Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

mikkei-it was freaking awesome! and we ate waaaaay too much of it!
lobsteriffic-the rice is a mixture of jicima, pine nuts, salt, rice wine vinegar and agave. you pulse it in a food procceser until its "grainy" like rice then dehydrate the whole mess until its sticky.


So i couldnt fall asleep last night to save my life until about 2:30 am. Needless to say, I am exhausted and the gym will not be happening this morning. I have to work all day and then giacomo and i are having a little celebration for joey's (our dachshund) second birthday! The little guy is growing up!!!! I know, we're silly. oh well.

Well you've got to be silly sometimes, or life gets boring.
Never had sushi, vegetarian, or otherwise. I don't really like slimy, soft food.

I'm definitely going to try that rice recipe! I've tried "bloomed wild rice" before, but it was a little too crunchy. Jicama is a wise choice. Never thought of that one.

Sounds delicious. When I can, thinking about trying a raw diet..

OH yeah you left after we had a raw sushi night during VV08. Sushi isn't slimy, not that I remembered
Giacomo and Dani prepared this dinner so amazing. Actually anything they make is so freaking fantastic !!!

awwwwwwwwwwww.com thanks tashie! We love making food, especially for other people. (we just eat is as we're making it! hahaha!)

i forgot to post my chest/tris workout the other day. let me tell you -they are SOOOOORE!...in a good way.

Warmup-bosu ball woodchop w/ medicine ball-2x15/each way

[burpee with curl and press at top x10@15lb,
Incline BB chest press x10@65lb,
tubing twistx25 each way] circuitx2
[DB chest flyex12@15lb DB,
Pushup with shins on ballx12,
jumpropex1 minute]circuitx2
[assisted Dips@90lbsx12,
lateral step-up jumps 15x each side,
underhand cable pushdown x15@45lbs,
boxerweave x 1 minute]circuitx2
1/2 superman on ball 2x30 sex each side
Turkish Get ups x8@8lb DB (these SUCK!)

follwed by 30 minues intervals on the elliptical.


my stomach hurts today but i'm gonna try to wait it out and hit up the gym later anyway. happy moms day!

I have got to try your workout!

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! you know? I saw that i typed that and i went back and fixed it and must've typed it wrong AGAIN!

HOW COME MY BLOG IS ALWAYS SO DIRTY!?!?!??!!?! ....i can't even blame you for this one MM, that was all my fault.

Darn you might inspire yet another addition to my signature.

i am so sick! its the weirdest thing. its just a headache but it is absolutely debilitating. it hurts to move, and i have taken advil (which i rarely do unless i'm in a LOT of pain) and drank a bunch of caffiene, lots of sleep (i'm talking like 12 hours), drinking lots of water, hot bath....i give up.....sigh.

anyway-here was yesterdays workout. i may just force myself to the gym today anyway. for whatever reason the headache subsided when i was on the elliptical yesterday morning.


Shoulder/Abs day
Warm-up:
Balance on Bosu ball on 1 foot, 60 seconds each foot.
[Cable Wood Chop @80 lbsx15/each side]x2
Squat and lift with 8lb medicine Ballx15
[Clean and Press w/ palms down grip @35 lbsx12]x3
[1 arm hanging lat raise @10lbx15]x3
[Rear delt Row and Rotate with tubingx12]x3 (this was very difficult form to perfect)
[Ball Knee Tuckx15,
Bench Blastx1 minute,
Side Plank and Reachx12/side,
Hip Hinge Absx20,
Double Crunch with tubingx15]circuitx3

30 minutes moderate intensity on elliptical.

Then i went home and slept for 4 hours, woke up, ate, went back to bed for 9 hours.

I hope i feel better soon.

Aww that sucks. Sometimes I get really bad migraines or tension headaches too. I've had them last up to 2 days. I hope you feel better soon!

I have to give 3 full bodymassages by thursday for homework - if I could Id fix your headache!!!

i was just talking to giacomo about how if i could get a really good trap and neck rub-down i think it would go away, but alas, we are no good at these things. wish you were closer girlie.

walked to the gym and did thirty minutes on some strange cardio machine (part elliptical/part stepper???) and was sweating WAY more than usual--probably due to being sick and decided it was probably better to lay off the weights for the evening. guess i'll be back there bright and early in the a.m.

Did it help your headache at all this time?