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  1. Height would be a useful indicator, too! Squatting 300 isn't half as challenging at 5'5" as it is at 6'5".
  2. I'm downtown! 6'2" and 230 lbs, vegan for 7 years. Do you know the chef Doug McNish? He's the only other vegan gym-hound I know in the city. Cheers, Ken
  3. If anyone lives in or around Toronto, you can get Vega for 54.99 at a handful of places including Panacea, the all-vegan grocery store downtown. Cheers.
  4. Hey VV, Have you checked out all of the Winnipeg health food stores listed on HappyCow? http://www.happycow.net/north_america/canada/manitoba/winnipeg/ I'm in Toronto, so I buy everything local. Panacea is an all-vegan grocery store that sells Vega for 54.99 CAD, and I get All Veg Protein in 2.21 kg containers for 49.99. You might consider asking one of those stores to stock it? Cheers.
  5. I commented for funsies: " "Eat animal products 365/7/24!" says the morbidly obese staff writer. Well if you aren't just the poster child for Meatout Day."
  6. So sorry to hear about your sciatica. If it makes you feel any better, I have scoliosis (about 12 degrees to my left). Working out is actually retarding its advance. Problem is, I've been instructed not to do barbell military press by my chiropractor, and I have to be very careful with any overhead movements (I had an injury between the shoulder blade and spine two years ago that still bugs me from time to time). Dig the routine you laid out. I'm doing something akin to that right now, and I think I'll try your routine out in a few weeks when I get bored with it. Thanks, Ken
  7. So here's where I'm at as of July 4th. It's been a real journey from a 6'2", 165-pound stick (in 2005, compare with a family photo from 2004, shortly after I went vegan and initially decided to eat nothing but fruit until noon - the Harvey Diamond diet, not recommended for reasons that should have been obvious at the time, but I digress) to a 245-pound gym buff with a gut to lose. The weight-training part is getting way more effective with faster results, but the fat losing part remains a challenge. I'm not making much progress there. I already know what to do: cut out junk food and booze, but truthfully it's a battle. Any advice is very welcome. A few stats (min 5 reps): Arnold Press: 65 lbs (x2). Deadlift: 4 plates. Bench: 200+ lbs. Calf Machine: 5+ plates. BB Shrugs: 4 1/2 plates. I'm working with a dip belt now for dips and almost finished with chin-up assistance. The end of the summer should see me with the dip belt for chin-ups. We'll see what happens! I'll update in a couple months. Thanks for the advice and support. So glad to be part of the community. Peace and Love, Kenneth July 2009 July 2009 Before
  8. That's true dedication, DCNINJA, with your 5-day workout. I think I might drop dead from exhaustion if I tried that! I've gone from a 2-day split 3-4 times a week to a 4-day routine. I think it's helping, but I've also gone from high rep sets to lower reps sets, so that might be doing it. I'm posting my first progress photos today. Thanks for the encouragement everyone! -Kenneth
  9. Thanks for the kind welcome and the words of encouragement everyone. And see you at the Toronto Veg Fair in September, Robert!
  10. A warm hello to everybody from Toronto! I'm so happy to be part of the community, and wanted to say right away that being a strong, healthy example to the non-vegan world is a crucial aspect of activism. You're all doing much more than building a better body for yourselves whenever you work out. Me: - 6'2" / 188 cm - 230 lbs / 105 kg - Vegan for 6 years - Working out on and off for 4 years. - Fav Exercise: Seated Row - Least Fav: Squats - Supplements: Vega Powder, Complete Veg Protein Powder, Deva Multivitamins, Creatine. - Weaknesses: I indulge the booze, smokes and junk food way too much. - Strengths: Big boned and able to support future weight well. - Short-term goals: Do Chin-ups and Dips without assistance (nearly there). - Long-term goals: Drop body fat by 5+ percentage points (I inherited huge love handles, which makes the situation worse) I'll be looking around the site for good tips, etc., and hopefully one day be able to offer them. I'll also post some pics when I make some photogenic progress. Once I've achieved a level I'm happy with, I'll be buying a Vegan Gym shirt to let the omnis in my area know how was done: http://www.veganstreet.com/market/workout02.html My one big question for the pros is: Is it better to build a routine that works individual muscle groups once a week, or double them up so each group is worked twice a week? Again, great to be here among all of you, and I hope to show you some of the progress that I see many of you have made through your dedication to vegan bbing. Thumbs Up, Kenneth
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