-Press. Rx’d as 5-5-5-3-3-3-3 but I wanted to max out my 5 rep. So: 5 x 45 / 5 x 115 / 5 x 135 / 5 x 150 (PR) / 2 x 145 (f on 3) / 3 x 135 / … done. I actually failed the 5th rep [...]

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• November 24, 2010

the sun and the rain

no sun or rain at 5:55 am when I left for CFA, just low clouds and wet fog. Warm up pose drills out in the parking lot, mobility and dislocates, push ups (20), pull-ups dead hang (5, 3, 1, 1) overhead squats (10), PVC sotts press (10), knees to elbows (10). Strength/skill handstand push up [...]

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• October 27, 2010

Deadlift and Dead Tired

Got decent sleep last night (thank you, Ambien… Once in a while it helps) and got up early to work out as usual. Warm-Up. A member at CFA had a serious accident during her WOD (stitches and concussion!) leading to some confusion and slow down in the warm up for the six AM class. (We [...]

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• October 20, 2010

Back At CFA

Strength 5 sets of combo shoulder press & push-press (2 x & 3 x). Result: (2 & 3) x 80 / (2 & 3) x 80 / (2 & 3) x 85 / (2 & 3) x 85 / (2 & 3) x 90. I went light, because of my left shoulder, which continues to [...]

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• October 8, 2010

Bear Complex (in Rehab)

Work out this morning: 5 rounds of 7 reps of “the bear complex” (Power Clean, Front Squat, Push Press, Back Squat, Push Press), with 500 meter rowing “buy out” at the end. Not for time. I went light and very fast on the reps, but took plenty of rest (2-3 minutes) between rounds (rehabbing my [...]

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• September 29, 2010

Push Press and HPC/Box Jump Combo

6:00 am CFA workout this morning: Warm-Up followed by Push Press (5 x 45 / 5 x 80 / 3 x 110 / 1 x 140 / 5 x 145 (PR) / 5 x 130; total vol: 2,470) and round consisting of 10 HPC / 30 (20″) Box Jumps / 10 HPC / 20 BJ [...]

Strength Day \• September 7, 2010

Push Press / Back Squat

Strength only on Tuesdays… ahh… Just like my “old days” (i.e. Spring 2010). Felt good. Even on only 4.5 hours of crappy sleep. Warm-Up 400 meter run. Crawling around, etc. Mobility work. Overhead squats (10), Pull-Ups (10), Push-Ups (a quantity above 10), Knees to Elbows (10). Push-Press 5 RM Attempt Following a recent PR, I [...]

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• August 13, 2010

my lucky day

Friday the 13th was my lucky day as I found myself up at 5:25 am, sleep deprived of course (not that I didn’t give myself every advantage, i.e. no alcohol, limited caffeine, 8+ hours in bed), and back at CrossFit Asheville! The WOD today was “Freaky Friday” with push-press as the strength work and a [...]

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• May 25, 2010

Deadlift and Chieftain

In the first WOD of my last week at CFA before summer break begins in earnest, I managed to get a pretty solid new 1 rep max deadlift PR, and then pushed my way through a few humbling rounds of “The Chieftain,” a metcon involving ring push ups, hang power cleans and push presses. New [...]

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