maybenot

Haha I feel like squats are the great equalizer - a strong squat makes ANYONE sexier.

That!

Welcome back =D

That's great, Think_machine!

Did you keep a log?

I had the same problem last year. Bulked hard = gained fat.

After this bulk, I did a cutting diet and shed 8kg (17lbs ). The cutting was easy for me, I`m a `skinny` type of guy like you.

Now I`m planning my diet and training with a vegan bodybuilder which is a friend of mine here in Brazil.

The first thing I did was to cut processed processed carbs. That means no sugar, no flour, no bread, no pasta . . .

My carb sources are brown rice, sweet potatoes, regular potatoes, oats and fruits.

Right after I decided to stop cutting, I slowly switched to a higher calorie diet, that`s one mistake I made in my past bulk, I calculated that I should consume 2600 calories and started eating that amount overnight. This time I`m taking my time, in the end of my cutting diet I was consuming 1600 calories a day, I switched to 1800 calories and in the subsequent week to 2000 calories. Doing that my goal is to gain max. 0.5kg (1 lbs) every 10 days.

So i kept weighting myself (first thing in the morning, fasted, after i pee) until my weight seemed to go up. I got to 2200 calories. After 10 days eating 2200 calories I gained exactly 0.5kg(1lbs).

So, thats where I am at right now, it`s not even been a month since I went back to bulking, almost 1kg (2.2lb) up. And that will be my strategy, go up slowly and without consuming anything processed.

My training is a simple ABCD split, 4 days a week (5 if I feel like going an extra day). And sometimes if I feel like it I do some intermitent running (run 1min/walk 2 min/run 1min/walk 2min) for 15 minutes top.

The training strategy is to keep the weight training constant and as I consume more calories I will do more activities to burn some extra calories and speed up my metabolism ( some short HIIT activities, never exceeding 15 minutes)

Was that clear? If you want I could post my current diet. Seems to be working now that I have some help from a friend =)

glad to see you back in the bulking game pal, heres to eating........LOTS

My goal is to get fat like you!

I`m eating while writing this down!

8 meals a day = bliss

Keep on bulking!

Hi guys,

I`ve been neglecting my virtual log, but rest assured I`m still lifting. Or, well, trying to lift!

Finished my cutting diet, almost total failure! Lost a lot of lean mass, but at least I learned a lot in the proccess.

I will try to update more!

About the deadlifts, haven`t improved since my last update, cutting diets suck and make you weak!

Just started a bulk again, now the good times will begin =)

you are getting FAT !

what is your height?

Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."

Nice pic, great lifts!

How`s your weight / body measurements going ?

My personal experience is that you should only start cutting when you are huge. Don`t start on a preset date, start when you feel you are ready.

I started cutting four months ago, when I thought I had enough muscle to do so, it was a terrible mistake and I ended up losing much more muscle than I should.

Now I will start bulking again and I will bulk until I gain something like 30 lbs.

So, my advice is, start cutting as late as possible =)

Of course there`s a change! very noticeable.

About the diet, if you pretty much eat clean and exercise, some people say you dont have to keep track of everything.

Check out the main website, there are a lot of articles with diet tips, like this one:

http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/?page=article_ed_002

Keep up the good work =)

If your joints feel ok, there's no need to change.

Personally I always consume half flax and half nuts ( in your case I would consume 50g flax 50g nuts).

http://sofrep.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/THROAT_PUNCH_SOFREP.jpg

Take that, you sick fat fuck!

Actually, Macadamias, Peanuts, Pecans, Pistachios are high in Omega6 : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratio_of_fatty_acids_in_different_foods#Nuts_and_Seeds

The best approach is to mix nuts and seeds, chia and flax seeds are great in Omega3 content.

Well Edens, if you are consuming TOO MUCH omega6 fat from plant based sources it is indeed bad for your heart.

But overall, plant based fats are quite good for you.

Funny u vegan ....

since this post, more than a month ago, this community, that used to be so supportive and positive....

I didn't got any support words ....

 

just because I told I was not vegan anymore.....

 

I am trying....

I didn`t even realise you were not vegan anymore, I assumed you went back to your old diet of VEGAN junk food.

Well, if you are vegan for the support words, stop it. You don`t have to be vegan for people, it is all about ethics, the animais and the environment, not to get praised.

I really hope that you make the right decisions for you, your body and the animals.

Focus!

About the scale:

Watch the part that begins at 3:26

congratz =)

3 sets x 12 reps x 170 lbs (77kg)

I guess I`ll beat my goal of 220lbs for reps =)

Nice lifts, you`ve been improving. =)

Are you getting big also?

FatherOfTheEgg,

You can find much information over facebook, https://www.facebook.com/groups/musculacaovegana/

Some Isolate Soy Protein Powders are NON GMO, such as http://www.ciadonatural.com.br/ecommerce_site/produto_15947_6290_Proteina-isolada-de-soja-100g

You can find Rice Protein Here: http://www.topbody.com.br/Buscar/no-site/rice/0-p1.html

Unfortunatelly is unavailable at the moment, but they will soon restock.

And recently I started a Brazillian Portuguese website: www.musculacaovegana.com.br

There you will be able to find an article published here in the veganbodybuilding.com website, but translated to portuguese, where there is a sample meal plan.

If you need more help just ask

I second B&B`s opinion, nothing hits my hamstrings like a heavy deadlift.

Now I understand why 'mrbear'.

Like I said before, you look like a bad motherf****r, congrats!