candyflip

Hey! Sorry for not posting anything in, well, two years

I actually broke my back working out, nothing serious, but i coudn't do any pecs or upper back exercises anymore. So i don't go to the gym. I've done thai boxing for abut 1,5 years now and it's great, i love it! I've also tried BJJ and am going to try MMA after summer.

Nowadays i do thai boxing three times a week + bike (on a mountain bike) about 50-100 km/week. i'm going to buy a road bike this summer, i'm really pumped about that! My trainer at thai boxing is trying to get me to train more and maybe fight, but i'm still lacking courage (and time).

I eat porridge in the morning with coffee and soy milk. For lunch what ever they cook mee at the canteen at work, but always over half of it is salad. After training i drink a protein shake with pea, soy and wheat protein, malto and glutamine. In the evenings i mainly eat raw, except for the protein (mostly tofu, but also beans and lentils).

I'm working at the Finnish Heart Association, so i'm surrounded by positive influences My weight has gone up a couple of kilos, but only so much i just look nicer.

Thanks guys!

I've got some motivational problems so i haven't posted in a while. My back is inflamed all the time, I can't train my back muscles and even training other parts of my torso makes my back hurt =/ I've seen a physiotherapist and got some advice, following them has helped a little, but my back is so tense that I'd need some serious massaging. I just don't know how to find a good masseur.

Cold Fission: I lol'd =D

As I predicted, here is another great excuse given by smokers..... the whole life would be boring without vices, and people who dont smoke, do drugs or drink alcohol are passionless, dull individuals.

For the record, I don't smoke, drink or do drugs. And I still don't like purists.

Unfortunatly there are those who give veganism a bad name. Especially those hipster douchebags who annoy the fuck out of us all. It's like how are you going to be so concerned about what goes into your body and yet put such garbage into it by smoking.

I'm annoyed by all the purist-vegan douchebags who try to dictate what other people can or can't do. And in the opinion of most non-vegan people it's the purist-vegan-dictator douchebags who give vegans a bad name. Influencing others is most effective if it's positive, leting people make their own decisions, not by calling other names or moralizing them.

Yay! Our capital city Helsinki's city council has voted in favor of having an all-veggie day a week. No meat is going to be served at schools on that day. I can only imagine what effect this will take on the quality of vegetarian food at schools! When i was young the policy was to just simply substitute meat with carrots

You can read more about this here: http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Vegetarian+school+meal+debate+provokes+wrath+of+City+Council+carnivores/1135253019572

[edit: typo in Subject]

Here's some new pictures. Tummy full of yummy Kung-po Tofu and a runny red nose.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4268862113_45042da125.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2748/4268861907_17c1111c8e.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4269604992_dcb2ef944b.jpg

Bench: 115 lbs

woohoo!

OMG thanks for all the support & votes

I'd never ever have thought anything like this could even be possible a year ago! You really can reach any goal in your life if you just work really really hard!

I changed my routine after several weeks of thinking about it, here's the new one!

I've got some shoulder-problems + the muscles in my upper back & shoulders end up inflamed all the time. I'm searching for a good physical therapist and hope to get my problems solved. I guess the biggest reasons for this are a) my genes, my mum has sore back muscles all the time too, b) my body isn't able to cope with this much exercise after years and years of no exercise at all. I'm trying to not strain these muscles as much anymore, and that's one of the main reasons for this new routine. I'm also trying to stretch more, and i have some extra time after workouts now for that (i'd never remember to stretch my muscles if i didn't do it at the gym. I know that it doesn't help muscle recovery, but that isn't the reason why i'm doing it).

Day 1:

Squats (as low as i can go):

- 50 kg / 110 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

- 60 kg / 132.3 lbs * 8 (3 sets)

Good mornings

- 7 kg / 15 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

T-bar Row on cable machine

- 25 kg / 55 lbs * 20

- 35 kg / 77 lbs * 15

- 40 kg / 88 lbs * 10

- 40 kg / 88 lbs * 8

Seated calf raise

- 55 kg / 121 lbs * 10 (5 sets)

Hip abduction

- 40 kg / 88 lbs * 20

- 50 kg / 110 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Day 2:

Chest fly

- 6 kg / 13 lbs * 20

- 7 kg / 15 lbs * 15

- 10 kg / 22 lbs * 9 (4 sets)

Declined bench press on Smith machine:

- 22 kg / 49 lbs (the bar) * 20

- 27 kg / 59.5 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Biceps on Preacher bench

- 18 kg / 39 lbs * 15

- 20,5 kg / 45 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

Shrugs

- 13,5 kg / 29.7 lbs * 12 (2 sets)

