VeganResistance

29 January 2012 Today I started on a 3 day 5x5 cycle as per Ryan's article. Some of my weights were too low, working them out. w/up rows: 3min @ setting 12: .876km Dumbell shrugs: 2x22.5kg 5-5 25kg 5-5 27.5kg 5 Plate Grip: 10kg 1m-1m-1m-45s-1m Deadlifts: 50kg 5-5-5 60kg 5-8 Weighing in at 71.5kg Ate really well today. However I have sat around all weekend setting up Debian on my new netbook. This has left me feeling pretty gross.

Wooah, Mike Tyson! Very cool indeed.

Yeah, so I saw I'm in AKL. Great to see fellow vegans working at strength and health in Aotearoa. 28 January 2012 Scheduled rest day tomorrow. Back into the gym tomorrow for some 5x5 goodness.

26 January 2012 Finally feel like I'm starting to adjust back into work hours. Not so tired today. Hit the gym after work but wasn't achieving as much as my last visit. Dumbell bench: 2x20kg 5-5-5-3 17.5kgx2 5 Squat (smith machine): 50kg 5-5-5-5-5 Overhead press: 30kg 5-4 25kg 5-5-5 Barbell Curls: 20kg 20 25kg 7-6 Dips: 8-5-6 Weight 71kg.

Oh it is a bit warmer up here, for sure. But then, I was swimming in Kapiti Coast waters in winter when I lived down there, so maybe just tougher (To be fair I did pretty much run in, dive, splash about and run out again.)

And now it is 9:35pm and I have been on the go since 7:30am. I got 8 hours sleep last night but not much of a catch-up. third day out of the gym. LAME. Thankfully work has been medium intensity with the physical labour and tomorrow I will have time to get straight to the gym. Not many days left to make my goal happen!

A wet-suit? Hell no! Shorts are too much as it is Although I plan to try a spot of surfing in the next few weeks which I will probably break out my neon op-shop wet-suit for.

24 january 2012 Extremely tired today, I had fully intended to hit the gym after work today, when I got there I found I had left my gym shoes at home (if only they allowed bare feet) and once I got home have not felt like doing much at all. Going to hit the zzzzs pretty soon and get a gym visit in tomorrow.

Hey thanks, although I'm actually male. Sorry to disappoint!

23 January 2012 First full day of a full work week today. Shaping up to be a very busy week! Scheduled rest day today.

Looks like good progress from here! Good work.

22 January 2012 Today my daughter flew home, so I drove straight from the airport to gym: Warmup row machine: 3min @ setting 12: .788km Smith machine squat: 45kg 5-5 50kg 5-5-5 Dumbell bench press: 2x17.5kg 5-5-5-5 2x20kg 5 Pressups x10 immediately after the last press set Dumbell bentover rows: 22.5kg 5-5-5-5-5 Overhead (military?) press: 30kg 5-5-4-4-4 Barbell curl: 25kg 12-7-7 Followed by yoga and stretching. Had a good play on a local playground yesterday also which was great. Also, I weighed in at 100g away from my January goal. wooo! Heaviest I have ever been.

Yeah, I am thinking of that. At this stage the cost is a bit prohibitive for me, but as I get bigger and more into things I will be shopping around for sure.

My gym doesn't have a squat rack, nor any barbells actually ( minus the zig-zag curling ones). They do have a smith machine though, so I've been hitting that for the squats, and bench I've been substituting with dumbell bench press. I'm hoping that this will work well enough for me....

21 January 2012 So the dinner I had at a friends place last night consisted of white pasta with canned pasta sauce. Not what I would usually consume. I bought some tofu and fried it myself so that helped. Been lazing a bit this morning and have only had a protein shake and two slices of toast thus far. I Must go food shopping today.

20 January 2012 Home workout this morning: 15 mins Kum Nye. 3 sets 20kg deadlifts 3 sets pullups (first two added 2.5kg plate) 3 sets seated dips, 3 sets pressups Didn't count my reps. Afternoon: ~3 hrs indoor rock climbing, and my fingers are like rubber! Can't remember my meals, but have done pretty well, and heaps of fluids. A good day overall, and now off to dinner.

18-19 January 2012 It is impossible to get to the gym at the moment, so I have been trying to make do with pullups, pressups, dips, handstands whnever I get a few moments. I think it is good maintenance at the moment, but that is about it. Between organising my daughter, myself and work there is very little time. Two more days until I start at the gym regularly again. Still keeping up eating well and with high protein and calorie levels, and overall happy with where I am.

