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This is really hard for me since I just came here around new year 2008. I'll have to think about this before casting my vote since I'd like to vote for someone who has become something totally different on 2008, not someone who has been superb years before.

Zack, all you have to do is to HTFU. I think the inclines may be better because I do it around 30 degree angle. Maybe I should have more angle? Sun 4th January - Deep squat, barbell: warm up @ 66kg, then 6 + 6 @ 92kg (203 lbs), 10 @ 70kg - Bent-over rows, barbell: 12 + 10 + 8 @ 70kg (I took them VERY deep, slowly and body near 90 degree angle, that explains the low weight) - Bent-over rows, dumbbell: 10 + 10 + 10 @ 30.4kg per arm, left and right separately Evening weight is hitting 181-182lbs which is a good thing I guess.

zOMFG! That guy is SERIOUSLY ripped and filled with muscle! WOW! Hope we'll see him on board soon! Motivation +3 PS. Daywalker, we Finns now how to work hard.

I really don't think it's dangerous to be on a ketosis for a while. You can use fair amounts of carbs but you have to time them near physical exercise if you want ketosis to work efficiently. I believe ketosis is the fastest way to get rid of excess fat and I think I'll try it when I'll go on a cutting phase. But it's going to take a while, since I don't have nearly enough muscle under my fat. I do know it will feel like s**t for the first week or two but after that you should be fine, with lots of energy. I think liver can produce about 200 grams of glucose per day so you'll have carbs in your body, but the carbs are made of your own fat by your liver. In other words, I agree with xzebrasx and veggieprincess.

Tue 30th December I got my Iron Woody's Vise Gripper by mail and did some grip training, around 150lbs resistance. - Deadlifts, barbell: warm up @ various weights, then 5 + 5 @ 140kg - Bent-over rows, barbell: 8 + 8 + 8 @ 92kg - Shrugs, barbell: 8 + 8 + 8 @ 92kg Sat 3rd January 2009 First training of the year. Starting STRONG!! - Bench press, barbell: warm up @ 50kg, then 6 + 6 @ 86 kg! (190 lbs) Next time 88kg! - Incline bench press, barbell: 8 + 8 @ 70kg (4kg increase!! and next time MORE weight) - Standing shoulder press, barbell: 8 + 10 + 8 @ 44kg - Lateral raises: 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 @ 13kg (last set was crap) - Hammer curls, dumbbells: 10 + 10 + 10 both arms @ 16kg (left and right in turns) Now some more grip training and I'm done.

Yeaah buddyy!! Great pecs, great triceps, great biceps! Looking really good! However, I think shoulders are bit lacking your monsterous arms so I would pay a bit more attention there.

I haven't seen anyone here having such a strong build in "before" pics. Looking really strong already! I'm really curious to see how this progress goes.

So many comments again! Thank you all!! offense74, don't worry. I just got Iron Woody's Vise Gripper today -> I can now train my runkmuskel effectively so that I will look like a true wanker in the future! hilary, thanks again! Making progress still... just wait for more. I've already gained a bit more weight. xphilx, yeah I think my neck needs some more work. I should start doing bridges without hands and stuff. We'll see if it helps. The hair is going to change in 2-3 weeks, don't worry. jaleel, thanks mate! Visually my arms are my best part, but I think my bottom and lower back are physically strongest since deadlift is so much easier than other moves for me. fenrir, thanks! I don't actually worry that much about the abs. I'll pump up to ~200 lbs and then lose some fat. I think if you are really tight on bulk period you're not eating enough. EvilJukka, my hair is going to be almost as long in the future too, just less lame. Your posts and own progress here are great, keep going dude! halfajack, thanks dude! Don't worry about wrists. Their thickness is mostly genetical but it only means that if you train your arms they will look even bigger when compared to your wrists. You'll get big arms in no time if you stick to training. Right now I take soy protein, maltodextrin, creatine, zink, magnesium, Veg1 multivitamin and vegan EPA+DHA. You can check my training log to see what I'm doing. Just kill your arms so that they're sore for 2 days, then do the same thing again. HCPG, I believe you missed the part in which I was in tight shirt in VegFest and you only saw me in outdoor clothing. But please, come here and make me remember. Thanks for the comment, and I actually agree with you with the hairstyle. Josh(y), thanks! I bet the difference after a year compared to now will be similar. BallZach, thanks! Hope your progress will be as good and will bring inspiration to many ppl here! nobbi, most of the hair is staying but it's going to look better! RAINRA, I agree, dips are great! I hope next summer I can do 10 reps with bw + 20kg. And some day reps with bw + 50kg (110lbs)! robert, WOWOWOWOOWOHOO! I missed the raffle because I didn't have internet connection available during christmas. Thanks!!!

ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG I WON! I'll donate the shirt to one of my vegan training buddies as I promised. I'll post photos to prove it.

Welcome! If you're looking for motivation, you've come to the right place. This is THE place to find motivation again and again. Good luck!

Welcome! I think the best thing is to check how Lean and Green lost bodyfat since he did it in healthy manner and had great results. Also personal trainers such as VeggiePrincess can help if everything else fails. 20 years is a long time. Great to hear people who have been vegan when I was just a little child (in western countries that is, in India there have been vegans for centuries).

Welcome to the board! I've already seen your posts but hey, it's still nice to officially welcome new members. I agree with the others, your goals shouldn't be hard to achieve. Just stick to them and you'll be fine. You said my progress is inspirational, I thank for that and I wish all the best with your own progress, not least because I get most of my motivation from other people here! Also, it's great to have more large guys here. Just to show that not all of us are small and skinny. Anyway, have fun at the forum!

Welcome, Manuel! Don't worry about the language. Just keep posting here and it will get better, I promise. I can understand about everything you said so it can't be that bad. We really have quite a few people from Germany so you might actually find real life connections here. HCPG already mentioned about the photos. Remember to take photos NOW so you'll have fun comparing your physique after you've been training for a couple of months or a year or two. If you spent most your time in front of the computer before and now you're going to get in top shape the change is going to be immence! Have fun here!

Welcome, Shaun! If you get into weight training, be prepared to gain strength AND size, usually they go hand in hand. Don't worry, it's much more fun being larger! You can never ask too much novice questions. However, it is wise to use the search since many questions have been answered already. But even if you ask questions that have been answered 100 times before, no one will complain about it and you'll be answered briefly. This is a really friendly community, hope you'll fit in well!

Welcome, Heidi! I love your avatar, nice bicep girl! You're doing the right thing! We really need more vegan personal trainers. When you train people you get to talk with them about nutrition, and if you're super fit and vegan (like Veggieprincess here) you'll have a great influence in people. Good luck with your studies!

- Bench press: 7 @ 185 lbs, 4 @ 200 lbs. - Deadlift: 1 @ 385 lbs - Deep squat: 2 x 6 @ 200 lbs, normal squat 1 @ 265 lbs I've now been training for 13 months.

I'm late but it's never too late to congratulate! Happy birthday man! I really lol'd at the pics posted by Zack. Ingenious!

Christmas: LOADS of awesome vegan food, including loads of superb seitan ham and other vegan foods. My family is all vegan, loves it! Sat 27th December: back in business! - Bench press, barbell: warm up @ 50kg, then 6 + 7 @ 84kg (next time MORE WEIGHT!) - Incline bench press, barbell: 8 + 9 @ 66kg (more weight next time here too!) - Dips: 8 + 10 + 8 @ bw + 10kg - Bicep curls, curl bar: 5 x 5 @ 50kg (pretty clean reps this time) - Lateral raises: 8 @ 14,5kg (too heavy, bad reps) and 3 x 8 @ 13kg Bench press went really well. I should hit 1 rep max soon I guess.

