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http://stronglifts.com/why-barbells-are-better-than-dumbbells/

it's important to get a lot of protein before sleep because it can stop you from building muscle and start decreasing it after 5 hours without eating more, some people eat foods that slow down your metabolism for this reason right before bed. also it's true that eating 30 grams of protein at your meal and having lots of these meals is better for absorption than lots at once. so put small amounts in every hour or two during the day, and a larger amount before sleeping.. maybe mix it with a peanut butter sandwich to slow down how fast it digests. time release capsules would be nice for this reason, even though they'd contain a tiny amount of protein..just to fend off the catabolism

285 bent row x24 110 preacher curl x24 255 assisted dip x21 285 assisted pullup x1 3/4 190 crunch x40

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tuesday: 280 bent row x24 105 preacher curl x24 255 assisted dip x15 285 assisted pullup x1 1/2 190 crunch x40 today: 310 deadlift x12 135 ohp x24 150 bench x24 70x2 side raise x24 90x2 shrug x24 60 front raise x24

Field roast meatloaf and celebration loaf are $8 at whole foods. 4 servings of 30g protein, delicious. Pick up some organic annie's ketchup or some BBQ sauce to go along with the meatloaf. These are both wheat gluten as the main ingredient. I eat this for dinner and for lunch a tofurky sausage. It probably covers half of my protein intake. The other half is powders from trueprotein.com and occasionally vega's sport performance. I'm making solid gains at the gym, lifting every 2 days and I would say I'm probably getting more protein than I need. The fake meat is not as good as the powder for the muscle, I'd presume, but it is still doing the job. It feels normal, I guess. You're probably better off with tofu and stuff that isn't trying hard to resemble meat. Less processed, quicker digested, less expensive etc.

I second the suggestion of using a green drink. I've got a vitamix and make a whole foods organic veggie+fruit mix drink every night with spinach, OJ, an apple, a banana, a pear, dates, grapes, grape tomatoes, lemon, a handful from mixed vegetable packets usually containing broccoli, cauliflower, celery, onion, carrot. All organic. On top of that I drink 2tblsp of vitamineral green in OJ in the morning, and 5 pills (2.5g) of chlorella at night. The extra chlorella (same amount in Vega breakfast) is to stay alkaline. If you eat too much acid in a day, your body drains calcium from your bones to stay pH 7.5. Lemon and watermelon are alternative methods for alkalizing (the lemon metabolizes alkaline) besides of course the highly chlorophyll concentrated chlorella. So I make sure to get some of that before my protein shake before sleep. This clears up any vegetable/fruit requirements I might have in addition to the more 'fun' things to eat like fake meats and rice or pasta. It would take 30 minutes to eat all the vegetables and fruits without a vitamix!

vega brand nothing else comes close for energy 10g of protein you might prefer something higher.. but vega's the best for pre workout type fuel and running a marathon.

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I've read that yellow pea protein digests rather easily and fast.

My first non experienced/educated guess on the body heat thing is that you're eating less complex carbohydrates now that you've gone raw. You might want to add potatoes or something.

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nobody wants their muscles to be made from bad food!

305 deadlift x24 130 ohp x24 145 bench press x24 65x2 side raise x24 (although most of these reps were not total range of motion, i count them because i want to) 85x2 shrug x24 40 front lat raise x24 finally broke the deadlift plateau. adding weight on each of these next time. awesome workout!

no, but daiya vegan chedder melted on top sounds like a good combination. you could blend mashed potatoes, that, and broccoli into a chunky delicacy! and tofurkey gravy if you want to go spoiled.

http://www.vegan-nutritionista.com/vegan-wedding-cakes.html first link on vegan wedding cake yahoo search

from vegan nutrition: plain and simple: Protein, Carbohydrates, Vitamins, Minerals, Fats, Enzymes. get your required amount of these daily and you're eating a fully balanced diet.

If you compare the amount of nutrients to 1 pill-shaped amount of chlorella to 1 huge piece of broccoli, you would be amazed. Technically chlorella and spirulina are sold as supplements but are whole foods and can be eaten in large amounts. They both come in pill or powder form and are taken in small doses but are vegetables that are highly dense in nutrients and kick normal vegetables butts. If you ground up a chlorella pill into water and ground up a pound of broccoli into another container the chlorella pill would probably be darker green.. so technically they are not supplements but conveniently get sold as them. they are not extracts or anything like that, and they are the full serving amount of them as a food source. there's also a lot of nifty spirulina treats out there.. go raw! brand spirulina bars with banana and sunflower seeds, which taste like banana are good, and veganessentials has those as well as other such items. so does whole foods. i have some go raw spirulina wafer things that are pretty good, little round neat coin shaped things. there are some places on the web where you can order a massive amount (5 pounds or so) of spirulina for 50 bucksish. that's a couple months supply if you do 2 tblsp a day. used to be discussed on here.. would have to find it. healthforce.com has a spirulina but is more expensive.. that's sold on veganessentials as well. i've tried several different powders of that and it's all made me gag, so i'm confident that it isn't shipped to me badly (if you wonder the same thing after trying it). so you may feel like you're supplementing because of how large the serving sizes are, but really you are getting more nutrients, more of a vegetable serving out of them. taken from brendan brazier, plants are basically vessels for the food to be contained in. if you reduce the containment amount to a powder form, it can seem like a small amount of food but really it's not. nutrient density is the priority.