17 January 2012 No workout today, a long day at work - plus it should be a scheduled rest today. Some heavy lifting there, abseiling, prying cladding off of balconies. Meal1: Soy milk, soy lecithin, water and hemp protein mixed; half a slice of white toast bread with tahini and plum jam; Fresh fruit. Meal2: tub of leftover brown rice and black beans; samosa. Meal3: Orange; 2x250ml soy milk drinks Meal4: Soy milk, tahini, fruit, hemp seed shake Meal5: Middle Eastern lentil dish and wholemeal breads. Tub of leftover apple crumble Also a snack today of a packet of cashew nuts. 1xBeer.

14-15 January 2012 Weekend, busy times. Ate a lot, and did a few sets of overhead dumbell presses (10kg) and hammer curls, as well as some squats and a few other bits and pieces. I didn't log any of this work though. Made a decision to get in two hemp protein shakes a day from now. 16 January 2012 First full gym visit in ~10 days. Weighing in at 71kg exactly - I think the 72kg goal for January is still achievable. Warmup rows: 3min @ setting 12, .719km Overhead press 20kg 13-10-9-6 25kg 6 Bentover dumbell rows 20kg 5-5-5 22.5kg 5-5 Squat 40kg 5-5 45kg 5-5-5 dumbell bench press 2x15kg 5-5-5-5-10, last set immediately followed by 10 press-ups (knuckles) dips 10-7-7 Followed by a couple of sets of leg raises, some asanas and stretching. As of next Monday I will be regularly hitting the gym and am looking forward to it. I think I definitely want to up some of those weights a bit on a 5x5.

Shit dude, sorry to hear all that. However it is positive that you're looking at the issue, the alternative of ignorance is definitely not the healthiest. Keeping a clean diet and focusing on a general fitness level sounds like a very sensible task.

13 January 2012 I found myself with a small amount of time spare before I was due to pick my daughter up from day care today so I darted home, changed into my gym gears and hit the gym. Warmup rows: setting 12 - 3m - .853km dumbell rows: 15.5kg 10-10-10 overhead press: 20kg 12-12-9 pullups x6 And that was all I had time for. My weight was 70.3kg, which is a bit of a bummer, but since starting work I have been getting much more general exercise and I know I've not been keeping up with the eating so much Meal1: Fruit, nuts, seeds Meal2: Small bean salad with tahini; half wholegrain sandwich; small nut bar; fruit; one small vietnamese vege wrap Meal3: Toast; banana; soy banana hemp protein smoothie Meal4: Lentil, vege, tofu, potato curry with brown rice; piece of chocolate cake. I need to eat more! I'm very keen to get into a 5x5 routine once I start hitting the gym again.

I know this isn't totally what you're asking for, but I'm halfway reading this which is inspiring me to start a 5x5 routine once I get back into the gym work: http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/?page=article_ryantraining

12 January 2012 Back at work today, a fair bit of walking but that' s the most physical it got. My back has been killing me all day - hard to stand up, or do anything. I think it' s from yesterday, running with my daughter on her rip-stick supported by my left arm. Oh well. A bit of jogging this afternoon. Miss the gym, went in today only to use the shower after work! I should have at least weighed myself when there I couldn't do anything with my back like this though. Oh yeah, I got a B12 shot yesterday too. Ate an average amount of food today. Buying at work is expensive, and some of my food went off by my second work meal :/

11 January 2012 Around 9.5h sleep. Such a busy time today. Definitely won' t be anywhere near 9.5 hours tonight. Food: Lots of fruit today, a nut bar, two banana soy hemp smoothies, tofu vege stir-fry, brown rice, a big leftover/vege fry-up. Exercise: Jogged to a local playground. Chin-ups: 5-5-5-5-5 Seated dips: 12-12-12-12-12 (! set with my daughter pushing down on my shoulders) Press-ups (knuckles) 10-10-10-10-10 Bodyweight squats: Three sets of 30, however not very close to each other. Leg raises: didn't count, just hung around doing leg raises, and the hanging cycle legs (not sure of the proper name heh...) I do miss the gym though. But I found some plates at an opp shop yesterday so I should have some more home dumbell sets coming through

9 January 2012 Today has been a great day, birthday time! No workout today, but a lot of food. HEAPS of food. Had a great swim in the ocean which was some exercise. That's it for today folks.