- 18,5 kg / 40.8 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

Upright row on cable machine

- 25 kg / 55 lbs * 15

- 30 kg / 66 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

Triceps pushdown on cable machine

- 30 kg / 66 lbs * 20 (2 sets)

- 45 kg / 100 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

Day 3:

Romanian Deadlift

- 50 kg / 110 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

- 55 kg / 121 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

Walking lunges with dumbells (reps per foot)

- 13,5 kg / 29 lbs * 10 (5 sets)

Barbell bent-over row

- 32 kg / 70.5 lbs * 20

- 49,5 kg / 109 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

- 52 kg / 114.6 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

Pulldown on cable machine with "pro style" lat bar

- 30 kg / 66 lbs * 20

- 40 kg / 88 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

- 45 kg / 100 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

Back extension

- 15 (4 sets)

Day 4:

Biceps, Hammer curl

- 5 kg / 11 lbs * 20

- 7 kg / 15 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Dips (halfways)

- 10 (5 sets)

Bench press

- 20 kg / 44 lbs * 20

- 40 kg / 88 lbs * 8 (4 sets)

Pec dec

- 55 kg / 121 lbs * 15

- 60 kg / 132 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Dumbell overhead press

- 5 kg / 11 lbs * 20

- 7 kg / 15 lbs * 12 (4 sets) (reduced weights due to problems with my shoulder)

Side crunches on cable machine

- 45 kg / 100 lbs * 15

- 55 kg / 121 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

candyflip I am so glad you entered!!!!!!!! I was hoping you would you look freaking amazing!!

Thank you

You have a great shaped back yourself!

EDIT: Her back isn't a grate, it's great.

So i think i did manage to take some OK pics.

EDIT: pressed "Submit" when i tried to press "Add the file"

ft. my vegan-shorts. Thanks, Robert!

I'll post some pics later today (if i manage to take any decent ones).

This is the competition i've been waiting for!

I used to enjoy high volume work outs, specially for the chest. Not that they give much results (for me atleast) but it feels damn good

Well i guess they work for me, i can't imagine my pecs growing any faster than this. Like from having no pecs to having bigger pecs than my actual breasts

I almost lol'd today at the gym because i did some easy math and this was the result:

My epic pec-workout contained a total of 19 sets and 187 reps today

And i also did all the other stuff: walking lunges, seated calf raises, hip abductions and crunches. I have to admit i feel pretty damn badass!

edit: i also counted the reps of the last pec-workout i posted here: 203, haha

I'm going to second the Hugh Jackman post. He got really jacked in the last X-Men movie, Wolverine. Brad Pitt in fight club is also pretty awesome, and a goal I think I'll reach reasonably soon. I also like some of the swimmers, like Ryan Lochte:

 

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2007/03/18/JTMONK_narrowweb__300x489,0.jpg

 

 

Any tips you may want to share on reaching the Durden physique?

Here's what i found on the interwebs:

"After Fight Club was released Pitt became the envy of many men. His tight body was coveted, and many people sought a workout that would produce similar results. However, contrary to what most people thought, Pitt was actually at his lightest, weighing in at only 150-155 pounds, with body fat around 5-6%. It has been well documented that Pitt had an extremely regimented routine for the months before filming began. His workout was characterized by beating one muscle group up each day, then giving it the rest of the week to recover, similar to the kind of routine a professional bodybuilder would do. Finally, at the end of the week, he finished off with a good cardio workout. This put his body into fat-burning mode, which served to shed any extra padding that covered his muscles, giving him that chiselled and ripped look."

edit: added link

Now:

Chest: 91 cm / 35.8 in

Waist: 72 cm / 28.3 in

Hips: 95 cm / 37.4 in

Weight: 65 kg / 143.3 lbs

11.2.2009:

Waist: 77 cm / 30.3 in

Weight: 72 kg / 158.7 lbs

Training:

Day 1 (when i joined this forum):

Running 1 km / stepper for 5-10 minutes

Squats:

- 45 kg / 100 lbs * 10,

- 60 kg / 132 lbs * 10,

- 65 kg / 143 lbs * 10 (2 sets),

- 70 kg / 154 lbs * 10

Biceps on Preacher bench

- 18 kg / 39 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

- 25,5 kg / 56 lbs * 8 (3 sets)

Triceps pushdown on cable machine

- 40 kg / 88 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Seated leg curl in machine

- 50 kg / 110 lbs * 15

- 60 kg / 132 lbs * 12

- 70 kg / 154 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

Biceps, Hammer curl

- 8 kg / 17 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

- 10 kg / 22 lbs * 6 (2 sets)

