Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

haha, it feels like a dream to me that only last year i was doing 20 hill repeats on a .75 of a mile fairly steep local hill not a chance now

Fallen down any stairs lately duder?

haha alright mate! no managed to stay on my feet recently! hows things?

Good to hear yeah all good mon! How's things your end?

Nice biking, and great work with your bench. 110kg is a bloody great lift, well done!

all good here thanks pal, weathers amazing getting nice and brown now! is it the same in the isle of wight?


thanks mf having a couple of weeks off training now then start hard again, i reckon i can improve on the bench quite a bit as long as nothing starts hurting!

hows things with you? are you just training gently for now?

have a good sunday fellas!

Mike! The forums not the same without you ahha! Hope your time off is doing you some good bro

Yeah, I'm still training but not quite as full on. All good though, only my goals that have slightly changed.

Enjoy your few weeks off Mike !!

Just checking Mike, I know you have posted for a while.

Hope all is okay with you buddy?

yo MF hows things buddy? im not training anymore due to getting endless injuries. started doing indoor climbing for now which im loving but my forearms arent haha, im a bit lighter now, my beard is longer and im still loving the vegan lifestyle so i cant complain! thanks for stopping by to say hello

ps iam going to make more of an effort to start posting here again, since giving up weights and not feeling like a bodybuilder (or looking like one ) i just sort of got out of the habit of signing in. would like to stay in touch with ppl here tho so ill start posting again

Awesome to have you back Mike, look forward to seeing you on here more even if you do have some new goals.

Hi Mike,

The rock climbing sounds the ticket, if i was to scale a wall there would be planes out to shoot me down lol.

If ya don't mind me asking, what injuries did you sustain? or was it recurring niggling ones?

I've had my fair share of injuries (knee, shoulder and back), but none that has ever made me give up my passion. Anyone willing to move mountains know's there is a change getting injured, it takes guts, but its the difference between mediocre or a champion.

Since getting injured, I've found ways around them, pre-exhaustion and static holds being the best ways i've found, also, not preforming movements that i don't have the right bodytype for.

In some ways getting injured was one of the best things that happened to me, as we know, strength training has many fantastic benefits, what many are unaware of (or ignorant to), is the fact that strength training has a damage element (getting injured made me keenly aware of this). One should aim to minimize / eliminate the negative elements of exercise - while at the same time keeping the positive elements.
There again, bad form is not always the only cause of injures. Injuries can occur while using a full range of motion with "perfect form", we've been told a full range of motion is the best way too train.....i disagree, for the very reason John Little stated in his MCT books...

"Even moderately heavy weights lifting throughout a full range of motion increases the chances of injury, owing to the sheer forces that impinge on the joints and connective tissues when bones and ligaments are required to move through arcs and positions of disadvantaged leverage"


Anyway, best of luck, and i hope you get back on the iron horse:)
Rob

hey Rob thanks for stopping by to post! i just have many reoccuring injuries and pains that stem back to quite a crazy youth crashing motocross bikes, downhill bikes, jumping off 90ft cliffs into the sea and so on.........ive trained around them all for years but the point has come now where i no longer want to have the pain and hassle of something going and having to be off work and watching ll my hard work go down the drain.........ive been to osteos and chiropractors but they only seem to fix things temporarily........there is a history of bad backs in my family and i think my being a fool with extreme sports and being a builder has just highlighted it.......on the plus side i really love climbing and it doesnt seem to hurt anything other than my forearm muscles and the skin on my hands hahaha maybe a few months of climbing and stretching with help get me back to weights next year sometime? the most important thing is staying vegan thanks againRob (you too MF)


mike

That's a petty Mike, hopefully ya get your mojo back for the iron again soon:)

I know all about back issues, i've two herniated disc's in my lower back, back injuries are bastards!!

If your ever planing a trip to Northern Ireland, make sure and give me a shout, i'll take to my gym and show ya some cool techniques to work around any injuries and still get the most from your workouts:)

Best wishes
Rob

Hey Mike, so you're also back on the board after some time
i read your little story of why you don't train weights anymore and i fully understand man. but it's like you say the most important thing is staying vegan
Climbing must be cool too man. just do what you enjoy, injury-free ! greetz from Belgium!!