My Primal Being

Testing the appetite suppressant effects of caffeine. My 4th of July weekend was LOADED w food, and now it's time to get right on track 👊🏾 Let's see if caffeine really helps with intermittent fasting, or just makes me run to the potty to poop 💩

🐖 🐄 Solo trip to #gains-ville for lunch cuz my week started today. This is my ONLY #meal for today cuz I'm using #intermittentfasting to get my #caloricdeficit going to drop more weight for comp in 2 weeks. Guess @gregogallagher got jn my head a little, via @caseysdreamlife 👽😋 #MyPrimalBeing #bodybuilding #weightlifting #primal #workout #Oly #exercise #powerbuilding #CrossFit #paleo #fitness #OlympicWeightlifting #Powerlifting #barbell  #platesonplatesonplates #USPA #mobility #nutrition #food #LiveYourPrime #protein (at Bludso’s Bar & Que)

Ssshhhhh… I’m whipping up something awesome!

😅 Wobbly AF! Had to do some splicing and cutting cuz I took my sweet ass time doing @outlierstrength's #TreePressChallenge. This was also attempt 69,450,321, after a LONG day of #squats and #benchpress. #MyPrimalBeing #OutlierStrength #LiveYourPrime #kettlebell #Powerlifting #StrongFirst #workout #barbell #hardstylekettlebell #Crossfit #RKC #RunyonCanyon #Yoga (at The Quarry)

💪🏾😠👍🏾 I’m moving forward with something I’ve been putting off for a long time … something I believe in but have been too scared to put out there for fear of shame, failure, and disappointment. After this past week of feeling weak and hopeless, I’m committing myself to this forward #progress. I know that there will be #challenges ahead. I know there will be #obstacles that seem #insurmountable. I also know that there will always be #resentment and #regret, and regardless of the pain of disappointment, failure, or shame, I would rather DO, TRY, and FALL than live knowing that I didn’t give it a shot. #MyPrimalBeing #bodybuilding #weightlifting #primal #workout #Oly #exercise #powerbuilding #CrossFit #paleo #fitness #OlympicWeightlifting #Powerlifting #barbell  #platesonplatesonplates #USPA #mobility #nutrition #food #LiveYourPrime (at Barbell Brigade)

💪🏼😤👍🏼 💪🏽🙃👍🏽 💪🏼😠👍🏼 The #struggle is real on this #strongsaturday for @maggiedeee, @sandy_nbr, and @stylelikekacey! #PR doesn't stand for "pretty rep," yet these #strongladies make it look good! 💁🏽💁🏻💁🏼 HUGE props to @sandy_nbr for stepping up to the bar @missionfitnesscenter. I gave her the option of a padded bar but she kindly gave it the 🖕🏽and picked the #iron for her #squats #MyPrimalBeing #LiveYourPrime #fitfam #girlswholift #fitness #barbell #powerlifting #deadlift #platesonplates #Crossfit #bodybuilding #weightlifting #instafit (at The Quarry)

💪🏾🤒👍🏾 No #TBT today. I've been holed up, #sick in bed and was tired of feeling #WeakAsFuck Got some #squats, and flat #bench #dumbbell #presses ... also got in some #bodybuilding, just to feel like my #muscles still work 😅 I tried SUPER hard not to get sick during the last few weeks of #MeetPrep but life had some other plans 😭💀 #LiveYourPrime #MyPrimalBeing #powerlifting #instafit #powerbuilding #fitness #barbell #CrossFit #fitfam #exercise #USPA (at The Quarry)

💪🏽😂👍🏽 #TransformationTuesday They grow up so fast! I remember when @skysthelimit586 was just about to crack 3 plates, now he's pushing 740! #JustKidding! Here's the homie @skysthelimit586 repping it out, looking #Fresh as always, and his bigger brother from another mother @tomkal1 . Both these dudes have always been dope lifters, in my eyes. Keep crushing it fellas! #MyPrimalBeing #bodybuilding #instafit #weightlifting #primal #workout #skwaat #exercise #powerbuilding #CrossFit #fitfam #RogueFitness #StrengthAndConditioning #paleo #fitness #OlympicWeightlifting #barbell  #platesonplatesonplates #mobility #squats #LiveYourPrime (at Barbell Brigade)

😭💀 #MondayMotivation Reminds me of the #UpperBody beating @hungryandfit gave @ironfortitude and I, yesterday ⚰☠ #MyPrimalBeing #OlympicWeightlifting #barbell #fitness #workout #CrossFit #bodybuilding #powerlifting #instafit #Primal #LiveYourPrime . #RepostPlus @atginsta with @RepostPlus ... Coach Yu Jie (~95kg, China 🇨🇳) making Tian Tao's life a little more difficult. Push ups to finish off the training session. #pushup #weightlifting (at The Quarry)

🙌🏾 👏🏾 👊🏾 I just cracked 175 lb!!! Life's just been whooping my ass, all over the place, lately. With the changes at work, @stylelikekacey moving to #Sarasota, #Florida ahead of me, and #peaking for the #USPA #powerlifting meet, I've really been feeling some type of way! This doesn't seem like much, and is way cooler if you saw the scale w my pants off 😝 ... that has me at 178! Either way, little wins like this help me push forward towards the #goal. I still have to get to 165, and its drawing close, but I feel I can get there with only 9 lb to go! I do have to give it up to @scottsfilms for coming by #TheQuarry the other night and giving me a pep talk and for the amazing training session. Have a great day guys! @powaliftinshinobi ... We all gonna make it! #MyPrimalBeing #LiveYourPrime #powerbuilding #instafit #bodybuilding #fitness #barbell #fitfam (at The Quarry)

