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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 \• April 10, 2010

All in Good Time

The CrossFit Asheville workout today was Turkish Get-Ups and “A Moment In Time,” a WOD we last completed on Sep. 14th, 2009. I did a different sprint distance, and used a lighter weight. But I still feel I crushed my previous effort. The way I did this workout left me feeling spent all day. It [...]

Active Rest \• October 19, 2009

Folly Beach Surfing Folly

We spend three days in Folly Beach, SC, trying to get some Indian Summer sun, and mostly flailing instead of surfing. Did some excessive eating, too. Best food of the trip: Taco Boy on Center Street. Best souvenir? My new (used) Todd Sutz longboard from McKevlin’s!

Active Rest \• September 13, 2009

Avenue as Guru

A brief and mellow Sunday ride reminds me of how rolling on blacktop can be a kind of somatic learning experience. The avenue can be a guru.

Active Rest \• September 3, 2009

Rolling Rhinovirus Style

Super fatigué today. It’s this damn Rhinovirus. This is day 9 of a wiggy up and down cold that’s been bugging me since I first felt it stirring on the 26th of August. I’m definitely not 100% on the ball, but I’m on the mend. Nose isn’t running so much anymore. Pain is gone. What’s [...]

Active Rest \• September 1, 2009

Murdock Ave

I decided to take a CrossFit rest day, but to play just a bit today. Mostly I worked. I had a terrible food day (so far), eating far too few calories. I brought my skateboard gear with me to do some work. About 20 minutes before I was scheduled to pick up Lena, I finally [...]

Active Rest \• August 20, 2009

Skateboard Rain Café

A brief skateboarding expedition in Asheville, NC.

Active Rest \• August 16, 2009

Longboard on Broadway

Active Rest. Sunday. Rode my longboard a bit in the Montford Neighborhood of Asheville.

Rest Days \• June 21, 2009

Day of Fathers

Today Yael let me sleep in (I slept until almost 8:00 am!). Then she brought me coffee and the Sunday NYT in bed. According to me, this is the holy trinity. Later, brunch at Jesse and V’s with their baby Annalise. Beautiful. We all went on a walk, and I had a good time walking [...]

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