Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

17/11/10:

Weights not that heavy yet on Stronglifts but I felt like I worked really hard today.

Squats:
45x5
5 sets @ 75x5

OHP:
5 sets @ 55x5

DL:
95x5

Assisted Chins:
3 sets of 5 @ 70 lbs assistance

Prone Bridge:
2 x 30sec

Haven't been waking up for morning cardio...I didn't realize how far behind on sleep I was. I've been letting myself sleep a bit later and getting rested up.

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Oh, you'll get there, enjoy it while it lasts...

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looks like a nice strong ohp to me

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19/11/10:

Squats:
45 x 5
65 x 5
5 sets of 5 @ 85 lbs

Bench:
45 x 5
5 sets of 5 @ 65 lbs

Inverted Rows:
3 sets of 12

Knee Push-ups:
3 sets of 10

Reverse Crunches:
2 sets of 10

Was feeling super bloated and crampy and didn't want to go work out at lunch, but I made myself do it anyway.
I'm finally starting to feel like I'm caught up on sleep, so will be working morning cardio back in.

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good for you for going and doing it!

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Weekend was busy. No formal workout. But we don't have a car down here so we walk a LOT. Would like to work running back in but I'm a little gun shy as I still get weird twinges in my knee every so often.

22/11/10:
Squats:
45x5
5 sets of 5 @ 95 lbs

OHP:
45x5
65x5
65x5
65x5
65x3 (fail)
65x2 (fail)

Deadlift:
105x5

Assisted Chin-up:
3 sets of 8 @ 80 lbs assistance

Prone Bridges:
3 @ 30 sec. each


Evening: 45 min. yoga

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24/11/10:

Squats:
45x5
65x5
95x5
5 sets of 5 @ 105 lbs

Right hip flexor felt weird during these...not painful, just weird. I know I need to stretch out my hip flexors more.

Bench:
45x5
5 sets of 5 @ 75 lbs

Need to buy some 2.5 lb plates. I think I might be ready for 80 lbs, but certainly not 85 lbs (the gym at work only has 5 lb plates, not 2.5, so I have to go up 10 lbs at a time).

Inverted row:
3 sets of 10

Knee push-ups
3 sets of 10 (lame ROM on last set)

Reverse crunches:
3 sets of 10

Arms are shaky now that I'm back at my desk, awesome. Time to eat and get muscles!

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that knee is making me nervous!

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Me too. Now that my insurance is all set up I should look into what I'm covered for to see if I can get a better diagnosis. It doesn't hurt all of the time, but about once every two weeks it's just sore as hell for a few hours, then it weirdly goes away. Not related to exercise, it just happens.

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had a ridiculously busy weekend. ended up running around most of the time, not a lot of down time. how does 4 days go by so quickly??

29/11/10:
Squat:
45x5
65x5
95x5
5 sets of 5 @ 115 lbs

Bench:
45x5
65x5
5 sets of 5 @ 75 lbs

Inverted Row:
3 sets of 10

Knee Push-ups:
2 sets of 10

Reverse Crunches:
2 sets of 10

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01/12/10:

Going back to lifting fasted (a la leangains.com). Didn't really notice a difference except in my OHP, that sucked today. Last time I did 75 lbs, this time 65 lbs was a struggle.

Squat:
45x5
65x5
95x5
5 sets of 5 @ 115 lbs

OHP:
45x5
65x5
65x5
65x5
65x4 (fail)
65x3 (fail)

DL:
45x5
65x5
115x5

Assisted pull-ups:
80x7
80x6
80x6

Didn't have time for prone bridges, will get them in tonight. Wednesdays are always such crazy days at work.

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Nice going! I better hurry up with my OHP press progress...

01/12/10:

In the lower 48 that's:

12/01/10



Signed,

Just another snooty American

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Just do more reps at first for legs. For ham's what about deadlifts or the 80's butt lift, that's what I use.

Nah, thanks, but I'm doing a 5x5 program so I can gain strength/put on muscle.

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