yes i would recommend either getting chloressence pills (don't taste so bad) or mixing both chlorella and spirulina powders in OJ so it can pass across your tongue before settling. you WILL gag from spirulina! even with the OJ. but you will be able to get it down easily. vitamineral green has smaller amounts of chlorella and spirulina in it, and is quite palatable. it'd be better to get about 2.5g of chlorella and 1-2 tblsp of spirulina, though.. definitely mix with OJ!

chlorella = highest chlorophyll containing green food, also DNA, very regenerative and purifying, also very alkalizing which allows you to consume more protein spirulina = lots of vitamins, minerals, beta carotene, GHA (only otherwise found in breast milk), colors, healthiness broccoli = testosterone levels, to say the least spinach = iron, calcium i'd recommend getting vitamineral green from healthforce.com or veganessentials. it'll cover all your vitamins and minerals and basic vegetable needs. it also has enzymes, shilajit, and is totally amazing. it's this website's most popular green drink, i think. on top of 2 tablespoons of that (VMG) in OJ as part of my breakfast, my main intake of vegetables comes from whole foods veggie packs from whole foods (with the black styrofoam bottom) which are about $5 per container, and usually include broccoli and cauliflower, onions celery carrots, or stir fry (string beans, green and red pepper, broccoli, zucchini). i put about 1/3 of assorted vegetables from this source, add spinach, mixed fruits in a vitamix and share it with my family. from vegan nutrition: plain and simple, i read that you get the jist of your vitamin and mineral needs from combining green and red or yellow vegetables. focus on making sure you get a variety of colors.

275 bent row x24 100 preacher curl x24 270 assisted dip x24 285 assisted pullup x1 190 crunch x40

wednesday: 305 dl x11 or 12 130 ohp x14 145 bench x22 65x2 side raise x12 +4 faily reps 80x2 shrug x24

found out that the ez-bar i was using was 35 pounds, which would explain why it was so difficult to curl with when i started using it compared to the preloaded things.. so add 5 pounds to all my preacher curls since i started doing 90.. today i added 5 anyway 270 bent row x24 105 preacher curl x24 150 assisted dip x22 (getting heavier, i assume that makes it more difficult to raise the reps consistently) 190 crunch x24 (third time same weight, the machine doesnt have anymore) the bent rows i'm doing are pretty quick and dirty. i'm going to stay at 270 for a workout or two to fix my form, and drop the weight on preacher curl to about 90 so i don't start hurting myself.

Aikido is the only true self defense martial art. It is completely nonviolent and merely paralyzes an attacker with as little pain as possible. I would recommend this over anything that requires hurting somebody.

It doesn't sound like the best routine to me. I just add 5 pounds whenever I can do all 24 reps of a 3 set 8 rep workout. There's some truth to goodness in staying at the same weight for a couple workouts to keep form good but not an entire month. And taking a week or two off every year is all you need for 'recuperating'. It sounds like you're listening to a goofball. If you want to get big fast just do lots of compound lifts and wait 72-96 hours between repeating them. What I do: Deadlift, bench press, overhead press, dumbbell shrug and side raise wait 1 day Barbell bent row, preacher curl, dip, stomach crunch wait 1 day repeat. This is basically a full body routine with emphasis on compound lifts for size and strength. Don't put lots of time into tiny isolation movements like the preacher curl or leg curls until a year of training or when you're satisfied with your frame size. They will slow down your progress getting huge, and will not be as significant as if you start when you're at a size that you would like to stay at. Compound lifts will increase your body size as well as your muscle mass, and toning will become less visible as they shrink back into the larger muscles. The only thing that the trainer you're doing is suggesting is that you slowly progress in an overly safe manner that turns into toning that shrinks plus some cardio and more likely a lot more form safety than you need. Just follow your instinct and train as heavy as you want. If the weight/form starts feeling unsafe don't add any for a few workouts and you'll be fine.