The Paleo Lifestyle and/or Diet

Originally Posted by VicDorfman

a protein shake could be a good option, especially if you're doing any kind of anaerobic stuff during the workout (pushups, air squats, situps, etc.) that tears muscle fiber more significantly than shots, sprawls and such.

Yeah, we do a ton of that. Our warmups are never really identical twice, but basically stay consistent. One night we went heavy on pushups: We had already done aabout 40 or 60, before we circled up and counted out ten for every student there, which was about 16 students.

For the most part it's about 40 to 80 pushups on average, depending on the other exercises.

Thanks for the info. So I wil continue with the protein shakes then.

i tried paleo and felt great but was a little too strict. I really like "primal" (see Primal Blueprint) a lot. Marksdailyapple.com

try justin's almond butter instead

I have a big stomach, so I can eat a lot. When on this Paleo diet, how much of it can you eat for it to still be effective?

Originally Posted by John Hickman

I have a big stomach, so I can eat a lot. When on this Paleo diet, how much of it can you eat for it to still be effective?

It depends on your metabolism, but you can eat quite a bit because the foods are healthy and unprocessed. Also, you won't get as many calories per volume of food, so you'll feel full, but be eating less overall calories. For example, compare how full you'd feel after eating an 8oz steak vs eating just an order of fries. Both provide approximately the same number of total calories. Personally, I'm currently averaging around 4k calories per day just to maintain my body weight, but I've always had a fast metabolism.