3-27-2012

Day 6 of my Primal Blueprint change. Was 250.9 BW this morning. I feel better each day. Did a brief training session at lunch. Haven't benched in a couple weeks since the Push/Pull meet I did earlier this month. I did a 375 Bench at the meet and was pretty happy with that. Still hoping to get back to 405 or better again before I hit 40. Left shoulder still a little sore and I need to up my mobility work to take care of that I'm sure. So workout was short and light just to see how it felt. Also did some thickbar work with the 2 3/8" Circus bar as Jason calls it. I like the name so I'm gonna stick with it. I think I'm gonna work thickbar more for a few weeks since its been lagging a bit and see if I can start getting full pulls again on the Inch replica DB.

Bench
10x135
5x185
4x225
3x285
5x285

Grippers RH
3x#2, 3xBBGM, 1xEE, 1xGHP L8

Circus Bar 1H DL
LH 3x86, 1x130, 0x140, work sets
RH 3x86, 1x130, 1x140, work sets

3-26-2012

So far so good on the new Primal diet. I've been sticking to it and feeling better each day. BW is down to 252# right now. This is the lightest I have been since I started tracking my weight with the Wii fit 2 1/2 yrs ago. High weight was 275# around beginning of October last year.

I had a fairly active weekend although no weight lifting. Lots of walking, working in the garden, and some sprints yesterday. In fact I think I tweaked my left quad a little on the sprints. It sure is fun getting older.

Hoping to get Tomatoes planted soon. I'm double digging the winter cover crop in on the main bed right now. A neighbor who also gardens was nice enough to plant extra of the seeds I gave him and grow up the starter plants. He just dropped off a big tray full yesterday and they look great.

I'm Baaack!

I took a posting hiatus while trying to finish getting everything wrapped up for the AZ Cactus grip contest. The contest went well and everyone had some great performances. My new 2HP setup seemed to be a hit as well as some of the other gear I built and I'm really happy about that. So I will be trying to get back into the groove of posting training, projects and updates.

First update is that I will be attempting to go Primal with my diet for the next few weeks. I had considered Paleo in the past but never really made it part of my lifestyle. I've had alot of health issues in the last year or so that I am hoping this change will address. Much more so than weight loss, although that would be nice too. A recent post by Ryan J. Pitts at StrongerGrip put the bug in my mind to check this out again. So I purchased the Primal blueprint 21day total body transformation for my Kindle and a couple cook books from amazon after checking out the marksdailyapple blog.

This morning I had my 2nd meal of the program and I have to admit it was awesome and I still feel sated and in a great mood hours later. That is just not normal for me. I'll let you guys know how it is going as I make it through this. Breakfast this morn was a 3 egg omelet with bacon, sauteed mushrooms, onions, broccoli and avocado. Cooked the eggs in the bacon grease and topped with fresh salsa. OMG!

Btw starting weight was 259# today.

- Aaron