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 4, 2010

Reflecting on the May 22nd Program

I review the rules of my program and discuss my recent compliance, or lack of compliance, with it.

January 23, 2010

The “Paleo” Cheat Day (Coco-Cocoa-Banana Pudding Recipe)

An experimental recipe for a pretty tasty Paleo “Coco-Cocoa-Banana-Pudding” creates a great opportunity for overeating and storing a few extra calories as fat.

January 10, 2010

Program Review

A quick review of my “May 22nd Program” plan. Things are going fine.

January 6, 2010

New Year, New Program

It seemed like it was time to put the old program to bed, and to make up a new program. All hail the new program!

November 9, 2009

Rest Week Reflections

As I enter the last week of my second cycle through the “new plan” (aka the “Never on a School Night” plan), I pause to reflect on, to analyze, and to assess the measurements I have made in the process of my training.

September 27, 2009

Retrospect: Five Weeks on the School Plan

I examine my training and nutrition over the past five weeks in the light of my “never on a school night” plan, which I established on August 23rd. The results are mixed, but I seem to be healthy and on track for good things as I move forward with the plan.

September 6, 2009

Another Given Sunday

I am grateful for a nice Sunday with the family and I evaluate my progress over the past two weeks since Aug. 23rd, when I adopted a clear training plan and goal-set for this Academic year.

September 5, 2009

Good Cheating in Good Conscience

A planned cheat day falls on Labor Day Weekend, and I have a blast, leading me to reflect on the virtues of cheating on your Paleo-Zone diet.

August 30, 2009

Retrospect: The New Plan

One week ago I created a new plan for myself, called the Never on a School Night plan; it involves seven components. I already posted a mid-week check in on Thursday. Here’s an update after week one.
One aspect of the plan was to treat this first week of the plan as a “cutting [...]

August 10, 2009

Antepenultimatic

I left for Indian Beach with my Dad at about 5:20 am, arriving a good 20 minutes before sunrise, we were pleasantly surprised by the wave shape and size. The surface was far from clean, but the swell was breaking pretty nicely in surfable sets, that were setting up nicely because the ocean stood [...]

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