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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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Strength Day \• October 28, 2011

awesome friday

Week XI, Workout C Friday morning, dark and early at Asheville Strength and Conditioning. The temperatures are falling now, with the leaves, and the world seems more hushed and uncertain. Especially at 5:00 am. I enjoy this time of year with all my senses. But I have a terrible cold — bronchitis symptoms and laryngitis! [...]

Workouts \• October 26, 2011

fat wednesday

Workout Wednesday Oct 26th 2011 Week XI, Workout B Warm-Up: 1000 meters easy on rower; 20-22 s/m, resistance 3. Mobility: Hip/Ham/Quad/Calf/Ankle/Shoulder/Forearm/Wrist Deadlift w/ Fat Bar: 3 x 40 lbs / 3 x 80 / 3 x 100 / 3 x 120 / 5 x 140. Wrist/Forearm Rehab (worked in as needed with above and below): [...]

Strength Day \• October 24, 2011

monday pushing the envelope

Week XI, Workout A Warm-Up: 1000m row, easy pace, 22 s/m, res 3. About 4:23. I forgot to note exact time. Quad/Ham/Hip/Calf Mobility Shoulder Mobility Wrist and Forearm Mobility Wrist/Forearm Rehab: (a) 5 x 15 x 8 lbs, pronated wrist curls & supinated wrist curls; (b) 3 x 8 x 15 lbs FatGripz DBs: ; [...]

Strength Day \• October 21, 2011

friday new territory in squat PRs

New 5 rep PR of 225, but… as a work set of 3 x 5 in my LP. Sweet success.

Strength Day \• October 19, 2011

wednesdays are my deadlifting day

Week X, Workout B. After spending weeks without deadlifting because of my damn broken arm, it feels great to be doing them again. I love deadlifts. And I love Wednesdays, because it has become my day for deads. Warm-Up: 5 min on Airdyne cycle, 4 min easy / 1 min hard; power skip, 2 rounds [...]

Strength Day \• October 17, 2011

monday on and on

Week X, Workout A I’ve been plodding along, making progress in the gym. Today, ho hum, another linear progression induced PR. So boring… NOT. Warm-Up: about 1 minute jumping rope. Shoulder mobility and hip, ankle, ham, quad, calf mobility. Squats: 2 x 5 x 45 / 5 x 135 / 3 x 185 / 2 [...]

Strength Day \• October 14, 2011

friday squat PR and three sets of it

Week IX, Workout C Unbelievable. That is, I mean I understand it, I get why it works, but I still find myself unable to believe that linear progression can let you approach an existing PR, and then surpass it so easily. Yet it works. It really works. Warm-Up: Riding the Schwinn Airdyne Bike: 3:00 min. [...]

Strength Day \• October 12, 2011

return to deadlifts!

Week IX, Workout B Wednesday morning I was up and raring to go; got there early, got an early start, and had a decent workout. My first post-surgery heavy pulling day! I finally did some two handed deadlifts. They felt great and I have begun my new linear progression. Warm-Up: 500 meter row, 1:50.1, s/m [...]

Strength Day \• October 10, 2011

a rubicon of a monday

Week IX, Workout A Monday was something of a Rubicon day for me. My linear progression in the squat took me into heavy and serious territory for the first time. My work sets are now well over body weight, and on Monday, my 3 sets by 5 reps brought me to a weight that is [...]

Strength Day \• October 7, 2011

a case of friday

Week VIII, Workout D Not sure why it happened; could have been Mike P’s bad attitude, or my underlying issues. By the end of this session I was in a dark, evil mental zone. I pulled it out later on, but, for a while there I felt like total shite. Which is funny because, looking [...]

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