Standing tricep extencion with dumbell

- 7 kg / 15 lbs * 8 (4 sets)

Leg raises + "hip raises" + twisting crunches with legs doing this cycling-like-motion

Day 1 NOW:

Squats (as low as i can go):

- 50 kg / 110 lbs * 10

- 60 kg / 132.3 lbs * 8 (2 sets)

- 70 kg / 154.3 lbs * 5 (2 sets)

Biceps on Preacher bench

- 18 kg / 39 lbs * 15

- 20,5 kg / 45 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

Triceps pushdown on cable machine

- 30 kg / 66 lbs * 20 (2 sets)

- 45 kg / 100 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

Good mornings

- 7 kg / 15 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Biceps, Hammer curl

- 5 kg / 11 lbs * 20

- 7 kg / 15 lbs * 10

- 8 kg / 17 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

Dips (halfways)

- 10 (4 sets)

Romanian Deadlift

- 20 kg / 44 lbs * 20

- 50 kg / 110 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

- 55 kg / 121 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

Different cruches

Day 2:

Running 1 km / stepper for 5-10 minutes

Chest fly

- 6 kg / 13 lbs * 10

- 8 kg / 17 lbs * 8 (3 sets)

Seated calf raise

- 40 kg / 88 lbs * 12 (4 sets)

Hip abduction

- 45 kg / 100 lbs * 15

- 50 kg / 110 lbs * 10

- 55 kg / 121 lbs * 8 (2 sets)

Hip adduction

- 50 kg / 110 lbs * 15

- 60 kg / 132 lbs * 15

- 65 kg / 143 lbs * 15

- 70 kg / 154 lbs * 15

Inclined bench press on Smith machine

- 22 kg / 48 lbs * 10

- 24,5 kg / 54 lbs * 10

- 27 kg / 59 lbs * 7 (3 sets)

Leg raises + "hip raises" + twisting crunches

Day 2 NOW:

Chest fly

- 6 kg / 13 lbs * 20

- 8 kg / 17 lbs * 10 (5 sets)

Seated calf raise

- 55 kg / 121 lbs * 10 (5 sets)

Pec dec

- 55 kg / 121 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

- 60 kg / 132 lbs * 10

Hip abduction

- 40 kg / 88 lbs * 20

- 50 kg / 110 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Bench press

- 35 kg / 77.2 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

- 37,5 kg / 82.7 lbs * 8

Walking lunges with dumbells (reps per foot)

- 13,5 kg / 29 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Declined bench press on Smith machine:

- 22 kg / 49 lbs (the bar) * 15

- 27 kg / 59.5 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Different crunches

Day 3:

Running 1 km / stepper for 5-10 minutes

Barbell bent-over row

- 47 kg / 103 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Pulldown on cable machine with "pro style" lat bar (with the shovel-like thingies at the ends)

- 40 kg / 88 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Dumbell bench press

- 13,5 kg / 30 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Row on cable machine

- 30 kg / 66 lbs * 10

- 35 kg / 77 lbs * 8 (4 sets)

Narrow grip pull-ups on cable machine

- 40 kg / 88 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Torso rotation machine

- 40 kg / 88 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

"Side crunches" on cable machine

- 45 kg / 100 lbs * 10

- 55 kg / 121 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

Day 3 NOW:

Barbell bent-over row

- 32 kg / 70.5 lbs * 20

- 49,5 kg / 109 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

- 52 kg / 114.6 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

Pulldown on cable machine with "pro style" lat bar

- 30 kg / 66 lbs * 20

- 40 kg / 88 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

- 45 kg / 100 lbs * 7

Dumbell overhead press

- 5 kg / 11 lbs * 20

- 8 kg / 17 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

- 10 kg / 22 lbs * 8

Dumbell bent-over row

- 16 kg / 35.3 lbs * 12 (2 sets)

- 20 kg / 44 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

Upright row on cable machine

- 25 kg / 55 lbs * 15

- 30 kg / 66 lbs * 10

- 35 kg / 77 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

Side crunches on cable machine

- 45 kg / 100 lbs * 15

- 55 kg / 121 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

Shrugs

- 13,5 kg / 29.7 lbs * 12 (2 sets)

- 18,5 kg / 40.8 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

Different crunches (emphasis on the obliques)

Crunches: sitting on a exercise ball feet anchored parallel to hip and head going below parallel (straight/rotating), combined sit-ups and leg raises (usually with legs straight), reverse vertical leg crunches, occasional bicycle crunches and cable machine crunches, hanging straight knee/leg raise and trying new stuff all the time.

