Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

I probably only have tofu once or twice a week, but when I do I love the stuff. Tastes kinda like what I remember omelettes to taste like ?!

Used my blender for the first time today!
400ml of soya milk
3 bananas
A pinch of cinnamon
30g soya protein powder
5-10g creatine monohydrate

Best breakfast ever!
Roughly 40g of protein I'm training chest after work and I'm pumped for it!

Little photo update, arms are definitely improving in size!

Here's my new 'gym' I use that wood cabinet as a makeshift bench.. Until I stop being stingey and by a real bench

Awesome session today! I'm feeling strong again!
Chest and triceps mostly.

DB bench press
10Kg each arm x 12 reps
15Kg each Rm x 12 reps
20Kg each arm x 12 reps
22.5Kg each arm x 12 reps

DB flys
5Kg each arm x 12 reps
10Kg each arm x 12 reps
15Kg each arm x 12 reps
17.5Kg each arm x 12 reps

Skull crushers. Yep , my oly dumbbells are long enough to do these haha
17.5Kg x 12 reps
17.5Kg x 12 reps
20Kg x 12 reps
20Kg x 12 reps

Front raises
W/ 10Kg plate x 12 reps
W/ 10Kg plate x 12 reps
17.5Kg x 12 reps
17.5Kg x 12 reps

Sticking with the 12 rep thing for a while, feels good after doing powerlifting and low reps for so long!

Killer workout today!
Legs and biceps

DB hammer curls (weight and reps per arm)
10Kg x 12 reps
10Kg x 12 reps
12.5Kg x 12 reps
15Kg x 6 reps drop set to 7.5Kg x 15 reps ouch.

Leg circuits.. These nearly killed me.
10 squats- straight into 10 lunges- straight into 20 calf raises.

All of the above plus holding a 10 Kg plate

All of the above plus a 15Kg plate

All of the above plus two 10Kg plates..

Work is going to suck tomorrow..

nice mate, bring on the doms!

No barbell? Try bulgarian split squats, if you like torture

Nah man moved into a new place with my girlfriend and my spare rooms floor would collapse if I brought in my Olympic barbell set up man..
They sound dreadful haha will look em up!

Bulgarian split squats (one legged squats) are a decent movement, another good D-B Leg movement is Front Squats, holding the D-B's like your doing an Arnold Press (palms facing you). You could even pre-exhausted the quads first with weighted sissy squats, then right into heavy D-B Squats. For the rear chain stiff legged dead-lifts are the ticket, as well as bodyweight kneeling hamstring raises.

I had to train as quick as possible last night and get it over with :/ despite being super pumped for it!
Anyway I decided to superset my side raises and shrugs together and miss out dumbbell rows.

Weight shown is per arm and per dumbbell/plate
DB overhead press
10Kg x 10 reps
10Kg x 10 reps
15Kg x 10 reps
20Kg x 10 reps easy

Side raises, did these fairly slow with as best form as possible.
5Kg x12 reps
5Kg x 12 reps
10Kg x 8 reps
10Kg x 8 reps

Shrugs, super high reps to obliterate my traps!
10Kg x 25 reps
10Kg x 25 reps
10Kg x 25 reps
10Kg x 25 reps

That's all I had time for we've got guests over tonight so it's doubtful I can train today..
Will try and fit In chest tomorrow!

Had what was supposed to be a few days rest but actually turned into a very active few days at work..
Tuesday we had to go into a copse woodland because some conifer trees where blocking all light in the area and killing any other plants around it including some ancient oaks.
We cut half a dozen of them down and chopped up what was felled to use in a community project. There's a couple of photos attached.
Wednesday I spent the day with an elderly group of conservationists that were clearing a hedgerow because it was growing through the trees next to it amd choking them, we put all the waste material into a skip which I ended up climbing into to compress the materials... No picture of that yet I'm afraid hahaha.

Am training chest in a couple of hours as I don't need to go into work until the afternoon!

Chest and triceps!
Weight is per arm and dumbbell for bench and flys
DB bench press
10Kg x 12 reps
15Kg x 12 reps
15Kg x 12 reps
25Kg x 12 reps, this was a tiny bit difficult. It's weird how 50Kg on a barbell would be a warmup for bench yet when transferred into dumbbells it becomes a very different lift.

DB flys
5Kg x 12 reps
10Kg x 12 reps
15Kg x 12 reps
20Kg x 10 reps

Skull crushers
15Kg x 12 reps
15Kg x 12 reps
20Kg x 12 reps
22.5Kg x 12 reps
I experienced some elbow discomfort during the last two sets, will gladly except any alternative dumbbell tricep exercises!

Front raises
10Kg plate x 12 reps
10Kg plate x 12 reps
15Kg x 12 reps
20Kg x 12 reps

Good session! Now I've gotta go do a talk at a school and show some bats

Trained directly after work which sucked a bit..

Biceps/forearms + legs/abs

DB hammer curls, I went for slightly lower reps to get more weight in. Weight and reps are per arm
10Kg x 10 reps
10Kg x 10 reps
15Kg x 10 reps, just about
Concentration curls to finish up. 15Kg x 7 reps

DB front squats,, now this sucked. I had a real tough time keeping the weight to my shoulders/chest when squatting. It's so ,much heavier when you have the weight out in front of you.
30Kg x 12 reps
40Kg x 10 reps.
Decided to go down to a couple of weight plates instead.
20Kg x 12 reps
20Kg x 12 reps

Body weight lunges and ab crunches
Lunges x 5 each leg
Abs crunches x 20 reps
Lunges x 5 each leg
Abs crunches x 20 reps
Lunges x 5 each leg
Abs crunches x 20 reps

Pretty annoyed tbh..

I used to train after work after my old job, usually at 6:45pm, and absolutely hated the schedule. It was always crowded at the gym, and just too damn late in the day. Do you like using creatine? I tend to hold water easily, so I've been hesitant to start. Was this your experience?