Tales of the Hunt - Apex Predator's Chronicles page

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Vitals:

29 years old

5'10"

Very roughly 200lbs - not really trying to significantly add or lose weight

No underlying health issues

Goals in order:

1. Health
2. Strength
3. Longevity
4. Appearance (mostly for indirect reasons)

My diet is closer to PaNu by Kurt Harris than Primal. I eat dairy regularly and do not consider it a cheat. I eat some starches, i.e. potatoes and white rice and generally do not consider them a cheat. I don't eat much fruit.

I eat a lot.

Supplementation:

Plant-based multis
Fish Oil
D3+K2
Mg(sometimes packaged with Calcium)

Exercise:

Intentional workouts are almost always heavy barbell training. Sometimes I sprint, and I'm generally pretty active. Both my jobs involve moving around a lot, with some repetitive light lifting.

Journal Notes:

My entries will be sporadic, with likely more workouts posted than diet.

My goal is to have a place to record a rough snapshot of my life from a Primal perspective, and to bounce ideas off of like-minded people without having to explain my version of the lifestyle every time.

I'm also a personal trainer who uses(or at least tries to use, people are stubborn) primal with my clients. So this will also be a place to discuss that, to a degree.

Comments and critiques are always welcome, and while I will argue with you, you won't hurt my feelings.

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Squats:

Warm-ups:
135x5
185x5
225x5
Work Sets:
275x3
315x3
355x3

Last set of squats was slightly easier than expected.

Hise Shrugs (progressing slowly on these to minimize stress-biofeedback)
225x5
275x5
315x5

Did a ~10sec static hold at the top of squat position with 405

Tried some single leg dumbbell Romanian dead-lifts I saw somewhere, but didn't like them.

Will likely do a pretty-boy workout later.

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Did a pretty-boy workout last Wed.

Didn't work out on Sat as usual, due to cortisol levels.

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Squats

135x5
185x5 - some tightness in left hip, stretched some afterward
225x5 - still some tightness in the hip, feels like it needs to pop

275x3 - still some tightness, not interfering with lift
315x3 - diminishing hip tightness
365x3 - minimal hip tightness - reps were grinding, not ideal

Hise Shrugs

225x5
275x5
315x5
365x5

Of course, the hip pops putting away the plates.

Slight neck discomfort, I think bar placement wasn't ideal for one of the middle shrug sets.

Will probably do a pretty boy workout later.

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Strict Press
45x5
95x5
115x5
135x5

Jerks
135
155
175
185
205
225
235(failed)

Pullups

Wide Grip-3
Normal Grips-5

Chinups
Narrow Grip-5
Extra Narrow Grip-5

Push Press

135x10

Will do prettyboy work out shortly.

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Squats
135x5
185x5
225x5

275x3
315x3
370x3 Still not happy with speed here

Some lingering hip soreness.

Hise Shrugs

225x5
315x5
405x5 ROM wasn't the best.

Will probably do a prettyboy workout later.

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Bench

135x5
185x5
195x5
205x5
215x5 -kept it light

Chins

5
5
4

2 Kipping pullups

Will probably do prettyboy workout later.

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Squat

135x5
185x5
225x5

275x3
335x3
375x3 - not pretty. Slow, grinding reps, depth may or may not have been perfect on last rep.

Omitting Hise shrugs to hopefully facilitate recovery.

Will probably do prettyboy workout later.

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Bench

135x5
185x5
225x5x3

Pullups
3
5
Chins
4
2
CNG
2

Prettyboy workout later.

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Power Cleans

45x3
95x3
135x3
185x1x3

Presses

95x5
115x4
135x5x2

Will probably do prettyboy workout later.