Robbie's Vegan bodybuilding progress log.

NicChip


I'm sure you know of this guy but Robert Cheeke is a good vegan BB resource http://veganbodybuilding.com/

Also do you include any other vegan protein powders, like brown rice, pea or hemp? 

Hey Nicola, yes I am a member there too (I duplicate my log there) its not as busy as other bodybuilding forums though and some of the diet suggestions are a bit rubbish I must say!
 
I do have some pea protein but its sat pretty much undrunk (due to taste), unfortunately its not so easy getting a good priced rice protein over here otherwise I would consider doing a pea and rice mix.  I used to use hemp too, but for what I've read its the greatest in terms of BV and again its not cheap.  I would like to cut my soy intake though!

http://www.aggressivehealthshop.com/ have rice PP on offer at the mo :) that's where I get mine. 

NicChip


http://www.aggressivehealthshop.com/ have rice PP on offer at the mo :) that's where I get mine. 

Oh thanks :).  Eek!  Twice the price of flavoured soy protein :(

With some changes at work I am now able to have my training schedule as I originally wanted - 2 on 1 off repeated with Sundays always as abs (hooray!).

Did my first shot of MT2 today was bricking it even more than the other peps as I kept reading about the chance of anaphylactic shock!  Have done just 250mcg as I want to see what kind of side effects I get and I'm in no hurry!  So far so good, have taken an anti histamine to help with the sickness although my belly is grumbling a little - so far so good...

I'm not a fan of working shoulders, mainly because mine are so bloody weak and I seem to struggle to make any progress.  I could do with taking my fractional plates into the gym so I can make smaller steps.  Quite tempted to move away from 3 x 12 from shoulders too.  Its been about 12 hours since my workout and my wrists/forearms/grip is still fubared!  Awesome :)
 
Had a visit to the electric beach today loaded up with some MT2.  Still not feeling too much in the way of sides which is sort of good (I was kinda hoping for some random stiffies!)
 
Overhead Press
 
12 x 20kg
12 x 32.5kg
11 x 32.5kg
8 x 32.5kg
 
Seated dumbbell press
 
12 x 10kg
12 x 10kg
12 x 10kg
 
Face Pull
 
12 x 21kg
12 x 21kg
12 x 21kg
 
Standing side raise
 
12 x 5kg
12 x 5kg
12 x 5kg
 
Barbell wrist curl (palms up)
 
15 x 17.5kg
15 x 17.5kg
15 x 17.5kg
 
Dumbbell wrist twist
 
15 x 10kg
15 x 10kg
15 x 10kg
 
Dumbbell wrist curl (palms down)
 
10 x 4kg
15 x 4kg
15 x 4kg

Woo! Leg day!  It should have been yesterday but its been so long since I worked out on a Tuesday (if in fact ever at all) that my body said no.  Had a great workout, decided to add more weight to my previous session despite having a gap in training and I'm glad I did.  My legs are smashed and somehow I managed to keep my breakfast down.  I had planned to do some weighted donkey calf raises but the dipping belt has gone missing from the gym so swapped for seated calf raises (which are cr4p).
 
Squat
10 x 0kg
10 x 20kg
3 x 50kg
2 x 60kg
2 x 70kg
12 x 80kg
12 x 80kg
12 x 80kg
 
Leg Press
 
12 x 55kg
12 x 60kg
12 x 60kg
 
Calf Raise (smith)
15 x 50kg
15 x 50kg
15 x 50kg
 
Seated Calf Raise
15 x 17.5kg
25 x 17.5kg
25 x 17.5kg
 
Leg Extension
12 x 40kg
12 x 40kg
12 x 40kg
9 x 30kg

Am suffering from some serious doms today from my leg session.  That may or may not be a sign of a good workout but at least I can feel which bits were worked!

First time in ages doing decline bench press today.  My previous chest sessions always feel like my shoulders get most of the workout so I'm trying to do exercises that hit the chest more.  Also swapped dumbbell flys for cable crossover which was easier to hit good form with.

Decline barbell press

10 x 20kg
3 x 30kg
12 x 40kg
12 x 45kg
12 x 45kg

Incline dumbbell press

10 x 18kg
10 x 18kg
6 x 18kg
8 x 16kg

Cable crossover

12 x 2.5kg
12 x 5kg
12 x 7.5kg

EZ barbell curl

12 x 27.5kg
12 x 27.5kg
12 x 25kg

Close grip chin up

4 / 3 / 2

Rest day today and had a little lay in (extra hour and a half and it was amazing thanks!).  Was a struggle to get out of bed though, not because I was tired but day 2 of leg doms which has left me walking somewhat weirdly.  The fact my jeans don't fit me anymore probably doesn't help though...

Brr, -7.5 degrees on the way to the gym this morning, makes me glad I'm going to a gym and not running/cycling anymore :)

Not feeling my strongest this morning which can be seen with my pitiful pull up attempts!  It has to be said though I do always full extend at the bottom of the pull up and there is no kicking on the way up so they are 'good' ones!  My pendlay rows never feel like they are making any progress (although I haven't done them for a little while) so I may switch to DB row for a few months.  First time doing donkey calf raises and they definitely feel like they are working!  Decided to do lighter weight for these (as the weight is loaded up on a dip belt) with higher reps and do higher weight less reps with the raises on the leg press.  Leg press reps were also super setted with some standing calf raises and some light stretching.

