Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

Thanks a lot MF, good luck!

11-28-12 1hr 15 min
DB stiff leg deadlift 121# x10x10x10 > 126#
1 arm DB deadlift 110.5# x8x8x8 > 113#
1 arm rows 103# x8x8x8 > 105.5#
1 arm DB rows drop 83# x10x10x10 > 85.5#
Pullups +20# x10x10x10 > 22.5#
Seated DB shoulder press 101# x8x8x8 > 106#
DB shoulder lateral raise 43# x10x10x10 > Stay

I've deiced to go ahead and truncate my routine and make my days shorter. As well I am not doing reps over 10 as I feel like after 10, it's just redundant and a waste of energy. To go along with this I am lowering the sets I am doing for body parts to a maximum of 6. And lastly I am going to be further experimenting with a heavy A/B day and a light A/B day. I want to experiment with lower rep ranges but I didn't feel like I was getting all I could merging a wide range of reps on each day, so I decided to split my workouts per month into heavy and light. My routine looks like this:

Day A Light:
DB chest press 3x8
Dips 3x10
Quads 4x8
Chinups 3x8
Triceps Isolation 4x10
Biceps Isolation 3x10
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Day B Light:
Stiff leg deadlifts 3x10
1 arm deadlifts 3x8
Rows 3x8, 3x10
Pullups 3x10
DB shoulder Press 3x8
Shoulder lateral raise3x10
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Cardio/Abs/Calves 4x10
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Day A Heavy:
Weighted Pushups 3x4
Weighted Dips 3x6
Quads 4x4
Chinups 3x4
Triceps Isolation 4x6
Biceps Isolation 3x6
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OFF
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Day B Heavy:
Stiff leg deadlifts 3x6
1 arm deadlifts 3x4
Rows 3x4, 3x6
Pullups 3x6
DB shoulder Press 3x4
Shoulder lateral raise 3x6
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Cardio/Abs/Calves 4x6

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Ran 4.25mi, 42 minutes. Also did:
Abs 0x15x15x15 (Gotta figure out how to add weight so I can drop em to 12s)
Obliques 65# x10x10x10
1 leg calves 50# x12x12x12

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A day of firsts. I have begun experimenting with my new light/heavy A/B routine. I have some tweaking to do but already I feel really good about this. I knew it would be a bit of a cluster fuck while I experimented with weight at lower reps. But it's ok, once I feel it out I should be good.

11-30-12 1hr 15min
Weighted pushups +40# x4 +55# x4 +65# x4 +75# x4 > 80#
Weighted dips +25# x6 +35# x6x6 > +40#
Chinups +35# x6x6x6 > 37.5#
Triceps overhead raises 60# x6 63# x6x6x6 > 65.5#
Bicep curls 50.5# x6x6x6x6 > 53#
Squats 146# x8x8x8x8 > X

I had a lot of trouble dialing in my weighted pushups. Since I have no more than 146# of combined iron I had to get crafty and weight my body heavily. I use my multi function pull up bar because doing it on my knuckles hurts, and I want to keep my wrists straight. Problem is the bar raises my hands up off the ground a few inches. So in order to maximize the ROM I need to raise my feet up, I'll use the crate for my power drill next time and that should make 80# challenging when you factor in the 105/110# of body weight I am actually pressing. Not so much trouble with dips, was able to get deep into them and drive myself up.

I am considering adding 1 more set to either or of my chest movements. But I need to see how I feel once I work at the weight I have dialed in before I go doing that. I noticed a HUGE difference going from an insane 12 sets of chest movements to 9, and now down to 6, which is why I am second guessing if I need more sets.

Everything else went relatively smoothly, except that I threw everything I had at my quads and still could manage 6 reps easily. So I turned it into a 4x8 which was plenty challenging. I am considering upping the reps on my isolation movements like biceps and triceps to x8. Not sure, I need to think on it.

Day B will be a repeat of this while I fumble around for crafty solutions and dial in the weights.

I need to see how my joints handle this as well, as I remember having a bit of an issue on 5x5 way back when.

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routine looks good mate, i prefer to follow my own plans too as opposed to ones in books etc...

just wondering how you do your weighted press ups?

good job!

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I have a weight vest that accepts standard and olympic plates. Just load it on up! Thanks!

