christian Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I'm so glad I found this web-site as I have been vegetarian/lifting weights for about 20 years. It's been a challenge finding others with same interests/challenges. Anyway, I've just started lifting weights more seriously again over the last two months. I have been doing 3-4 days cardio for half hour (riding bike or rowing on concept 2 machine) and 3 days of "abbreviated" weights (each week progressively increasing bench/deadlift/squats). My goals are: 1) Improve cholesterol - Numbers are fairly good on low dosage of lipitor, but I am trying to get completely off the drug. Main concern is increasing HDL (at 46) and keeping LDL down (at 98). 2) Increase definition with focus on abs - According to my body scale, I'm at 20% body fat, so I think I need to lose some of the fat to do this. In addition to cardio, I've been doing about 2 minutes plank exercises in the morning as well to focus on abs/core. 3) Gain muscle - I'm 6'2", and 185 pounds so could use some more weight, though this goal somewhat conflicts with goal 2 above. Until recently any weight training I did was upper body, so I've been more focused on squats/deadlifts to strengthen the lower body. Any advice/feedback is welcome. Thanks, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas_Weir Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Nice progress man! And welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kira Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Sup dude Welcome to the site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonn1997 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Welcome in the forum hope you will enjoy here. Your progress is good.Just wondering - How do you judge progress without a before picture?! OP: Welcome and good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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