Eksster Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Hey what's up. Ekendra here. These are my progress pictures up till now. I'm hoping to gain more muscle and continue building an agile ninja like break dancer physique in the process. Vegetarian all my life, Vegan since June 2007. This is 2003. One of my earliest pic's. Vegetarian at the time.http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g269/eksster/DSC01419.jpg 2004 Vegetarian at the time.http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g269/eksster/DSC06374.jpg Summer 2007 In the beginning of being Veganhttp://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g269/eksster/Photo149.jpg Summer 2007 In the beginning of being Veganhttp://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g269/eksster/DSC00251.jpg Summer 2007 In the beginning of being Veganhttp://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g269/eksster/DSC00253.jpg 1/8/09 Vegan now for over a year and a half on top of vegetarian all my life. Haven't been working out much, (like almost as much as once a month) so now I'm trying to pick it up again. I want better and better abs, shoulders, and triceps. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g269/eksster/DSC03353_2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sosso Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Hey mate, you're in great shape. Do you mind telling us your height and weight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneyvegan Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Great abs and bi'sI'm guessing that despite that fact you aren't lifting weights, youaint exactly sitting around on the couch With this as your starting point, I think you will go along wayLook forward to seeing the progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_raVen_ Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Yeah, that's some muscle memory! I predict you will be featuring on the front of this site soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eksster Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 Just got back from the gym for this one. 1/8/09http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g269/eksster/DSC03359.jpg As you can see I wanna be like Rob, and this is my flexing "before/ marker" picture. Thanks for the kind words guys. Hey mate, you're in great shape. Do you mind telling us your height and weight?I am 5'10" and 172 lbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acesfull Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 right on! a lifetime vegetarian, very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Looking pretty awesome dude! Great bumping into you at the club months ago. Keep on rocking that muscle man!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Great stuff, man! I'm also 5'10'', but only 167lbs + a bit of flab. Looking forward to upcoming progress shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Great stuff man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjohanx Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Awesome abs and overall physique! This ought to be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaia Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 For the delts: I have found that dumbbell front raises with a little toward the mid line of the body as you bring the weights up, make them more rounder. Also doing the military press, use a smith press and scoot the chair back a little (like the motion of an intense incline push up - yeah it will work the pecs too, but the tie-in to the front delt is awesome). Also make sure you do rear delt flyes. Also for delts, lifting heavy doesn't always mean bigger delts. I get good results with burns (longer reps for set, with medium weights). I cycle with all my body parts, but with my delts I do a 2 week cycle, and the rest is 4 week cycle. For the triceps: work the long and short heads. Thus, pushdown on the cable and overhead extensions on the cable (the rope is harder to do). Here for me, heavy is better, with more results. You need no work on your abs that I can see! Overall very nice symmetry, and some vascularization! Going to do any shows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im Your Man Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Nice biceps and abs pecs are getting big too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegan Joe Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Hey I like your deodorant, oh yeah, and the frame you have to work with. Awesome is a possibility for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lena01 Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Looking good! Some work on the shoulders and biceps and away you go! PS- in your avatar your face looks a lot like a friend of mine... so much it's weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Dude. You got some muscle on ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eksster Posted June 6, 2010 Author Share Posted June 6, 2010 Hey guys. I haven't been very active on here, but I'm back on now for more regular checking in. Thanks for the comments/ feedback. I haven't been working out much over the last 1.5 years or so. I've gotten back into it more heavily over the last few months though. I'm planning on keeping it a regular thing> but right now I'm dead set on getting "ripped." I'm doing a "pushing" and a "pulling" day. Alternating. I start with abs each time, and for the pushing I do dumbbell press's at all angles vertical to decline. Then cable fly's at all angles starting with upwards. Followed by tricps. I throw dips in when I feel like it. Some times at the end or the beginning. For tri's I've been liking cable bull downs with a curved bar. At the rec center at least, I start with 180 and decrease by 10 lbs till I'm at 80 doing burn out reps each time. For pulling it's burnout pull ups 3 sets or so. Then individual lat pull downs. I use the crossover technique and pull down at 75° from horizontal. I do burn out sets descending in weight. I do my workouts in general by feel. I'm very in tune with my body. Then I do the back of the shoulder in a similar way using the same machine, just one arm at a time. Then biceps. I've lately been liking the cable bicep curl with the same curved bar for triceps. One of my latest developments I especially employ when it comes to my pecs I might call a "Top off" motion. Where instead of going the full motion, I restrict it to the last part of the distance. In cable fly's this would be starting from where your hands meet, then crossing them as far as you can go. I've been getting great results from it. Kind of like the middle of 7 ups. I mix it into a set. This is kind of a progress shot. Update at least. I want to increase development on my pecs biceps, delts, abs, quads, calves, toes (jk). So basically everything. I'm going to be getting a tattoo in a little over a month, and I want to get bigger and stay bigger for that. It will make it so that when I go to the gym without a vegan shirt, my left tricep will have me covered Yea, and the tricep is my favorite muscle and I want em bigger http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab225/myariesone/DSC_2135.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuc Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Your pecs are awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eksster Posted June 9, 2010 Author Share Posted June 9, 2010 I took these today for a clearer view of where I'm at right now. http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab225/myariesone/DSC_2179.jpghttp://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab225/myariesone/DSC_2169.jpgThanks for all the great feedback. I love it.BTW I'm 183 lbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 YYyyyyyeaahhhh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewybaws Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Nice! Looking good all round man. Chest/abs/tris especially. Keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallen_Horse Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Yeah buddy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eksster Posted July 5, 2010 Author Share Posted July 5, 2010 185 now. My goal is to reach 200 lbs as soon as possible with of course keeping the fat percentage down. I've said a years time is the limit, but I feel like I can get there in months. My legs have not been worked in years the way my other guys have, so there's a lot of mass growth potential there, and I feel a whole new relationship with muscle building these days. Everything just seems easy! I have a theory that that's just because I love the pain/ feeling of pushing it, so I do crazy sets, then the muscle follows. And lately, this relationship feels like it's moved to a new level. Perhaps just where I'm at in life at the moment coupled with the age my body is. I don't know, but good times. Shred it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eksster Posted August 7, 2010 Author Share Posted August 7, 2010 http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab225/myariesone/DSC03796.jpg http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab225/myariesone/DSC03799.jpg Still about 185 lbs. Seeing great progress in the gym. Been really focusing on shoulders and upper pecs. Been doing power cleans and lots of handstands to start off the workouts. Anyway, things are good and I'm really enjoying lifting and gym time. I'm trying to get consecutive hand stand jumps down. I'm seeing improvement there, but it's a process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallen_Horse Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 Congrats, solid progress. Keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegan Joe Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 Looks like you're been putting in some hard work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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