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> Kirk: Just wondering about your exercise regimen. I'm wondering if  
> you've designed it to approximate some minimal hunter-gatherer  
> exertion levels, etc? Or is it for some other reason?
>

My workout regimen consists of two or three workouts per week, single  
set at high levels of intensity (to the point of exhaustion -- at the  
end of each set I cannot complete another repetition).  While it's  
certainly not the only paleo activity pattern, I do believe it to be  
reflective of the hunter pattern of two to three days of intense  
hunting activity followed by much rest and lazing around camp.  I  
believe the anthropological and archeological record supports this  
fairly well.  The key is what is the minimum required to  trigger  
maximal increases in functional capability.

A typical workout at the gym, then, would consist of leg presses, leg  
extensions, some sort of chest fly or chest press, underhanded  
pullups or lat pulldowns, maybe a lateral raise with dumbbells to  
work the deltoids and a special exercise I do for the weak muscles in  
the back of my neck.  I always leave nearly gasping for air -- and  
usually get strange looks because I'm doing "anaerobic" activities.   
Heart really gets going and to say the muscles (which the heart  
supports, not the other way around) are tired is an understatement.

My workout for the purposes of this trial will be, at least  
initially, much simpler.  Unweighted squat to exhaustion (may  
eventually take me up to five minutes to get there), underhand  
pullup, pushup, and 400 meter run.

Jim