Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

VeganEssentials wrote:2x3 @ 415

When I stop cutting, It's on!

Also, should I start belting up on heavy deadlift sets? I really really hate belts.

2097 wrote:

Looks like his lower chest is bigger than his upper to me.

It's hard to eat a large enough amount of raw calories. Either most of your calories are coming from fat, or fructose, and both are unhealthy in excess. Not to mention the protein quality is not nearly as good.

The reason many people eat every three hours or so is to speed up metabolism and also make sure they can eat enough food. Just think about it in practical terms, for the people who eat 4000-5000 calories a day to gain or maintain weight. It's considerably more difficult to eat three 1500 calorie me...

Your diet seems pretty solid. Stick to your set routine for a while, and log your workouts. Make sure you are progressing each workout, whether it's 1 rep or 5 pounds or whatever. If you are not progressing, something is not on point (diet,routine,sleep, etc) with strength comes size.

2097 wrote:Start doing decline push-ups(upper chest, lats) and chest dips(lower chest) once a week. Avoid doing regular push-ups; they are a waste of time that imbalance the chest muscles.

There is no "upper" nor "lower" chest. Regular pushups are just fine.

Vega is not raw because of the pea protein, and maybe a few other ingredients. Even if it was raw, it's still a dried powdered product. "Raw" protein powders are sort of a joke imo.

I've read some about raw and think it sounds like an amazing lifestyle. It's not. Is this lifestyle conducive to the bikini "look" I'm trying to achieve? Absolutely not. You need to be putting on lean mass right now, you are too slim for bikini as is. You will be hard pressed to grow off ...

Looks like he had room for more.

Solid squats, really powerful. How far above parallel is 16" to you? I look forward to when I stop undereating and can focus on strength again.

Good progress on the weight loss Joe. Keep up the good work.

Also, I'm not looking to loose weight, my main focus is on gaining muscle right now. will eating below my maintenance calories even allow for this? Nope, can't gain anything on a deficit. since it reads around say 2000 calories for maintenance should I be shooting for around that or 2100-2200? If y...

chrisjs wrote:Why would you? Sunscreen blocks UV, tanning beds produce UV--and with a UVA/UVB balance targeted for tanning. Just go in less time.

He's talking about tanning oil, not sunblock.

I second the coconut oil.

I think it's better to eat a non-fruit carb source before training. maybe you're right. I sometimes blend overcooked brown rice and just one or two bananas before workout, and I noticed it gives me more constant steady energy - it's because rice is complex sugar and it releases itself slowly in blo...

I looked into my BMR needs (w/ an online calculator), apparently 2400 or so. So maybe 1749 is a bit low- I'm going to add in a butt ton of Veggies and see if this brings up my calorie numbers and not change the carbs and protein too much (plus with all that protein such veggies are not a bad idea.)...