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12-2-12 1hr 10min
Stiff leg DB deadlift 146# x6x6x6 > X to 3x8
1 arm DB deadlift 120.5# x6x6x6 > 123#
1 arm DB row 110.5# x5x5x5x5 > 113#
Pullups+25# x5x5x5x5 > 27.5#
DB shoulder press 111# x5x5x5x5
DB shoulder lateral raises 43# x8x8x8x8
DB shrugs 48# x10x10x10 > 50.5#

Finally getting my routine dialed in. It's looking like this now:
Day A Light:
DB chest press 3x8
Dips 3x10
Chinups 3x8
Triceps Isolation 4x10
Biceps Isolation 4x10
Quads 4x8
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OFF
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Day B Light:
Stiff leg deadlifts 3x10
1 arm deadlifts 3x8
Rows 4x8
Pullups 3x10
DB shoulder Press 3x8
Shoulder lateral raise 4x10
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Cardio/Abs 4x10/Calves 4x10
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Day A Heavy:
Weighted Pushups 3x5
Weighted Dips 3x5
Chinups 4x5
Triceps Isolation 4x8
Biceps Isolation 4x8
Quads 4x8
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OFF
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Day B Heavy:
Stiff leg deadlifts 3x8
1 arm deadlifts 3x6
Rows 4x5
Pullups 4x5
DB shoulder Press 4x5
Shoulder lateral raise 4x8
DB shrugs 4x10 (Every other)
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Cardio/Abs 4x10/Calves 4x10

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Thanks, it all went well.

Just recovering and getting back on my feet, will try and get back to your questions in the next day or so. Hope you had a good weekend

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Training for my first 100 mile running race

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Good to hear brother! Thanks! I'll check your thread to see how it went!

I really like my light/heavy routine. The taxation on my CNS with light compliments the rest my CNS gets when I go heavy, but my muscles get drained more on heavy vs light. It really is a fantastic routine that needs just a smidge more tweaking. My strength is incredible and my size is starting to balloon.

12-2-12 1 hr
Run 4.25 mi. 44min
Abs x12x12x12 53# crunches x12
Obliques 55.5# x10x10x10 > 58#
Calves 126# x12x12x12 > 131#

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12-4-12 1hr 20 min
DB chest press 146# x8x8x10 > X
Dips +25# x10x10x10 > 27.5#
Hammer chinups +27.5# x8x8x8 > 30#
Tricep kickbacks 33# x10x10x10x10 > 35.5#
Bicep curls 45.5# x10x10x10 > 48#
Lunges 100# x10x10x10x > 105#

I'm using all the weight I own on my DB chest presses so I've had to start adding reps instead of weight. It'll eventually become a 3x10. Feeling really strong and confident about my continued gains.

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9hrs of sleep and a day of rest. Mhm.

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12-6-12 1hr 15min
DB stiff leg deadlift 146# x10x10x10 > X
1 arm DB deadlift 113# x8x8x8 > 115.5#
1 arm DB deadlift 105.5# x8x8x8 > 108#
Pullups +22.5# x10x10x~10 > 25#
DB shoulder press 106# x8x8x8 > 111#
DB shoulder side raises 43# x10x10x10 > 45.5#
DB shrugs 116# x10x10x10 > 121#

Dropped a set off my 1 arm rows and lateral deltoid raises. Threw some shrugs in. I feel mighty.

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new program still going well then boss!

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Yes sir, it's going GREAT.

12-7-12 1hr
Ran 5.1 miles in 45 min
Abs 0# x12x12 2.5# x12
Obs 65.5# x12x12x12 > 68#
Calves 131# x12x12x12 > 136#

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Just made an interesting discovery while looking at my running route.

My supposed 4.25 mile route is in fact 5.1~ miles. I am quite surprised to realize this as it means I am running each mile in 8 3/4 minutes at a 6.8mph pace.

On my fast days which I do in 43 minutes I am running each mile less than 8 1/2 minutes a 7.11mph pace.

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Haven't forgotten about you, work just ended up being crazy busy and then turned to shit when one of our 3 computers crashed in the shop. Spent most of one day having to write all of the sales down as it was our operating system that went tits up.

Planning on a quieter and less stressful time this coming week !! Good work with all the running btw.

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1st Place Raw Champs 2011, 2012 (3 raw records)
Training for my first 100 mile running race

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