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I eat when I have time. Sometimes I don't eat for 6-8 hours but usually I don't have such long pauses. I eat about 3 large meals a day and then I eat ~ 1000-2000 kcal a day from snacks, shakes and such. A can of beans is a snack for me. In my opinion, it doesn't matter that much how often you eat. It's how much you eat (measured in kcal)... if you always have food in your stomach, you're going to be fine and grow. I eat nuts while working. It doesn't bother other people and 100-200g a day is easy to eat during the day and you can still have a great lunch since it doesn't fill you that much. I don't count calories since I just eat all the time I can and I couldn't eat more even if I counted the calories.

Wow, what a way to rip off stupid people! Who has the guts to complain to the police that "the steroids I bought from the internet don't work at all"? And because the description says that they aren't real steroids you can't get your money back. Steroids are for people who don't appreciate themselves or their close friends at all. I would never risk my life taking dangerous stuff and imo using steroids is cheating nature.

Thanks for the support mates! I was just lifting my gf on my lap while standing. Nothing extreme and that's what annoys me... if I would have messed around a lot and hurt myself doing that I wouldn't mind. Anyway, I don't even want to get started with the word "screwing". I don't have to make the avatar bigger, I just have to be further from the camera every time! No seriously, thanks again L&G! You're such a positive guy! I think I can photoshop you to look more flexible than you really are if you want. Go ahead, do it man! Remember, while stretching, don't punch yourself to the groin like Richard tends to do... Now it seems like nothing can stop me. Even if someone would rip my arm off, I'd just keep training with the rest 3 limbs!

Welcome! Great to hear you're going towards veganism! I know it may be hard at first but with proper help it's a lot easier. If you can find local vegans, they can help you out and we'll help you here.

Mon 5. May Bent-over barbell rows and deadlifts (1 rep "sets" with a lot of different weights). Made another pb, 162,5kg (358 lbs) in deadlift. edit: also 2 hours breakdance Tue 6. May - Bench presses with dumbbells, 24kg per db. 4 sets of 10-13 reps. - Bicep curls with kettlebells, 3 sets per arm, ~ 10 reps per set. - Bent-over barbell row @ 40-60 kg, sets of 10-20 reps per set. - Standing barbell rows with the same weights, ~ 10 reps per set - Standing tricep extensions @ 16-24kg 10-6 reps per set My wrist is already much better. Barbell bench presses still hurt but dumbbell bench presses are fine. I'll stick to them for a while since they feel good.

I thought that Richard would be the fastest to crack a joke of sitting on one's balls.. My gf sometimes bounces on a huge gym ball while using the computer. I don't know if it works or not though.

I don't know about others but I really haven't heard of anyone getting really strong without training hard enough so that muscles are sore the next day. You have to avoid bad pain, for example if your ligaments are sore or you get your muscles infected. You'll know when it happens because you really don't want to do anything with your muscles then. The good pain is when the muscles are sore for a couple of days (especially after the first training sessions) and you feel great when they are being healed. Just wait for most of the good pain to go away and make them sore again. You really know it when you've had a good workout. I think the small cracks are pretty much the only way to build stronger muscles because that way you can get more muscle tissue between the existing tissue. However, I'm not a physician so someone may be able to tell this better than me.

Welcome! I know it's hard to give up cheese... I would have been a vegan for a year longer if I wasn't such a cheese addict. Nowadays I still like vegan cheese but I don't even like the smell of milk cheese, it's actually a bit revolting... Veganism is just like every other thing in life, you have to get used to it and it becomes really easy. It only takes a couple of weeks. Anyway, have a great time here! Holy s**t xjohanx, I'm taking the next ferry to Sweden! o_O Where is this store located?

In that case healing IS growing. The whole point of bodybuilding is to tear muscles a bit (just a little bit). When they heal, your body will build them a bit stronger so that the next time they won't be torn. Then you increase reps or weights so that you'll tear them again a little bit.

You look really strong and healthy! Especially your arms are in great shape, thick and good definition. It would be interesting to see the starting point.

