5-21-2012 update

BW was 236.1# over the weekend. Had a nice training session on Friday which included an Inch DB lift and Hub lifts at 70# and 72# as well. This weekend I cut down a couple of large cedars we had in our front yard and cut them up into firewood size pieces. Got most of the resulting logs and debris cleaned up. Got a little sunburned and tuckered too in the process with the 100deg+ temps. Glad its nearly done though. Unfortunately the trees were planted too close to the house many years ago and had started lifting the house and causing cracks and doors to not close properly among other issues. They will be missed but hopefully we can get some new trees planted further away from the house. possibly a nice walnut or macadamia nut. In the garden we are starting to get our first tomatoes of the season. Yum!

5-15-2012

Just a quick diet update. Still going strong. BW was 237.4# this morning.

5-9-2012

Finally broke under 240# a couple days ago. BW this morning was 239.2#. Lunchtime training went well yesterday with finally a full Inch DB lift and reps on the GHP #8 gripper, etc. Looking forward to more weight lost and more PR's in the near future.

5-1-2012

So a little over 5 weeks into the Primal diet now. Body weight this morning was 240.1#, so getting close to dropping under 240. That is really exciting for me! On a similar note I've dropped about 10# over the course of the month of April and about 19# since the beginning. Big initial drop was mostly water weight I'm sure. Training continues to go well. I tested on 1H Circus bar DL, 1H axle DL, and hub lifts yesterday. For the most part I had improvements of around 10% with the Hub being closer to 14% improvement over the course of the month despite the weight drop. Still gonna take it easy on benching for awhile longer to work on shoulder rehab. These were how the lift tests shook out yesterday.

1 hand Circus Bar DL (2 3/8")
RH 154# (had a little more in the tank)
LH 144# (Max effort)

1H Axle DL
RH 206# (more in the tank)
LH 185# (Max effort)

IM Hub lift
RH 70.2# (Max effort)
LH ~ 53# (Max effort, I think maxing on other 2 lifts affected this some)