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Welcome, Michi! You're looking good already, I think you can get a really good body in no time! What I suggest is that you start keeping an online training log here. It has helped me a lot, it's fun and that way you can easily check what you have lifted last time. And don't hesitate to join in conversations or ask questions!

Welcome, Jen! Hey, please post some pics of your progress while you're on your diet! There aren't too many figure athletics and you might encourage a lot of people! I'm Your Man in the previous post just told pretty much what I was planning to say. Good luck with the competition!

Awesome progress! You look really fit. I think you were even thinner than I was when you started, now it looks like you've got a lot bigger muscles in your whole upper body! Care to tell your height and also weight when you started vs. now?

I think your results are good, but remember the fact that without steroids, the maximum amount of gains with perfect diet and exercises is 0.5-1 pound of lean muscle mass per week (depending on person)... and that's for someone who trains like hell and uses supplements. You said you are not a beginner but if you were doing leg presses 11 reps @ 86lbs it doesn't really sound like much. You were hardly pushing yourself to the limit OR your nervous system was far away from using your full body strength, since 11 reps @ 86 would mean 1 rep @ 120 lbs and I think you can do a squat without using weihts without problem -> you're lifting a lot more just by doing that. In any case, you have developed your nervous system too. But anyway, great results so far. If you can keep similar increases in % you will be in top shape in no time. Don't worry about your bulking belly. Just try to keep it in control. It's easy to get rid of fat.

L&G, that's right... sometimes I wonder how on earth I ended up living this way. Well, I'm not complaining. It's not that exciting but fun nevertheless. And you are always welcome here. Rühl videos are always hilarious. Especially this: Anyway, more training! Mon 19th January 2h 15mins bboying. I managed to do proper flare to windmill combos a couple of times. It feels great! Tue 20th January Yeah baby, thigh + shoulder action! - Deep squats, barbell: warm up @ 65kg and without weights, then 5 + 6 @ 94kg (207 lbs), 8 + 10 @ 70kg -> I'm improving my posture in squats, when I get my technique under control I'll lift some real weights! - Standing shoulder press, dumbbells: 10 + 10 + 10 @ 19kg per arm - Lateral raises, dumbbells: 8 + 8 + 8 @ 13kg

Welcome! Great nick dude! Holy s**t you're looking huge! I'm 6 feet and about the same weight as you but I am waaay smaller. It must be because my bf is a lot higher than yours. Great intro, great avatar, actually pretty much great everything. I love the fact that there are ripped vegan personal trainers! An oh, Cheezly is the only vegan cheese I know which melts nicely over pizza.

Welcome, Emily! Sounds like you've started a proper body reformation program! Good luck with it! You said you haven't lost fat that much yet. Don't worry. If you keep getting good results with weight training, your muscles will grow and they'll start burning more calories all the time. It's not very easy to burn fat and gain muscles at the same time, so you might want to keep building those muscles for a while, then have a fast cutting period. After that it should be quite easy to maintain a lean, muscular body. But hey, every body is unique... you'll figure out yourself what's best for you.

Thanks mate! That's 144 bars to be exact... I sold some of them already though. Yes, I got them from JP @ veganfitness. They're not as good as Clif Builder's but still taste like candy... not too sweet, which is a good thing in my opinion. I gotta take some more pics soon... maybe a vid of me bench pressing 100kg? Well, I'll see what I can do.

BallZach, sometimes I have a spotter and sometimes I don't. In that last bench press training I didn't have but this week I did have. Depends on if I have a friend here working out with me. Robert, I strongly suggest you do that. That way you can work out some muscle groups at home and you'll save time... but I guess there are quite a lot of ppl who really want to see you at the gym so it's kind of choose between your own spare time and public appearance. IYM, yes, still working out in my bedroom. I'll take some pics if ppl want to see the stuff I work out with. Or vids if that is more fun. I guess my body fits somewhat well in deadlift since I have long hands and not that long back. I really suggest to do a lot of deadlifts since you get almost whole body workout with that! L&G, I still don't have a name for my gym. The apartment in which I live with 5 veggie ladies is called "Linna" (= the Castle in Finnish) so Dungeon might be a good name here too. ^_^ Big & loving it! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogGynMLpgFY ) I already wrote all this once but my Mozilla crashed and I had to write all again from scratch: Mon 12th January - Modern dancing and some body control stuff - Loads and loads of grip training Tue 13th January - Squats, barbell: warm up @ 50kg, then 1 @ 92, 1 @ 110kg, 1 + 1 @ 122kg. Otherwise ok but the once with 122 kk were a couple of cm short to be counted as proper lifts. I really have to work out my technique since I wasn't even close to my limit which my legs could lift but I tend to lean forward and such... :/ - Bent-over rows, barbell: 12 + 12 + 12 @ 70kg (again with big tilt, slow and long moves) Wed 14th January - 1h 45mins bboying - 1h 45mins acrobatics with killer warm up Sat 17th January - Bench press, barbell: warm up @ 50kg, then 5 + 5 @ 88kg - Incline bench press, barbell: 8 + 7 @ 72kg - Dips: 17 + 16 @ bw EVENING BODY WEIGHT 83KG = 183 LBS!!! Sun 18th January - Hammer curls, dumbbells: 10 + 10 + 10 @ 16kg - Bicep curls, curl bar: 5 + 4 + 4 @ 50kg - Bicep curls, barbell: 12 + 12 + 10 @ 35kg BTW, I bought some protein bars... over 20 lbs ^_^ http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk250/tuc_finland/09012009344.jpg Some photoshop "art" I made: http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk250/tuc_finland/Yo_dawg_food_bar.jpg

