Just went to 405 on the leg press, an increase of 90 pounds from where I was and I feel it.

Yep, we’ve got dumbells and I do a lot of chest presses and flys, as well as shoulder presses & such. Mainly, I like to mix it up as much as possible.

Well, off to the gym. It’s gonna be more of a crossfit routine today, with lots of pullups and jumps.

Is there any particular reason you don’t look to progress on deadlifts? I like high rep deadlifts for the metabolic effect, like you, but since incorporating heavy, low-rep deadlifting, I can do better metabolic work (20 rep sets with 315 at the moment). It isn’t either/or — you can do heavy Monday and light/high-rep Thursday, for instance. I’d bet you’d lose more fat and gain more muscle if you did.

Also, does your gym have dumbells and/or barbells? If so, transitioning to dumbbell chest presses instead of machine presses, and dumbbell rows instead of machine pulldowns, will shoot up your strength even more.

Then again, if you’re working out just to keep active, and not looking to get stronger or have more lean mass, disregard!

The site is awesome — the more paleo success stories, the better, so we can pull more people out of this grain-fed era of disease.

Nope, never seen that and my gym certainly doesn't have one. I have done similar things with heavy dumbells.

As to the waistline, well, I began at 40″ pants that were tight and ow 34″ pants are loose. I actually had to go get a pair of dress slacks Saturday in advance of my wife's birthday party. Everything I had was massive on me, even from suits that are 20 years old.

I'll probably end up around a 32″ waist size.

In fact, I'd say it has positively contributed to my staying with the whole thing up to now. I suppose it's just like a cheat meal now and then. I don't beat myself up over it, and I think that keeps me in the game.

Thanks, as always, for your encouragement and advice.