It's too bad we missed you guys and didn't get to arrange a meet-up, while in Helsinki. We (I'm Your Man and I) were there like two nights, one night in which I was working and spent one full day in my friends place in Espoo. It would have been a blast to get to meet you guys.

I've been planning to start organising a meeting in finland, maybe with the help of tuc, but the fall is so hectic that it's going to have to wait for now. I hope that you'll be able to come when we get the whole thing organised! PS. how odd, you were in my dream last night, HCPinGviini! I wondered in the dream who the girl was but now i realised it was YOU

I just started a food blog, check it out!

Do share your story with details so I can send it to other people & inspire them to transform.

I'm just reeeeeally lazy But i'll try to find some time to write some kind of summary...

We were taking pictures at the gym today, but they didn't turn out that great. Pecs & bum -day isn't the best for taking pics. A tricep-picture turned out ok, but notice the total lack of pump even though at the gym

No-pump tricep

Mindew, I bet theres still a fair amount of guys who prefer the "before" version no?

That happened to me when I lost a lot of weight..so many people prefered me fat it makes me wonder why¿?¿?¿?¿? WIERD

I bet it's because of this tits-and-ass-culture we live in, you're not a good woman without boobs and ass. It doesn't matter if you have to be fat and unhealthy to get them, it seems that boobs are more important for most people than health or overall fitness. Even if the breasts are almost entirely just two lumps of fat.

I've actually got HUGE problems with my body at the moment, because tits and ass were the only parts i was proud of in myself when i was fat, and everything else was ing and i tried to not look at my body as a wholeness, just focused on the fact that i had tits and ass. So what do i do now, when i've never had the ability or desire to see my body as whole and i don't have tits or ass? I try to focus on my muscles growing and be proud about that, but i don't get much reassurance from the "big public", as muscular women are often seen as somehow unnatural and masculine, ugly, and now i don't even have the tits and the ass. So i'm in a kind of limbo where i just have to try to start liking my body as a wholeness and disregard all the flaws that i make up.

I won't even start to talk about all the envious shit-faces that seem to not have anything better to do than to put me down and make me feel unnatural and unattractive and try to convince me that i'm anorectic and ortorectic and excersise too much (because they can't get themselves out the fucking door and eat shit and get fat). The other group of people are the ones that feel so bad about their body and not exercising that they want to tell me that i make them depressed because of just being what i am and having accomplished what i have (well, at least they're honest).

Luckily no-one really thinks i was better the way i was so i don't have to listen to that. Everyone knows how unhealthy and unhappy i used to be.

Hehe, thank's for all the encouragement! I really appreciate it!

I was taking some pictures of myself yesterday, here's one of my favorites!

that's good why you first thought the f% would be so much higher ?

I had been on this cheaper body fat% scale that my friend has, and that said 24,5%. But it's also been some kilos ago, so it might have been accurate then. The first time i went on my friend's scale, it said 33%, and i'd already lost ~10 kilos

Phew, i haven't posted again for AGES! I'm gonna have to write alot again in the same post, because this is the only place where i'm logging my training except for my palm computer. I don't want to end up in the same situation as in may, when my battery died and all of the information was lost (the palm is from like 1998 or something ).

I was sick with the flu for some days (still am a bit), so no training on Tursday 13 - Tuesday 18. It was horrible to just sit inside for days and do nothing but sit on the computer or watch movies. I got so bored that i even did a floorplan of our bedroom and livingroom and made "models" of all of the furniture.

So i was on the gym yesterday and still a bit sick, but i was really surprised about how easy it was to train regardless of the sickness! I'm not sure if it's just about resting because i also had my first ever pre-work-out shake, it contained:

- 0.5 g Acetyl L Carnitine

- ~2 g L Tyrosine

- 5 g Creatine

- ~12 g "OsmoPure" Maltodextrin

Btw, i have also started to drink a post-workout shake:

- ~30 g Super-Pea Protein Isolate

- ~30 g "OsmoPure" Maltodextrin

- ~5 g Glutamine

In addition, i'm starting to take some Green Tea extract twice a day + Piracetam as soon as i get it from bulkpowders. Other: i'm taking extra magnesium and kalcium for a while because i had some nasty cramps in the front of my shin last week + zinc, b, c, a, e and selenium whenever i remember (just as a precaution, because i expect to get everything i need from my food)

As you might see on my logging, i have recently started to do 20 reps with the warming up -weights, this is to improve my muscle endurance.

Here's all the training since the last time i logged. I guess i did some bicycling too, but can't remember when.:

Wednesday 5.8.