Got it from Water4, they cost me 13 € per package (= 90 capsules and recommendation is to take 3 per day) including shipping when I ordered 6 packages since they have "buy 2 get third for free" thing going on. Still stupidly expensive.

I would like to add that Hilary has also showed that you can pack up HUGE amounts of muscle really fast as a vegan at the age 50+ and that's really something. Also, Richard is already mentioned but he has had the best balls related posts this year. Recognition to xjohanx for being so hot. Recognition to Lean and Green for being super positive and very encouraging. Also, general recognition to this forum for being such a great community.

Any spirulina yet? I think I'll give it a shot and order a 4 lbs bulk barrel sooner or later since it costs like 1/100 price compared to the pill form and 1/10 price compared to small packages. I've heard it tastes like crap though but there's nothing I wouldn't eat as long as it's vegan, healthy, natural, legal and it makes you grow.

A few days off, I'm lazy Forgive me. Thu 18th December I held a vegan cooking course for people interested in being veganism. Almost 20 people took part and we ate huge amounts of soy schnitzels, bean tortillas (whole grain), carrot cake, schocolate roll and 6 different vegan cheeses and 4 different vegan "meat products" (by Redwood). Oh boy, people were laying in floor after eating all that. I also kept a presentation about proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals and how to replace meat/egg/milk products when you cook something. It went well I guess. And of course, all evening with my VBB&F shirt. Sat 20th December Dumbbell action! - Bench press, dumbbells: warm up @ 14,5kg per arm, then 12 + 12 @ 24kg - Incline bench press, dumbbells: 10 + 10 @ 24kg - Sitting shoulder press, dumbbells: 10 + 10 + 8 @ 20kg - Bicep curls, dumbbell: Left 7 + 7 + 7, Right 8 + 7 + 7 @ 20kg (isolated, 1 arm at a time) - Hammer curls, dumbbell: 10 + 10 + 10 both arms @ 14,5kg (left and right in turns) Tue 23rd December - Deep squats: warm up @ 42kg, 82kg, then proper sets: 6 + 6 + @ 90kg (198,4 lbs), 5 @ 82kg - Packing up more weight every time! - Deadlifts: warm up @ 50kg, then 1 @ 92kg, 1 @ 110kg, 1 @ 142kg, f @ 178,4kg (was close, got it up like 10 inches! This was stupid to try after those deep squats, I know... ) - Bench press, dumbbells: warm up @ 21kg, then 11 + 12 + 10 @ 25,7kg (~57lbs) I'm feeling kinda tired. Must be because I'm a vegan or maybe because sun raises @ 9:38 ja sets @ 15:22. And you can believe how much it sucks since we haven't had snow here in Turku for the WHOLE DECEMBER (if you don't count some flakes which melted as soon as they hit the ground)! Also, I now have VEGAN EPA/DHA capsules and s**tloads of Veg1 vitamin pills.

Eat nuts. Just 100g a day is easy to eat and you'll get ~600 kcal more! Also, use more oil when you cook.

Tue 16th December - Deep squat, barbell: warm up @ 50kg, then 3 x 6 @ 87kg - Deadlift, barbell: warm up @ 50kg and 92kg, then 6 + 5 @ 136kg -> no more, s**t that's heavy!!! 300 LBS! - Hammer curls, dumbbells: 13 + 12 + 9 @ 14,5kg per arm - Bicep curls, curl bar: 5 @ 46,6kg (too heavy, damn ugly reps!), 11 + 10 @ 36kg Triceps, shoulders and pecs are still very sore from last training. I'm REALLY happy how things are going right now in training!

Haha, now that we're going for extremes (started by Vegan Joe) I'll continue http://www.junkfoodnews.net/MOHEGAN-SUN-UNVEILS-LARGE.jpg HUGE AMOUNTS of happy birthday to you, xjohanx!!!