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“The Swinger.” PUC Day 29.

My wake-up was a little hard. I went to bed at 10:30 but some itinerant folks were making loud party sounds in the creek behind my house the first part of the night, keeping Yael and I up. Not sure … Continue reading

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“Primrose Hill.” PUC Day 15 & 16. Biking in London.

Warm Up A light bike ride to the gym, and then, having dropped off my stuff, from the gym to the bottom of Primrose Hill, which is the north end of Regent’s Park in London. I made my way to … Continue reading

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Bench and Row. PUC Skipped Day.

My trip to London has been great. I bought a one week membership at a little gym right on Belsize Park Gardens, about 2 blocks from Gadi and Mimi’s place. They have Concept II rowers and some crappy olympic weights, … Continue reading

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“The Midwest Regional Support WOD.” PUC Day 13.

Decent sleep, about 7.5 hours, but interrupted at 3:30 am for a pee. 1.5 block breakfast. Then the 9:00 am CrossFit Asheville workout. It was a small crowd today, just Shalene, David, Tom, Randy and myself. The WOD is designed … Continue reading

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“Cindy.” PUC Day 12.

6 hours of uninterrupted (!) sleep. Pretty good. 1 block breakfast (one boiled egg, 2/5 banana). Coffee w/ milk. Water. Then hit the 6:00 am workout at CrossFit Asheville. Warm Up Pretty typical agility drills, plus a round of push-ups, … Continue reading

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“Big James.” PUC Day 9.

Coming off of 1.5 days of rest. But last night I had trouble falling asleep, and was wakeful. Slept perhaps 5 hours total between 11:00 pm and 5:00 am. One block breakfast (egg, 2/5 banana, coffee). Headed in to CrossFit … Continue reading

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Push Jerk. Mile Run. PUC Day 7.

Decent sleep last night, but only about 5 hours, and it was interrupted.  Better than the night before!  One block breakfast & coffee, then Warm Up Football-style agility drills, followed by 1 round of Push-ups, Sit-ups, Pull-ups, Squats, 12 reps … Continue reading

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In Honor of SSG Hansen; PUC Day 6

Decent sleep, but too little of it, and interrupted (at 12:30 am) by a piss and a little tossing and turning. Then a 5:00 am wakeup. 1 block breakfast (quadruple fat). Coffee. CrossFit Asheville WOD: In Honor of SSG Hansen … Continue reading

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Saturday WOD — Carrier Park

I had strong nutrition yesterday, followed by a good night’s sleep, of about 7 hours, with plenty of coffee and a 2.5 block breakfast. Then I hooked up with the CrossFit Asheville Crew (Shanna, Corey, Corey H, Evan, Dan, Katie, … Continue reading

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“Tabata Something Else”

Today’s WOD at CrossFit Asheville: Skills: Max Height Box-Jump; I tied my personal record at 37.5″ “Tabata Something Else” Pull Ups, Push Ups, Sit Ups, Squats Tabata protocol: Work 20 seconds, Rest 10 seconds; do 8 intervals each for four … Continue reading

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“Angie”

I did “Angie” on Tuesday morning this week. “Angie” is the first and most basic of the original “benchmark” workouts (aka “The Girls”) used in CrossFit (see CrossFit Journal Sep. 2003). “Angie” is composed entirely of callisthenic exercises. It consists … Continue reading

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