Kyle says > Jim - Your program looks good for a low carb diet as far  
as volume goes. Keep in mind that you are also not seeking huge  
strength gains like a modern athlete might.

Said in another way, I am looking for maximum *whole body* strength  
and endurance not very unpaleo function-specific capability.  It's  
this function-specific focus required for competive sports combined  
with overtraining that causes those athletes to need (or perhaps think  
they need) unpaleo foods such as starches and sugars.  But I would put  
myself up against just about anyone in activities that don't involve  
modern, unpaleo overspecialization. And I'm not particulary special  
athletically and may be very close to your size, Kyle.

For instance.  I ran a half marathon two weeks ago just because I felt  
like it the morning I took off.  What did I do to train?  Well, I have  
been doing six miles *a week* of running since mid summer.  But most  
experts would say that's a ridiculously low amount to attempt a half.

My paleo method of training allows very good health and overall body  
function. By the way, my resting pulse is in the 40's.

Question: Why does Lance Armstrong ride?  Answer: Because he's highly  
inefficient at storing energy in the form of fat and HAS to engage in  
unbelievably unpaleo endurance activities to burn off the unbelievable  
carb-laden paleo diet he's consuming.  Let me say that again.  Lance  
will be skinny no matter what he does because he cannot store fat very  
well.  But if he consumes lots of carbs, he has to work it off in an  
extreme matter.

Elite sports is not good for you.  It causes injury and its adherents  
believe it requires hours a day to compete.  And they believe it  
requires artificial, nonpaleo eating.

This turns most exercise and nutritional wisdom on its head.

Jim