Barbell bent-over row

- 47 kg / 103 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Pulldown on cable machine with "pro style" lat bar

- 40 kg / 88 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Barbell bench press

- 30 kg / 66 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Dumbell overhead press

- 8 kg / 17 lbs * 8 (4 sets)

Row on cable machine

- 35 kg / 77 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

- 40 kg / 88 lbs * 8 (2 sets)

Upright row on cable machine

- 25 kg / 55 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

- 30 kg / 66 lbs * 8 (2 sets)

"Side crunches" on cable machine

- 45 kg / 100 lbs

- 55 kg / 121 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

Reverse crunches, bicycle crunches, hanging crunches

Saturday 8.8.

Biceps, Hammer curl

- 8 kg / 17 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

- 7 kg / 15 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

Triceps pushdown on cable machine

- 30 kg / 66 lbs * 20 (2 sets)

- 45 kg / 100 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

Romanian Deadlift

- 20 kg / 44 lbs * 20

- 45 kg / 100 lbs * 10 (5 sets)

- 50 kg / 110 lbs * 10

Biceps on Preacher bench

- 18 kg / 39 lbs * 15 (2 sets)

- 20,5 kg / 45 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

Dips (but only about halfways, better to do many halfways than to do a couple all the way, imo)

- 10 (4 sets)

Squats:

- 45 kg / 100 lbs * 10

- 70 kg / 154 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

- 75 kg / 165 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

Different cruches

Sunday 9.8.

Chest fly

- 6 kg / 13 lbs * 20

- 8 kg / 17 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Seated calf raise

- 55 kg / 88 lbs * 12

- 55 kg / 88 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

Hip abduction

- 45 kg / 100 lbs * 15

- 50 kg / 110 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Declined bench press on Smith machine:

- 22 kg / 49 lbs (the bar) * 10

- 27 kg / 60 lbs * 8

- 22 kg / 49 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

Lunges with dumbells

- 13,5 kg or total 27 kg / 29 lbs or 59 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Different crunches

Tuesday 11.8.

Barbell bent-over row

- 47 kg / 103 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Pulldown on cable machine with "pro style" lat bar

- 30 kg / 66 lbs * 20

- 40 kg / 88 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Barbell bench press

- 20 kg / 44 lbs * 20

- 30 kg / 66 lbs * 10

- 32,5 kg / 72 lbs * 8 (3 sets)

Dumbell overhead press

- 5 kg / 11 lbs * 20

- 8 kg / 17 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

- 8 kg / 17 lbs * 8 (2 sets)

Row on cable machine

- 25 kg / 55 lbs * 20 (2 sets)

- 35 kg / 77 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

Upright row on cable machine

- 25 kg / 55 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

- 30 kg / 66 lbs * 8 (2 sets)

Different crunches

Wednesday 12.8.

Biceps, Hammer curl

- 5 kg / 11 lbs * 20

- 7 kg / 15 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

- 8 kg / 17 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

Triceps pushdown on cable machine

- 30 kg / 66 lbs * 20 (2 sets)

- 45 kg / 100 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

Romanian Deadlift

- 20 kg / 44 lbs * 20

- 45 kg / 100 lbs * 12 (4 sets)

- 50 kg / 110 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

Biceps on Preacher bench

- 18 kg / 39 lbs * 15 (2 sets)

- 20,5 kg / 45 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

Dips (halfways)

- 10 (4 sets)

Squats:

- 50 kg / 110 lbs * 10

- 70 kg / 154 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

- 75 kg / 165 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

Different cruches

Wednesday 19.8.

Chest fly

- 6 kg / 13 lbs * 20

- 8 kg / 17 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Seated calf raise

- 50 kg / 110 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Hip abduction

- 45 kg / 100 lbs * 10 (4 sets)

Declined bench press on Smith machine:

- 22 kg / 49 lbs (the bar) * 15

- 24,5 kg / 54 lbs * 10 (3 sets)

Lunges with dumbells

- 10 kg / 22 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

- 13,5 kg / 29 lbs * 10 (2 sets)

Different crunches

EDIT: forgot to update one days workout + forgot to mention the new reps.

Haha, thank you, Robert, for the "birthday present"

Thanks for all of you lovely people who keep supporting and encouraging me. It means a lot to me because i'm so close to this body that i can't really "see" it, and so close to this process that i don't feel that it's such a big deal and with your help i've started to feel proud of myself and really appreciate the work i've done. You can't believe how much envy i have to encounter in my every day life and how much time i spend trying to prove that i'm not an anorectic and defending the vegan lifestyle and the bodybuilding lifestyle. This forum has really been a wonderful escape for me from the everyday world and i appreciate all of you enormously, you people are the best of the best!