Huge development, especially in your back! Lats are definitively bigger! I think Troy's gonna beat the s**t out of others if he enters the chest competition next week. Haha, I can just imagine Richard saying that with his british accent. ^_^

Yeah, I have to be very careful. I usually check my back position from a mirror before I lift and I have friends to look after me. I tell them to say immediately if my lifting looks dangerous. Thanks for taking care mate!

I am between intermediate and advanced 162,5kg today. That's 358 lbs. Compared to my bw of 77kg (170 lbs) I think it's ok... at least for someone who has been training deadlifts for just a couple of weeks.

Oh man Richard, I lol'd so much I'm glad that in this round everyone got votes, me being the last one.

Fri 2. May I tried some moves but about everything hurt my wrist. Rest. Sat 3. May I took shoulder presses and incline bench since they didn't hurt. Light weights and with caution. Sun 4. May - Shoulder presses & some bench presses with dumbbells, 20-24kg. With dumbbells I can keep my wrist at a position where it doesn't hurt. - Pull-ups (at a local sports park), sets of 6-10 reps. - Bicep curls with kettlebells, sets of ~ 10. Then some tricep extensions & rows. I still have to be very careful not to hurt my arm any more because I really want to work out at full force as soon as possible. It won't take many days I guess. Oh, I also juggled for 2 hours and played with devil stick (or actually that one is a flower stick) for an hour.

Come on then, I'll promise to photoshop my super hetero tank top on you. It even includes a marine theme front print. I keep my promises. http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk250/tuc_finland/leanandgreen2.jpg

I voted and DAMN it was hard to decide. Looks like everyone else had a hard time deciding like one could have guessed from the comments so far... the results are VERY even so far. Now everyone, start pumping your chest so that we'll get a tough competition there too!

Welcome! Great to hear you've found the logs & pics... that's what got me interested in bb'ing in the first place. To help others make a difference, remember to take pics of your progress. That way you can motivate others, you've lost already quite a bunch of excess weight and I bet you already look totally different than what you did in the beginning!

It's gonna be super hard to pick the best one... a huge number of great triceps here! Also, there are many whose pics I've never seen before. We are growing all the time. We are legion.

Welcome! You have a great frame to build muscle to! I think it won't be that difficult to reach 100kg while keeping cut if you just stick to training. However, it's gonna take a lot of work to look really muscular because you're very tall, but when you succeed (not if), you're gonna look HUGE!

Welcome again ! Remember, even if you have a long way it doesn't mean that you shouldn't enjoy the whole time reaching your goal! You seem determined and that's the most important thing. Good luck, I'll be checking your progress!

Sun 27. Apr Rest Mon 28. Apr 2 hours breakdance Tue 29. Apr I took some bench press (~ 8 reps per set @ 70kg), bicep curls & invert bicep curls (long sets @ 36kg). Between the series I lifted my gf with my wrist bent and hurt myself a bit. End of training for that day. Wed 30. Apr The nurse said my wrist will be all right, just some pain medication and rest for a week. I obeyed her for that day. Thu 1. May I tried to figure which moves don't hurt my wrist before it is ok again. I tried deadlift and it didn't feel bad at all. I only took 1 reps (weight in kg's obviously): 50, 92, 112, 130, 146, 154 (pb), 158 (pb), 160 (pb) That's a 10kg increase for my deadlift pb. I still can do better than that, I'm sure! Just wait I decided to let my wrist rest after that so that it will recover faster.

Off the floor, totally raw with no equipment in hands, back or anywhere. I usually lift barefooted so I couldn't be more raw. I think I have a leather weightlifting belt at my parents, I bought one 10 years ago when I trained for a while at our school's gym... but I'm not sure whether I want to use a leather belt while being a _vegan_ bodybuilder. Maybe I could use a belt when I try for max 1 rep so that I won't break my back. Nothing like that has happened so far but you can never be too careful.

Welcome! Great muscles, workout really has worked for you! Great to hear you've recently went vegan. BTW, humans produce a lot of B12 (well, actually bacteria since B12 is a bacteria based vitamin) but our body cannot use it since the bacteria is located at the wrong part of digestion. We're too clean.

I lifted 160kg = 353 lbs today. I can get more in a couple of days, I promise. Earlier pb was 150kg.