Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

Hey dude, welcome to my team. I mean the team. Thanks for your compliments This site is the daddy, people know what time it is

Welcome Gorilla!

Great to have you here. I agree Richard rules and everyone else here rules too! We have a lot of fun and many of us are planning on hanging out next summer, probably in the Caribbean somewhere.

I'm sure I'll get to know you soon. I'm out of the US right now but I return home in a couple of days and I'll be in touch more often.

Have a great day! And nice pics from both you and VeganMomma!

-Robert

Hey, hardcore squatting weight!

I can't help but wonder what form you use, or if you are already strong from previous sports. You'll soon be squat master if you continue to gain strength at that rate!!


Yeah, we have a kind of democracy here Everyone may rule by permission of the other rulers

Cheers guys

Yes so as a student at Oxford University I've been lucky enough to do some hardcore rowing!

You might have heard of rowers doing leg circuits to develop the power in the legs that you need.

Back squats, front squats, leg presses, split squats, lunges...

Since the beginning of this year I've been having one-to-one training sessions with a former commonwealth weightlifting champion.

He is the real master of the squat.

He's made sure that I've kept good form as I've increased the weight.

Really tensing abs, lower back, thighs, hamstrings and calves.

Keeping the weight on heels.

Head up, eyes looking forward.

Lowering slowly then as soon as the thighs are parallel to the floor UP UP UP UP UP UP UP UP, squeezing abs like crazy and pushing heels into the floor to drive the weight up.

On the leg press machine I'm up to 120kg for 8 reps, 160kg for 4 reps.


So Daywalker I don't know if you said. Do you live anywhere near Bonn?

Hey, that sounds like you do it right

I was just astonished by 120kg on the squat and only 45 on the bench

Nein, ich wohne nicht in der Nähe von Bonn Ich wohne bei Frankfurt.

Yeah you often find that with people who have done a lot of rowing training.

I really need to work on my bench press.

Schade. Naja, Frankfurt ist auch schoen. Ich habe meinen 19. Geburtstag dort gefeiert. Das war ein Urlaub mit meinen Freunden. Einer davon kommt auch nach Bonn fuer sein "Auslandsjahr". Er ist eigentlich schon da.

Ich komme naechste Woche in Deutschland an. Leider habe ich noch keine Unterkunft arrangiert. Es ist sehr schwierig, wenn man nicht dort ist. Also habe ich vor, ein paar Tage in der Jugendherberge zu verbringen, waehrend ich WGs besichtige. Das Studentenwerk konnte kein Zimmer in den Studentenwohnheimen fuer mich finden.

Ich will ein gutes Fitnesszentrum in Bonn finden und nette Menschen kennenlernen

dude, your german is more than awesome!

Sei froh, Gorilla, dass Du nicht in einem Studentenwohnheim wohnst
Ich finde, die sind zu teuer für ein Zimmer und Gemeinschaftskueche und -bad.
Eine WG ist besser
Viel Glück und Erfolg beim Suchen bzw. Finden!

Cheers dudes



That gives me confidence.

Ja, ich glaube eine WG wird besser sein, besonders wenn es awesome Menschen wie ihr gibt

Hey I've been looking around on the site and found this article:

http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/article/724

Name: Alexander Dargatz
Age: 28
Height: 186cm (6’1”)
Weight: approx. 86kg at the moment (190lbs)
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
Current Residence: Frankfurt, Germany

Well I've put two and two together. I know I'm slow, sorry.

But what I wanted to say is WOW what a physique! I am so so so inspired. And what you say in the interview is, like, SO spot on.

Nuff respect

Hey dudes. I'm just mentioning this in case anybody has been doing the same thing as me:

For my chest routine I've been leaving the BB bench press late in the routine, when my muscles are already pretty fatigued.

I usually do bodyweight press ups, DB incline press, parallel bar dips, then either DB or BB flat bench.

Anyway, today I started with the BB flat bench, which allowed me to move more weight than ever before.

Welcome, Gorilla! (Sorry I'm a little late). But I hope that you find this site useful. There are lots of great people on here - you've already seen that. I wish I could understand your convos in German. I spent some time in Germany this past summer, but could unfortunately understand very little. I took French in high school. Oh well. Anyway, look forward to talking to you on the boards!

Hey Corey. Thanks. Yes, it's a wonderful community. I'm just getting everything together for Germany now. I'm flying out there next Wednesday. Reading about your travelling on your website is a real inspiration. Sounded like an amazing experience

Wow, a student at Oxford. Impressive. Welcome!

Welcome!