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.
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.

November 25, 2009

Holiday Obstactles

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

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!

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.

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.

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 ate, [...]

September 8, 2009

Atlantis Revisited

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

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 [...]

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 discomfort, [...]

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.

hi mom!