Welcome, jesse! I bet you already know much of this stuff, but I'd like to share some basic stuff that has helped me to bulk & gain well: 1. Eat, eat, eat. Stick to food that is full of fat and protein. That way you don't have to be full all the time. Nuts and seeds are the best way to go. Also, try to keep eating many times a day and you'll feel better than before. 2. Squat, deadlift, bench press, shoulder press, bent-over rows with a barbell, all kinds of moves that make you use your whole body. Use free weights, forget the isolative moves. 3. Use a post-workout drink which has protein and carbs and sleep enough. Well, good luck. I'm sure you'll have great gains in no time if you just take enough calories!

Welcome, Doc! What you're doing is very important. Since we have all kinds of wacky physicians like Mercola, Fallon and Enig talking crap about veganism, it's really really essential to have doctors who have objective opinion on veganims.

Welcome! I LOVE seeing here people who have been vegan for a long time! Checked you web pages, looking good! We really need more vegans working in fitness branch. I appreciate your work really much!

Yo! Welcome back with a nick that won't deactivate! What I'd like to see is you posting more to activate not only your account buy yourself too! This is a very friendly community, don't be shy.

Welcome, nod85! Hey, I have a great tip for you! If you want to bulk, go nuts! Any nuts will do, as well as various seeds. Use them when cooking and keep eating them everywhere. They're cheap, natural and full of healthy fat and protein. Just 100g a day will do give you loads and loads of calories that you need for bulking. Damn, I almost want to move to Portland since there are so many vegan athletes there.

Welcome Justin! Hey, I have a friend who drives motocross at national championship level. I'll ask if he has some special training tips since he has been in really really good shape before. Hope you'll give veganism a try some day! But don't force it, do what you feel right.

Welcome, Michael! Judging by your avatar you have quite a lot of moustache for a kid of your age. Wow! You're really tall! If I were you I'd go on an immence bulk period, bulk to 250lbs, cut some fat and show people the biggest ripped vegan muscle monster they've ever seen. Hope that's in your future plans.

Welcome, Steve! Sounds like you're doing just the thing that feels right for you! Sounds like you're really kicking it! What I'd LOVE to see are progress photos. There aren't really that many competitive bodybuilders who are vegan or almost vegan. Good luck with your cutting!

Yo! I just noticed I've been really lazy welcoming new people and even though you've already been here for 4 weeks, I don't think anyone will mind if I welcome you. There are loads of things that might come in mind and you'll save a lot of time and effort by just asking us about vegan nutrition & stuff. Also, please keep us up to date about the state of your "conversion" and good luck with it!

If this is another vid that says that you can cure cancer by going vegan and that chemotherapy & other stuff don't work, I won't even start looking. I bet there is stuff about Gerson therapy which is a total scam: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Gerson (stuffing coffee up your arse doesn't cure cancer). If you get cancer, get real treatment. You can go raw vegan at the same time and you might feel better in general but PLEASE don't think there is a better way to treat cancer than medicine that has been scientifically proven to be effective in clinical studies which follow the ceteris paribus principle.

Thanks BallZach! GO DO IT ALREADY! (btw. I don't go to a gym, I just work out here in my bedroom ) Sun 11th January - Bench press, barbell: warm up @ 50kg, then 6 + 4 @ 88kg (woohoo best series ever, 6 reps @ 194 lbs! -> should mean 1 rep max @ 234 lbs) - Incline bench press, barbell: 7 + 7 @ 72kg - Dips: 20 + 15 @ bw (20 is my personal best, easily!) - Standing shoulder press, barbell: 5 + 5 + 5 @ 50kg Damn, I've been way too lazy... but I've been saving my legs for a couple of days because I'm going to max my squat soon.

Mon 5th January Loads of grip training. My hands and forearms were all worn out after like 100 reps! Wed 7th January - Bench press, barbell: warm up @ 50kg and 82kg, then 5 + 4 @ 88kg (194 lbs) - Incline bench press, barbell: 6 + 3 @ 72kg - Bicep curl, dumbbell: 12 + 12 + 12 @ 16kg, isolated, 1 arm at a time Thu 8th January Just deadlift today, too busy. - Deadlift, barbell: warm up @ 50kg, then 1 rep @ 92, 110, 130, 162.4, 176,4kg (new pb! 389 lbs!), f @ 180,4kg (closer than EVER! got it almost all way up, I was about 4 inches short of getting it locked up!!!) - More deadlift: 5 @ 130kg

I think this suits this topic well. Top 50 atheist quotes. I loved the ones by Gandhi. http://leftofzen.com/quotes-atheism/2008/01/14/

Here's how textured soy is made: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textured_vegetable_protein When you consider seitan, please remember that it isn't very good protein. It has low biological value and it's PDCAAS is low: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_Digestibility_Corrected_Amino_Acid_Score

I wouldn't count textured soy as a "higly processed food". If you want to stick to soy, try tofu. High on protein, low on carbs.

Wow, that's great stuff! I've never tried any of those things but 330lbs stone is HEAVY stuff for sure! Cgraz!