Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

In the past 6 weeks i've been travelling and so didn't follow any program
I trained between 2 and 4 times per week, and whole body workouts every time.

I practiced my power cleans a bit and did a PB of 200lbs. Still quite weak, but getting better. Thanks to wannalift for showing me the knack of doing hang cleans, i will continue to practice on that, i'm sure it'll help my power cleans, too

I also worked on the depth of my squat. I use less weight and do full ROM now, feels much better Thanks to the Edinburgh crew for that
To keep my body from forgetting the heavy weights i do rack lockouts or quarter squats with a half-decent load now and then. I mainly like the psychological benefits


Soon i'll start a new HST cycle. I just have to figure out when to do the 10-14 days deconditioning before

The biggest problem i have with HST, is that you're limited in the number of exercises

The exercises for the cycle will include:
Squats
Bench press
Barbell row, overhand grip
Chin-ups (underhand grip)
Barbell press
Deadlift
Calf raises
Crunches

I'm contemplating on these exercises, maybe some with only one workset instead of two, to keep the total volume under control:

Close grip bench
Incline bench curls
Upright rows
Dips

Definitely no power cleans and front squats



loveliberate:
We were in Juarez this sunday.
I got two new pair of glasses quite cheap and a sunburn for free!
Check some pics here: http://www.veganfitness.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7900

Good to hear that ya'll made it down to Juarez! I've always enjoyed my time down there... How about you two - where did you go and what did you do? Any general impressions of the place and people?

We only went there to get my new glasses
We also walked around for ~3hours and had a drink in a Mexican bar.
I thought it's a very touristy place, with lots of opticians, dentists and pharmacies


I have found out that i started the deconditioning on tuesday
I won't train for the next two weeks, no weights i mean, and start on monday 25th with the cycle

You should only eat icecream and deserts from k-oz for the next two weeks...surely that will do the trick

What trick?

I have figured out my training weights. They're pathetic, especially for the bench...
Anyways, a princess gotta do what a princess gotta do!


Weights (15/10/5RM in kg):

Squat: 100/112.5/125
Bench: 77.5/85/95
Barbell row (overhand): 80/92.5/105
Barbell press: 40/47.5/55
Chin-ups: 0/15/35
Deadlift: 125/140/155
CGBP: 60/70/82.5
Incline bench dumbell curls: 14/18/22
Dips: 17.5/27.5/37.5

I'll continue my SD and only do nunchakus and swimming for the next week. On monday, 25th, i'll start my cycle with 60%
Looking forward to that already
Would love to do some cleans today...

I'll be on vacation for a week and probably not able to post. See you all next week!

Have fun and don't eat too much crap

Yes, have fun, and don't forget the nunchakus .

Maybe it was the person you went with who kept taking pictures of "Welcome/Bienvenidos" signs and lizards .

@ Crystal's tourist comments:

Daywalker, look over your shoulder man..........look all the way back to the West Coast of the United States. There is a vegan bodybuilder who is training hard and eating like an animal. Focus your eyes on those of us who are aiming at you. You've got a target on you now that you are the #1 top dogg in Vegan Bodybuilding.

We're coming for you my friend.

Train hard and eat plenty in Edinburgh and maybe we'll have a showdown over there sometime

maybe I need to give up cycling and jump on this...I can definately do the eating part so maybe the rest would just come

What's all this HST talk? You know we never go over 5 reps/2 sets, and take 10 minute breaks between sets don't you?

you should watch a movie between sets...it'll make sure you get much more edequate rest in...I suggest Lord of the Rings...but when you wanna do circuit training watch something around 90minutes in between sets

Back from my vacation and i ended the SD today

Actually, tomorrow should have been day 1 of the cycle, but i couldn't wait another day, so i cheated a little and started today with day 0 ...


Yeah, a new vegan bodybuilder in the game? Who is he?




I am?
I don't think so, and i sure don't hope so. A tiny little iron freak like me can't be No. 1... i'm 100% sure there are bigger vbbs than me out there.


Yes, i know what YOU do

Here's what I did today

I inserted an extra day, startin with 50% of my 15RM at 2x20 reps. It's very light, so i cut down the breaks to 0-90 seconds, and did supersets of two exercises, to get a cardio workout. In the SD, my cardiovascular fitness suffers most. Not to myself: Next SD continue with cardio!

Squat: 2x20 with 50kg
Bench: 2x20 with 40kg
Barbell row (overhand): 2x15 with 50kg - I had still the 50kg on the bar and forgot to reduce to 40 for 2x20...
Barbell press: 2x20 with 20kg
Chin-ups: 2x6 Didn't want to reduce weight and do latpulls instead, so i reduced reps instead.
Deadlift: 2x20 with 60kg. The second set killed me CV-wise, though even the last rep was very easy.

One set each:
CGBP: 1x20 with 30kg
Incline bench dumbell curls: 1x20 with 7kg
Dips: 1x15

It felt nice, good cardio

Tomorrow it's going to be 2x15 at 60% of 15RM.
The schedule will be two days on, one day off, with cardio (swimming) on off days.

Can't wait for next workout

What kind of food did you eat on your vacation??? What are you eating now???

Wow, killer 20-rep day! That certainly is a lot of cardio .