💪👲👍 I'm definitely too late for a #FlexFriday so I'll call this a #SaturdaySquint 😋 ... had a moment to drive past @missionfitnesscenter, and saw the amazing work that my #BrotherFromAnotherMother, @ironfortitude created! Had to shoot off a few rounds with the #Guns to show my love #MyPrimalBeing #bodybuilding #instafit #weightlifting #primal #workout #Oly #exercise #powerbuilding #CrossFit #fitfam #RogueFitness #StrengthAndConditioning #paleo #fitness #OlympicWeightlifting #barbell  #platesonplatesonplates #mobility #nutrition #food #LiveYourPrime (at Mission Fitness Center)

💪👲👍 💪🏿👱🏿👍🏿 #TBT A little #ThrowbackThursday to this year's #LAFitExpo. I was inspire to have a moment to talk to Mr. #OverTraining himself, @mikerashid about how he has always pushed himself to be the #Skrong #AsFuck, and to be the best. He told me that most of us tend to use the notion of #overtraining to excuse ourselves from #greatness! Thanks Mike for the #MentalJewels! 💪👲👍 💪🏿👱🏿👍🏿 #TBT A little #ThrowbackThursday action to this year's #LAFitExpo. Got to talk a little bit with Mr. #OverTraining himself, @mikerashid. It was inspiring to hear him talk about how being #skrong #AsFuck! was always his #motivation for training... striving to always be #TheBest! He also told me that people like to use the excuse of #overtraining as a way of keeping themselves from pushing their limits and achieving #Greatness! Thanks Mike for the #MentalJewels! #MyPrimalBeing #bodybuilding #instafit #weightlifting #primal #workout #exercise #powerbuilding #CrossFit #fitfam #StrengthAndConditioning #paleo #fitness #OlympicWeightlifting #barbell  #platesonplatesonplates #LiveYourPrime (at La Convention Center- the Fit Expo)

☠ Back at the #MeccaOfPowerlifting... @barbellbrigade. Following in the tradition, hitting the #Instagram wall for my #preworkout #selfie. #MyPrimalBeing #bodybuilding #instafit #weightlifting #primal #workout #Oly #exercise #powerbuilding #CrossFit #fitfam #RogueFitness #StrengthAndConditioning #paleo #fitness #OlympicWeightlifting #barbell  #platesonplatesonplates #mobility #nutrition #food #LiveYourPrime (at Barbell Brigade)

😰 #Fail This was the last time I trained heavy, and in program. I've been feeling #unmotivated the past 2 weeks. Partly due to exhaustion, partly due to separation anxiety ( miss you #bae ( @stylelikekacey ), and partly due to me trying to eat the whole damn elephant. Some of us have HUGE #dramatic moments of frustration and disappointment, like @powaliftinshinobi. . Others like myself, sometimes take a while to see the signs of fault and fracture. This is me seeing those signs, and working to get back on the wagon. My #USPA #powerlifting meet is in a month. LETS FUCKING DONTHIS! 😡👺👿 #MyPrimalBeing #bodybuilding #instafit #weightlifting #primal #workout #exercise #powerbuilding #CrossFit #fitfam #RogueFitness #StrengthAndConditioning #paleo #fitness #OlympicWeightlifting #barbell  #platesonplatesonplates #LiveYourPrime (at Grind Fit - Sarasota)

🙌🏾 Props to @miss_olsen87 for this #Real moment in the #Struggle! 👊🏾 It's rare to see a nice looking girl who's both athletic and aesthetic, AND actually lifts on #Instagram ... straight up too many sexy IGs peddling crap on here, who #dontevenlift #squats #girlswholift #barbell #bumpers #platesonplatesonplates #MyPrimalBeing #fitness #workout #legday #squatbooty

💪🏼👴🏼👍🏼 #FlashbackFriday to the time I met the #Legendary #BillKazmaier by the @sbdapparel booth at the 2016 #LAFitExpo 🙌🏾 When I asked him how I could "Get as strong as (he) is" he told me... "You'll never be as strong as me 😁" ... and I believed him 😅 Bill was such a charming and gracious guy, even with such a history of great accomplishments and world record acclaim! Thanks for your time and wisdom, #Kaz! Photo By : Juan Esguerra III ( @ironfortitude ) #MyPrimalBeing #powerlifter #strongman #barbell #LiveYourPrime #deadlifts #squats #benchpress (at La Convention Center- the Fit Expo)

💥 #TBT to when @stylelikekacey and I had our first shooting-date 🔫💐 at the @lagunclub. As tough as she is, the revolver .22 gave her a little scare, here or there 😋 She's gonna have to get used to at least a .45 if we're gonna be living in Florida 💪🏼👊🏾 #MyPrimalBeing #guns #LiveYourPrime #girlswholift #gunshow #LAGunClub #powerlifter #girlswhoshoot #longhairdontcare #LosAngeles #GunControl #SixShooter (at Los Angeles Gun Club)