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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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Workouts \• May 14, 2012

seventh monday

Sigh. Coming into this seventh week of my eight week cycle “back on track,” but that only means: rededicated to dedication. I have a long ways to go to get to sustainability. Rehab from injury? Check. Known adversaries on the horizon? Gotta get ready. Body Recomposition and Training goals? Still to be attained. This is [...]

Conditioning \• May 7, 2012

fatter monday

Weighing in a bit heavy at the start of my 6th week of my current 8 week cycle. Not a bit happy about it, except, my skinfold measure is down today and my waist measure was within normal limits. Lean mass gain? Looks like it. I injured my back two weeks ago today. That is, [...]

Workouts \• April 30, 2012

getting better … again

Monday, one week after my back muscle pull. This is the first workout of my fifth week of the current 8 week cycle. The painful muscle pull… or tear… or whatever it was… has subsided to an ache. I was stiff in the morning, but after this rehab-centric workout, I had a pain free day [...]

Workouts \• April 23, 2012

another setback

They say God laughs at those who plan. Or something. Anyway I had plans and was admiring my own unfolding plans. I should have known a setback was coming, simply because I was so excited about the apparent progress I was making. I ignored a kind of nagging, nascent pain I had in my back [...]

Conditioning \• April 20, 2012

friday morning blast

Warm-Up: a couple of minutes of jump rope, some floor work, shoulder mobility, then burpees 5 x 4 @ 60s intervals (= 20 burpees). Deadlift: 5 x 135 / 3 x 225 / 2 x 5 x 255. No video. Probably about the same as last week. SSB Squat: 5 x 70 / 3 x [...]

Strength Day \• April 18, 2012

again with the wednesday

training may feel like it keeps going on and it does Warm-Up: 5 minutes on the bike, shoulder mobility, burpees 5 x 4 @ 60s intervals. Shoulder Rehab: external rotations each side x 3 x 10 x 10 lbs DBs; shoulder press 3 x 7 x 25 lbs KBs. SSB Squat: 5 x 70 / [...]

Conditioning \• April 16, 2012

gimme more monday

A little more weight on the bar this week than the last. A little more volume too. Week three of my current eight week training cycle began today It went ok. Going ok is good. This is about doing work. Warm-Up: 5 minutes on the Airdyne. Floor work. Shoulder mobility. Burpees 5 x 4 @ [...]

Workouts \• April 13, 2012

friday being there

Warm Up 5 min on airdyne, floor work, shoulder mobility, Burpees 5 x 3 @ 60s. SSB Squats: 5 x 70 / 5 x 120 / 3 x 140 / 1 x 150 / 5 x 5 x 155 Deadlifts: 5 x 135 / 3 x 185 / 1 x 225 / 2 x 5 [...]

Conditioning \• April 11, 2012

on plan

Recovery/Dietary Issues Wednesday morning. Not the best sleep. And tired from an unplanned and long uphill walk with a double stroller yesterday. But there. Recovered from Monday but a bit more beat down than I want to be. At least I’ve been eating well. Weigh in at 197.00 this morning, which is +2 lbs over [...]

Conditioning \• April 9, 2012

some more monday

Monday morning at ASC, can’t complain. My dad was with me again (older guy in the background of my deadlift video) which was fun. Warm-Up: 5 min on Airdyne, followed by karaoke, shoulder mobility, and burpees, 5 x 3 @ 60 sec. Burpees are feeling good. Welcome back burpees! Shoulder Rehab: Y/T/I 3 x 10 [...]

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