Fitness, economics of the hunter-gatherers

So lately I've had a little more free time, enough even to get some free reading that isn't a good biochemistry journal paper on something related to beta-cell death (as per the direction of the Nutrition lab I'm working in). So, I caught wind of GoogleLabs--a digitized library of around 5 million books. Cool tool to map trends in writing and interest over the past couple hundred years, and then direct links to digitized books. I lingered for a little while, and something about a true book on hunter-gather epidemiology is in no way familiar to me. I've been following blindly(or close to it) a paleo diet for about 10 months now, and really am enjoying some cutting edge research supporting it as the closest replication of something typically in tune with ancestral diets, but I'd like to really cultivate a passion for sharing the benefits of the lifestyle choice. Perhaps giving me a more detailed relation between this diet and that of our distant ancestors to throw in with an elevator-pitch/pseudopersuasion given to friends? Anyways, found a little piece on hunter-gatherer fitness and genetics:



an interesting read with some pretty decent theory on government modeling, group-thought and the ends of the hunter-gatherer.



Yesterday's workout:
warmup: active stretches, squats, foam rollers, pushups
Bench Press 5x5, 1x2(225#)
overhead squat: 3x5, 2x3(ending at 190#)
weighted dips: 5x5(45, 55,65#)
cable flyes 5x10(for the old isolation itch)

Today's workout:

Push press 3x3x3x3x3x3(ending at 200#)
Split Jerk 1x1x1x1(ending at 225#)

3 RFT of:
10 cleans (from the deck, 135#)
20 KB swings(50#)
10 burpees

military press 4x5


First hard workout in about a week due to a slight cold. Hit a PR on the split jerk. Booyah

O-lifts, baby, o-lifts.

Been awhile since I've updated this, so I figured I'd start back with my past 2 workout's logs. I've gradually transitioned to an O-lift(olympic lift)- based scheme.

Wednesday

warmup: lunges, glute bridges, active stretching(lunges, side-squats, hamstring stretches) and some foam-roller exercises

Strength:
Push Press 3x3x3x3x3x3x3(increasing weight, ending at 215#)
Squat Cleans(from the deck) 3x3x3x3x3(all at 185#)

Metcon:
3 rounds for time of:
15 burpees
25 KB swings(50# kb)
500M row on a concept-II rower

This Morning
warmup: same as Wednesday's, with some pushups thrown in

Workout:
Bench Press 4x5(185#), 2x2-3(205#)
"Circuit" of:
Over-head squats 7,6,5,5,3(startings at 135#, ending at 185#)
Weighted dips 7,6,5,5,5(starting at 45#, ending at 75#)
Dumbell Bench Press 3x5(75# dbs)
Incline Bench Press 2x8(135 #)

Ended with a couple sets of clapping pushups.




Good week of workouts. After losing(WTF?) weight over Thanksgiving break after 3 pretty clean paleo, hypercaloric thanksgiving meals. Body weight is currently at 177lbs, so hitting 185lbs on the O-squat for 3 reps was an accomplishment.

Recently, PWO nutrition has been a can of Sardines, packed in water supplying 19g of protein and about 9g of fat(including lots of omega-3s). And then a follow up meal 1.5-2 hours later including something starchy (squash or sweet potatoes), some blueberries, and omega-3 eggs and bacon. I'll try to keep posting more regularly....