Wide grip pull up

7 / 5 / 3

Barbell Pendlay row

12 x 50kg
12 x 50kg
12 x 50kg

Donkey calf raise

15 x 25kg
20 x 25kg
20 x 25kg

Wide grip pulldown

12 x 35kg
12 x 40kg
12 x 40kg

Close grip pulldown

12 x 30kg
12 x 35kg
12 x 35kg

Calf raise on leg press

12 x 80kg
6 x 90kg
**Standing calf raise x 40**
6 x 90kg
**Standing calf raise x 40**
7 x 80kg
**Standing calf raise x 10**
15 x 50kg

Pull up bar hold

1 x 30secs
1 x 24secs
1 x 20secs

I was thinking I'm not looking all that brown yet (especially my legs) but my slow loading means I really don't have that much MT2 floating about in me yet, just 2.25mg so thats maybe why!  Still intend to keep it slow though, just hope the darkness doesn't hit me suddenly!

Oh!  Nearly forgot to mention that my weekly weigh in had me at 73.9kg (up .6kg).  I've noticed that the crappy laminate flooring in my front room gives different measurements nearly every time though so have moved to the dining room where it seems more consistent...

Fair play on the progress man. 

geneticallyjacked


Fair play on the progress man. 

Thanks :)

Tofu production line at 7:45am this morning...
 

I'm not sure I have ever done a day of just ab work before... Until today!  A few of the movements are new to me so just trying out different weights today really and figuring out what I like doing.  Had a lucky escape after my workout when I left my iPhone in the changing rooms whilst I showered - fortunately the cleaner saw it and came and found me.  Phew!

Hanging leg raise

10 x straight leg
10 x bent leg
10 x bent leg
10 x bent leg

Cable crunch

15 x 6.25kg
15 x 6.25kg
15 x 13.5kg
15 x 13.5kg

Cable rotation (http://www.youtube.com/wa...=G2b558a7AHTzbqQwA3AA)

15 x 6kg
15 x 6kg
15 x 6kg

Side bend

15 x 20kg
15 x 20kg
15 x 20kg

Reverse crunch

20 / 20 / 20

Plank

70secs
60secs

Crunch

20 / 20 / 20

Based on my inABility to sit up this morning I'd say that ab workout I did yesterday hit the spot! Or is this just what it feels like to be old?

I noticed yesterday I've been wasting my peps! With the 1ml syringes if you push the plunger all the way there is still a bit in the head left :(. I've now taken to turning it upside down drawing some air and flicking the air underneath to get it all in. Oops!

Decided today that if I want to look like a bodybuilder then like one I should train - and that means not worrying so much about grip strength and using straps a bit more if it helps me focus on the muscles being trained and work a bit more weight.  I've also (shock horror) ordered some gloves purely for pull ups as I feel like I'm failing more from the crappy bar grips than anything else.  I might adjust my Sunday as the ab workout takes no time and do some grip work too.

Felt the romanian deads much more than previous attempts so thats good, I think I need to adjust my tricep bits slightly and do dips first (missed today) then skullcrushers (which seemed better this week) and the cable pushdowns last.

Also on the log I will start adding in brackets any weight increases from the previous week

Straight leg deadlift

12 x 20kg
12 x 55kg (+5kg)
12 x 55kg (+5kg)
12 x 55kg (+5kg)

Romanian deadlift

12 x 75kg (+5kg)
12 x 75kg (+5kg)
12 x 75kg (+5kg)

Tricep rope pushdown

8 x 24.5kg (+3.5kg)
3 x 21kg
12 x 21kg
12 x 21kg

Skullcrusher

12 x 22.5kg
12 x 22.5kg
12 x 22.5kg

Leg curl

12 x 35kg (+5kg)
12 x 35kg (+5kg)
12 x 35kg (+5kg)

Pretty good workout today, decided to push the weight up and drop the reps (I figure I should get the weights up then think about upping the rep range).  Forearms were SO painful and pumped afterwards, especially with doing the palms down version first.

Overhead barbell press 

5 x 20kg
8 x 35kg
8 x 35kg
10 x 35kg

Seated dumbbell press

10 x 12kg
10 x 14kg
10 x 14kg

Face pull

12 x 24kg
12 x 24kg
12 x 24kg

Side dumbbell raise

12 x 6kg
12 x 6kg
12 x 6kg

Dumbbell wrist curl (palms down)

15 x 2.5kg
15 x 2.5kg
20 x 2.5kg

Barbell wrist curl (palms up)

15 x 17.5kg
15 x 17.5kg
15 x 17.5kg

Dumbbell wrist twist

15 x 7.5kg
15 x 7.5kg
25 x 7.5kg

Pretty much 10 whole hours of sleep last night... And I still woke up looking like cr4p! Haha.  A quick weight check this morning had me at 74.4kg which puts me nearly at my heaviest and despite the weight gain I feel like my bodyfat level is lower (via the mirror and finger pinch tests).