Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

back and legs are looking nice! i wish i could hit the squat numbers you have lol

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Just put in a little more time for squats! It took me a while to hit those numbers, and a lot of patience, but I'm sure you could hit them!

I can see a big difference in your size. Very good improvements in just 2 months, nice going.

How much protein are you consuming now?

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I have vegan meal optimizer in the morning, so that's 16 g I think. Plus half a serving of vegan proteins plus before my workout and a full serving after. So that makes about 46 grams in total, so probably around 75-85 grams a day.

So you have decreased your total amount of protein it sounds likes compared to what you used to do. Your total protein intake sounds good, you still weigh around 170? If I am understanding you correctly, you are getting around 65g protein from optimizer/plus and around 20 more from the food you eat?

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I still weigh around 170, when I was talking about my protein intake before, I went about it the wrong way and estimated a higher amount than I think I could realistically eat. I think I'm getting more than 20 grams of protein a day, I've never really taken the time to figure it out. But I eat a lot of quinoa, tofu and tempeh.

I'm keeping track of my protein intake today, so I'll post what I eat in a regular day as well as the protein intake that I get.

I'd say I get about 160-170 grams of protein a day.

April 22, 2012.
Military Press.
I'm starting the 5/3/1 Powerlifting routine, and today was one of the best and toughest workouts I've had. I felt pushed to the brink of dropping the weights and just powered through. Whole Upper Body got worked hard, and I can already tell I'm going to love this program.
Military Press Warmup
5x70
5x85
3x90
Working Sets
5x10
4x115
4x115
Dropping that 115, recalculating my maxes, but 4x115 is still a PB for me.
These were supersetted with 8 chinups regular grip.
1 Dropset
105-95-75x 13reps

Shoulder Press
30x10
30x10
30x10
30x8
25x8

Lateral Raise/Reverse Lateral Raise Supersets
I've never done these before and I definitely struggled.
12.5x10
12.5/10x10
10x10

Barbell Curls
6x45
10x75
7x65
10x60
10x60
15km Bike ride to and from the gym plus a bike to the grocery store.
Afterworkout Nutrition
1.5 scoops of vegan protein powder and Pasta Salad.

April 24. 2012
Back -5/3/1 Training

Deadlift - warmups 5x165,5x200,3x230 / 5x230,5x265,7x300

Hanging Leg Raises 4x10

Good Mornings

7x45,10x95, 10x135,10x135 (Never done these before, felt good)

Bent Over Rows

4 Sets of 135x10

Leg Curls

4 Sets of 105x12

Body Weight: 178.5

Solid workout today, this 5/3/1 plan is pushing me to my quitting point and it rules. I've never worked this hard at the gym, but I can already see strength gains so I'm definitely happy with how its working out.
Today was the last day I'm in Peterborough, which means last day at the gym for a week or two. I'm heading home tomorrow and looking into the gyms close to home. Landscaping and Gym throughout the week may be the best combination for overall fitness.

I've been home for a few days now, and I've worked for two shifts. Laying sod, lifting stone, stuff rules. I don't have a lot of weight at home, so I'm doing a lot of pushups and body weight exercises, along with the barbell and 30 pound dumbbells I have. I think the barbells gets me around 80 pounds, or a little more. Which isn't too bad. I'm waiting for my first pay to come in to check out gyms. I'm hoping I have enough time in between my 12-13 hour shifts and sleeping to get there.

So a new update is in order, I ended up partially tearing a tendon in my foot last weekend while at work. So that's kept me from doing absolutely anything physical since I'm in an aircast. I'm hoping that tomorrow I can get back into some eat dumbbell exercises to see how my foot feels and hoping I can head back into work on monday. Hopefully the gym will start next week as well.

May 13, 2012.
Finally got back to the gym. Found one near my house that is 24 hours and is decently sized with solid equipment.
Weighed in at 172 today. Lost some weight, some muscle, some fat.
Military Press Day
MP
5x70
5x90
3x90
5x95
5x105
6x105
Supersetted with 6-8 wide grip chin ups in between.
Dropset
85-75-65-55

DB shoulder Press
30x10
30x9
25x10
25x9
25x10

BB Bicep Curl
45x10
55x10
65x10
75x7
65x10

Lateral front and side raises
3 Sets of 10 each

Incline Situps
12xBW
12xBW+25
12xBW+25

Saw some strength decreases, mainly in my Military press, but surprisingly I haven't hit 75 in by Bicep curls, so that was cool. Really happy at being back at the gym.

May 14.
Deadlift
5x165
5x200
3x230
5x230
5x275
5x305

Shoulder shrugs
225x5
185x10
185x10
205x10

Good Mornings
100x10
135x10
135x10
135x10

Bent Over Rows
115x10
125x10
125x10
125x8

Leg Raises
4 sets of 10 reps

May 16, Bench Day.
Bench 95x5
115x5
155x5
135x5
135x5
135x5

Dropset
115-95-45

Chest Supported Rows
10x35
10x35
10x40
10x40

Dumbbell Bench
35x10
35x10
45x10
45x10
45x10

Tricep Pushdown.
75 reps at 40/30 lbs.

Face Pulls
2-/25/35 lbs 100 reps