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BodySpace Spokesmodel Contest, and Principles of Nutrition – Derek

I have recently entered a competition through bodybuilding.com for a chance to become the BodySpace Spokesmodel of 2011! If I win I will get a chance to be on the…

Nutrition

Injury, and Plant-Based Nutrition – Derek

I am writing once again after a rather extended break. As my last post suggested, I experienced several injuries after my last extended bout of High Intensity Training. One of…

Nutrition Uncategorized

12 Week Champions!

I want to take the time to give a belated congratulations to my Gold's Gym 12 Week Challenge winners Michael Stewart, Jeff Kroll, and Steve Zivich! That's right; this year…

Bodybuilding Nutrition Workout

Marcella Shoot Prep, Phase 3

The final pictures are coming in today, so without further delay I want to go into Marcella's final phase of photo shoot preparation! To recap a little: after Marcella's Phase…

Nutrition

A Plant-Based Ingredient to Aviod – Derek

Before continuing on our photo prep plan, I wanted to do a quick post on an interesting article Marcella recently pointed out to me. I have mentioned to many of…

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Diet Planner Updated – Marcella

Quick note: I added some drop-down menus to the diet planner to make it much easier to use. But...that functionality is not available in Google spreadsheets, so here's a new…

Nutrition

Diet Planning Worksheet!!

Here it is: a simple, interactive diet worksheet I built in Microsoft Excel to help us reach our respective fitness goals, and that we're now sharing with you as a…

Nutrition

The Greatest Grain – Derek

Our March photo shoot approaches this Sunday, and before I finally post the plan we have been following I wanted to share some background information on one of our current…

Nutrition

Another Reason to Eat Your Produce – Derek

An interesting article was recently brought to my attention by my good friend and client, Jeff Kroll of Crossroads Coffee . Having worked with me for several months, Jeff knows…

Bodybuilding Nutrition

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…

Nutrition

A Note on Grains – Derek

I wanted to write a little on nutrition since I haven't in a while. I thought I'd address a question I get a lot when I am helping people with…

Nutrition

The Wonders of Phytochemicals! – Derek

I've wanted to post something about this for a while, so I finally went through several of my old exercise magazines and clipped out some nutrition articles. For those of…

Bodybuilding Nutrition

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…

Bodybuilding Nutrition Workout

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…

Bodybuilding Nutrition Recipe

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…

Main Dish Meat Substitute Nutrition

Fun Food Facts and a Chili Recipe

Derek's birthday put some posting on hold (what an attention hog!) but here's some catchup stuff: Lunch was leftovers with a *special* salad with hearts of palm and also edamame.…

Bodybuilding Nutrition Workout

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…

Bodybuilding Nutrition Workout

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…

Nutrition

A few notes on nutrition for my day off

I thought I'd take the time to talk a little about nutrition, seeing as I don't have any exciting workout to report. The question I'd like to address is, What…

Bodybuilding Breakfast Nutrition

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…