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When I have done it I have only cooked it for around 1h, and no leaving it on overnight. I think the best way is to taste it and see if it is done probably .

Ah, just realized johan had allready linked to that site but with a different url .

veganfitness.de has some rice and pea protein, slightly more expensive then myprotein. I never ordered anything from there and have no idea if they deliver outside germany. I think the guy who owns it is a member on this board, so maybe it is possible to pm him if you're having trouble reading the site which seems to only be available in german.

Easy.

I have to vote for vegan joe because of the ultra-solid moustache .

Ah yeah, I forgot to mention, I think there is some kinds of wheat flour that have extra high gluten content. Might be worth looking out for, allthough I think standard flour should work as well.

Hi there and welcome !

I would think so, when you make seitan from flour you use water to get the starch out which should leave only the gluten.

Yes it is possible, you can extract the gluten from wheat flour yourself. This requires a bit more work than making the seitan from gluten, but I think it is a simple (but somewhat timeconsuming) process. I found this howto on google that describes it more detailed : http://forkable.blogspot.com/2008/07/courtesy-of-toliveandeatinla.html . Not sure, but have you checked your local health food store?

I think 5lbs should be ok. Just start low enough on the weights to that you can keep the linear progression going for four weeks at least. When you cant do it any more you can start the cycle over again, but at a lower weight this time. If you want to get stronger I think lowering the reps would be a good idea.

Ah, then my advice would be to stop training to failure. Lower the reps and keep the reps the same every session and instead try to add a little weight every session. Start with a weight that you can easily do.

Ah ok, then only the last set is to failure. That should be ok. However I still think you should lower the reps and up the weight if you are not happy with your strength progression. Maybe try some kind of linear progression? Linear progression means increasing the weight slightly every week while usually keeping the reps/sets the same. I would also be unsure, no reason to change the program every week I think.

Do you have any plans to compete in athletic fitness? If you reach those goals you might be reasonably competitive. Well, yeah, but I didn't want my list to get too long In my head, I have a squat clean goal, a power clean goal, an axle power clean goal, an axle continental clean goal, a log clean goal, etc., and pressing goals for all of those He that makes sense. Do you plan to do any weightlifting comps by the way? Ill do a local comp on january 18th, after that Im moving to austria so not sure what will happen.

187cm, 106kg

If you aim to jerk 300lbs I think you should aim to clean it as well . Doable. Myself I expect to make a 100kg snatch and a 120kg clean & jerk. Goal would be to make more than that . Would be nice to do a few comps as well.

Both routines look ok to me. I'm not oonvince about the usefullness of pullovers though. Also I would never do deadlifts for higher reps than five or close to failure, too much injury risk. If you are not happy with how your pressing strength is progressing, it might be worth trying to lower the reps and not taking every set to failure (as I understand it you do train to failure). I think if you keep the weight the same and try to increase the reps every workout you are bound to hit a plateu pretty quick.

187cm

You do look like you have a good foundation for getting strong. In that case it could be worth doing front squats instead. You should quickly be able to backsquat more than you can safely get onto your back by overhead pressing. Looking for another gym could also be a good idea .

I think I've heard mentioned that benching with a pause on the chest (competition style) might help with the power off the chest. More generally, maybe looking over your general bench technique might be a good idea? I am in no way implying that your bench technique is bad since I know nothing about that, but getting tips from an experienced powerlifter could be useful even if your technique is allready good.

And you were trying to deny that you didn't like me, by making some excuse about some point. Nah, clearly there is a missunderstanding somewhere here. I would never deny that I don't like you .

Ah so there actually was some kind of point. You can count on me not saying hello to JP from you .

Ceps looking solid !

Allmost? We have 20cm snow. It is winter. I posted because I couldnt see anything resembling a point in this thread. So if you could stop being so extremely defensive and try to explain what is supposed to be funny or interesting or whatever it is supposed to be, then it would be nice. And if Joe aint up for explaining, if somebody else could do it it would be nice .

Is it only because I'm not american or is this thread completely lacking a point ?

What would be the point of bringing back the press? I agree it is an interesting lift technically, but I don't think it would add anything to the competitions really. As far as I understand it the main reasons for removing the press was recuding the time needed for the competitions, and that the technique had developed into something that was not so easy for the referees to judge. Both of those sounds pretty valid to me. Besides, few of the weightlifters active today has ever trained the press, so I think it would be very hard practically to bring it back. As for rule changes, I think removal of the pressout rule would be a better option.