Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

Luckily I have a doctor that is open to natural therapies, he's keeping me off BP meds, statins etc. So I've started a new 'heart' supplement routine and he has me taking the following each day:

Omega 3 (algal sourced): 4,000mg
Magnesium: 1,000mg
D-Ribose: 10g
Vitamin D: 10,000IU

The aim is to reduce the fibrillations and improve the functioning of my heart over the next few months. I'm really optimistic

That does sound good , the natural way . Hopefully this will work better rather than those BP meds which you once start taking there is really no looking back .

I completely agree mate.


SATURDAY 15th JUNE

Strict Standing Military press (2 sets 12/12)
Smith bench (3 sets 12/8/10)
Inc. D.Bell press (3 sets 12/10/8)
Wide grip dips (3 sets 6/6/6)
80m Farmers Walk with the 66's (2 sets)

Treadmill: 30mins/3km (ave spd 6.0kph/incline = 2.0)

Good luck with the heart stuff james, thinking of you dude!
Its really nice to see you've been lifting again hope everything cool in nz!

Thanks Ross, yep everything is good here. Forecast to have the worst snow in 30yrs coming on Thu/Fri so that should be interesting !!

Yeah I'm liking being back in the gym. I trained legs last night and I'm weak as hell which is a bit depressing lol, kinda hard to put any kind of intensity and feel into it when you know that the weights you're pushing are laughable. I could have brought have bought home a Thai ladyboy and done some naked pushups in our bedroom and it would have been a less gay workout than what I did at the gym. I might write it up later.

But I probably won't.

Baahahaha! Couldn't have been that bad man! You'll get back on top again! (With the lifting I mean, not with thai ladyboys)
Woah what a contrast its super hot here, weird talking about the weather with someone in the southern hemisphere

If you think about it, it's actually kind of cool, that in the short amount of time you were away from heavy strength training, your body completely switched its muscular adaptation to deal with the stresses of endurance running. The human body can be a remarkable machine at times. That applies to Thai ladyboys as well, or whatever you're getting yourself into these days.

Thanks for that, appreciate your comments. Never thought about it that way and that's kinda neat!

Apart from an average training session on Monday night, the weekend was great. Misa loved her 10 pin bowling party, she got a couple of strikes but was a little disappointed that her 4yr old sister ended up beating her



I'll write up my session later when I get into work. Yesterday was a rest day, going to hit some compound upper body tonight.

FRIDAY 21st JUNE

50mins
Conventional DL's (4 sets 12/10/10/8)
Cl.Grip cable pulldowns (3 sets 12/12/10)
GM's (3 sets 12/10/10
Inc. bench (4 sets 12/10/10/8)
Flat D.Bell flyes (2 sets 10/10)

Ab work: 10mins

Early (5am) morning run: McLeans Island loop

TIME: 3hr30
DIST: 33.9km
AVG SPD: 9.25kph

** Held a good pace for the middle 1/3 of the run and felt great pretty much throughout. Fairly tired when I got back home but that was because I was up to eat at 4am


Evening weights

45mins
Inc. bench (3 sets 12/10/8)
Flat D.Bell press (3 sets 12/10/10)
D.Bell Pullovers (3 sets 10/10/10)
Ab work: 10mins

Its just amazing to see an athlete so strong and so swift . You are truly an inspiration MF .

Thanks captfit, although I think that's an overtstatement. If you see me run I'm about as swift and graceful as a rhino trying to sprint

PRE-WO:
Vegan lasagne, pumpkin soup
300mg magnesium, 5g D-Ribose + 2 x Kre-Alkalyn

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50mins
Inc. bench (3 sets 10/10/8)
Inc. D.Bell press (3 sets 10/10/8)
Conventional DL's (4 sets 12/12/10/10)
D.Bell rows (2 sets 10/10)
Cl.Gr. Pulldowns (2 sets 10/10)
Ab work: 10mins
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POST-WO:
Vege protein shake (pea protein isolate) + 2 x Kre-Alkalyn
V-Omega 3's + Vit D3
http://www.lifestream.co.nz/Products/V-Omega-3/default.aspx

You are a machine. Also; we have the same average speed. =P