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Bodybuilding Pics Are In! – Derek
The aforementioned pictures of my very first bodybuilding shoot have arrived. Check them out (here). Please remember that despite all the practicing, I am far from a master at posing…
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Big Weights for Big Strong Muscles – Derek
I know not everyone reading this may see gaining muscle and strength as a top priority, but for those that do I wanted to outline some techniques that are a…
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Eating Healthy On The Go – Derek
While going through food journals one of the comments I make most is "add a meal/snack here". Many people are busy and find it hard to get a solid meal…
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New Weight Set!
I finished classes last week (yay), but have still found posting difficult, so I don't think I will be able to more than once or twice a week. For our…
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Vegan Weight Gainer revision, and more
As I had mentioned I've been playing around with the weight gainer shake we made up to aid in my calorie surplus. Through trial and error I have whittled away…
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Try high reps for some good lean fun
The posting seems to have come a halt as life (school exams+work) has been busy lately, but with only one more week of classes things should slow down a bit…
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Weights, Nutrition, and Beer
The past week has been rather crazy. With school winding down, finding time to post has proven difficult. The same goes for working out, so my last 'official' workout was…
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Discovery: Vegan Weight Gainer!
During my recent quest to put on a couple pounds of muscle, I have found it hard to get enough calories in without eating tons of shakes or bars because…
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Birthday Muscles
The strain of my birthday was such that I could not post until now. I have had a couple hurried mini workouts, but my last real one was on the…
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Moroccan Food and Relative Muscularity
For lunch we went to go to Cous Cous, and incidentally, if you live in RVA and get a Val-Pak in your mailbox every month, there will always be a…
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More big weights, and now on to something better
My final routine of this power phase is completed. I threw legs in with arms because the routine for them will remain the same until my knee feels 100%.…
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My Weight Loss So Far
Here's an interesting thing: even though I can't say I've really made any special effort to lose weight over the seven years that I've been vegan, I have lost a…
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More Great Workouts and Some Important Nutritional Observations
Two more workouts to list today. I am now in my power phase, so my workouts have been mostly me sitting around and once in a while lifting…
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Fried food makes my stomach hurt
We decided yesterday to get Vietnamese for lunch, at Mekong because they at least offer brown rice instead of white, and lots of vegan menu options (forgot to bring the…
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Two workouts and a lot of food later…
I was too tired to post last night, so tonight without further ado I will put them up. Yesterday I managed to get both arms and shoulders in because I…
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Lions and Pizza and Pears, oh my!
Shoulders day is my very favorite workout day, something I never would have imagined. I used to have a lot of rotator cuff issues with my shoulders and couldn't extend…
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Is that all I’m eating?
I know Marcella is covering our meals, but for anyone who is curious I thought I'd mention that I also eat several other times throughout the day. I have always…
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Hooray for Chest/Back Day!
My favorite day finally came around again today, and I also had slightly sore legs for the first time in ages. I had a cancellation this morning so I found…
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The Doubtful Salad, and other stories
Chest/Back day, second only to shoulder day imo. Sadly, we got a late start so I had to work out at home, followed of course by the usual fruit/protein shake…
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Derek’s Workout
Today was an exciting day (haha) because I was able to do a full-blown legs routine without my knee acting up. I went light on the exercises, but this is…