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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 \• February 12, 2010

At the Seams

Today was all about being there, while everything else seemed to be falling apart at the seams, I made it to the gym and worked out. My time didn’t matter. What mattered was that I was doing 42 pull-ups, 100 sit-ups, and 45 push-ups as fast as I could.

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• November 25, 2009

Holiday Obstactles

The day before Thanksgiving is pretty much a bust for me. But I’ll live.

Cheat Days \• September 19, 2009

animum adeptare

A normal Saturday work-out day is followed by a night on the town with my CFA buds, leading to a wicked drinking binge. Ouch!

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 \• September 14, 2009

Hardcore

A demanding CrossFit Asheville WOD involving Push-Jerk training and a MetCon with 400 meter sprints and max rep Clean and Jerks with 103 lbs. Quick and dirty. My favorite kind of workout. New 3 rep max Push Jerk PR: 140 lbs.

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• September 11, 2009

Belching Fire

Friday morning’s CrossFit Asheville WOD was called “The Belch” and the Skill work was doing Turkish Get Ups. I felt good, really good, recovered and energized after the previous day of rest and calorie packing (Thursday was a 3500 calorie day, but not a cheat day, unless you count the one processed food item I [...]

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• September 8, 2009

Atlantis Revisited

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

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• September 4, 2009

Holiday Obstacles

I don’t get Labor Day off of work. But CrossFit Asheville will be closing on Saturday and Monday since coaches Shanna and Corey are headed to Folly Beach. No complaints. I am sure they deserve a beach break, and all I can say is, I myself have never missed an opportunity to hear ocean waves. [...]

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• September 2, 2009

Assault (and, No More Bands For Me)

CrossFit Asheville WOD of the day: Assault. Made it to the 6:00 am class. Everything is in order, except, I have a pretty standard head cold, a rhinovirus, so, I probably got everyone there sick. Sorry about that! About this cold: it started on the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 25th, with a bit of sinus [...]

CrossFit Asheville WODS \• August 29, 2009

Change

A killer WOD in which I lifted 7,125 pounds overhead and ran 1.25 miles in 21:21. But Daniel appears to have done even more work, in fewer rounds. It’s a puzzle.

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