VeganResistance's lifestyle diary.

[C.O.]

First off congrats on the weight gain. I am in that weight gain hunt as well and damn does it feel good to get on the scale and see improvement. 2nd you have done a great job being thorough and keeping up with your journal. You have qualified for a prize package. We all hope you continue to use it.

I was in Auckland last spring. Cool little city, good music scene and decent comedy scene too.

 

-Dylan

[VeganResistance]

Soooo, I haven't been to the gym in a little over two weeks, mostly beacuse of the following:

* Lost my swipe card (it is 24 hours and I find it hard to get there during staff hours, so getting a new one has been problematic)

* Started a band - which means 2x late nights practicing per week.

 

I aim to get back into it tomorrow though, as I feel I am adjusting to the new time constraints. I really do feel like I have lost strength and tone, but I can't beat myself up over it.

[VeganResistance]

Been back in the gym regularly for a few weeks now, and making good progress. And today my thighs and arms ache. Such a massive effort yesterday

[Mini Forklift]

Good to see you back in the swing of things again, those first few sessions are always the hardest.

 

Thanks heavens for muscle memory aye !!

[VeganResistance]

Tell me about it. Over February and March I must have visited the gym around four times, and now I'm lifting more than I was when I left off.

 

Yesterdays workout:

Warm-up row machine - 3min

Squats (Smith machine) 70kg 5x5

Military Press 30kg 5x5

Curls - 20kgx30 25kgx6 20kgx10

Chinups x3

Treadmill x5 mins 10-13km/h

Yoga/stretching

 

Those curls have left my biceps hating me, and the squats being 5kg higher than last time was great.

[Mini Forklift]

What's been happening buddy, are you back at the training?

 

Just checking in to see what's up, hope all is well MF.

[VeganResistance]

Hey mate,

 

Well I took 8 weeks of little training while I had a half sleeve tattoo done. Now right back into it.

 

After the eight weeks I can't say I've noticed much of a drop in strength which is good.

 

Presently into a 5x5 program every second day and trying to increase my yoga, Kum Nye and Calisthenics.

 

Also occassionally heading down to a Nastix (nastix.weebly.com) class every now and again. Those silks are tough work!

 

I have been meaning to post my workout logs here so will get back into that next training session. Meanwhile I've gotta go eat again!

[Mini Forklift]

Kum Nye? Haven't heard of that.

 

Retaining your strength after an 8wk layoff is pretty good, for me it's about 2wks then it's downhill after that unfortunately.

[VeganResistance]

kum nye is a tibetan practice, similar to yoga, i picked up a routine from a book called 'waking up for beginners' and found it to be an excellent daily practice. These days howevee i do tend to neglect it as I spend a lot of time and energy between yoga, gym, work and play.

 

I have been really happy with my muscle memory, and also think I will try from my next gym visit to keep a live workout log here instead of in my notebook. I do wish tapatalk worked well for my phone though.

[Mini Forklift]

All okay with you mate, just checking in. Hope you're well and still training JIM.

[VeganResistance]

Hey bro, thanks for checking up on me

 

Yeah I am still around and still training in various forms. I have actually almost two weeks ago moved from Auckland to Melbourne, Australia, which meant I cancelled the gym membership and until I get a job will stay away from paying for the luxury of a gym. I had also been getting to Silk classes ocassionally which was great, and are super upper body and core workouts. Aside from that I had been stuck with masses of work plus lots of music related business, I think I averaged 5 hours sleep for about 6 weeks for a while. The timing of the move and subsequent break from trainings was actually pretty good as I'm pretty sure I cracked a rib a week before leaving, the morning of this performance (I come in at 3:40 - my 15 seconds of fame - and looking quite skinny here actually...):

 

http://tvnz.co.nz/good-morning/extra-071112-plum-video-5201566

 

The rib injury meant my usual pullups and all upper body work-outs were out of the question until recently, but now I have however been cycling a lot, running, and working on my calisthenics. I also discovered a local set of free bouldering walls, and am planning setting up a climbing rope and pull up bar in a park at the end of my street.

Also decided to join the Tough Mudder this summer so am very motivated to train for that.

 

Today I jumped into a two hour Parkour class (there are actually structured outdoor training sessions here, cheap and with a good crew), and am planing a bunch of calisthenics for the evening. Just finished off a mean power packed green/banana/berry smoothie.

 

Some example weights from my last couple of gym sessions almost a month ago now:

Deadlift (80kg, mechanical machine - Jetts gym) - 5-5-5-5-6

Curl (25kg BB) - 16-7-4

Squat (smith) 62.5kg - 5x5

 

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[C.O.]

How is life living in Melbourne going? I have fam out there just outside of the city in Launching. I visited there and Auckland last year, loved both places but in different ways. Still keeping up on your workouts?

 

-Dylan