vegan fitness

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    Advice for losing beer belly and thunder thighs (25yo/M/5'7"/195lbs)

    Hello r/veganfitness! This is my first post here and I'm hoping you lovely lot could offer me some advice. I have struggled with my weight my whole life, and I am tired of it. The most I ever weighed was 250lb about 5 years ago. I was working a job that came with a free gym membership so I was...
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    Need help with my cut

    I'm a 5' 10'' 167lbs 20 y/o male, I currently workout M/W/F and my program is starting strength. I started on January 9 after losing 40lbs in 2016. My body fat is still crazy high, right around 26% when i did the math in January so I still have a pretty pronounced beer gut at a moderate weight...
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    41-y-o dad hopping back into this

    Hello all, I'm a 41-year-old new dad, vegan 8 years this month. Our son is three months old now and doing well, but feels heavier and heavier the longer I have laid off the weights! I had been doing alright over the past couple of years with getting to the gym and seeing some improvements in...
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    Question! Protein goals

    How is everyone meeting their Protein goals? For reference I am roughly 200 pounds and started back on my fitness journey about six months ago, I’m into the OWYN meal replacement protein shakes or the evolve protein shakes (for on the go) which it can be roughly 30 to 20 g of protein per...
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    Help me deadlift 300

    Hello, all! A bit of backstory; I am 24 and ran cross country and track in college. I'm now currently running 35-40 mpw and doing a full body lift twice a week. I deadlift twice a week. Once usually 3 sets of 12 and then the other day usually 5 sets of 5-8. Yesterday I did 5 x 2 at 185, 5 x 1...
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    M/24/6'2'' No problem gaining weight, but can't gain strength/muscle

    I'm 6'2'', 24 y/o. Over the last 6 years my weight has fluctuated between 145 and 180lbs. Here's how it usually goes: I'll get really motivated to gain weight and meticulously track my calorie/protein intake (2800-3000cals and 120-150g protein), go up in weight 10-20lbs but see no noticeable...
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    Overall amount of EAAs / chemical score vs protein content

    Over the last years there have been ever more vegan protein powders on the market. One important aspect is the biological value of these products, hence how good your body can absorb the protein for protein synthesis . Soy ranks highest of the plant protein sources with a score of 82, whereas...
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    I hate lifting

    I hate lifting, i hate bodyweight exercises, but i love cardio… especially bicycle, is it a chance for me? I would love to put on muscle and look toned and fit, but cause im cycling and runnig so much im just a slender without muscle…. I dont know how to feel about that, lifting weights is...
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    Best amount to run for speed but doesn’t interfere with size and strength gains?

    Hey y’all I’m (26F) wanting to continue to build size and strength through weight training but I’m wanting to work on my cardio. I’ve really neglected it and I just started running 2-3 miles on days between lifting weights. What is a good amount of mileage to aim for, weekly, that won’t take...
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    [25/M/6'0"/200lbs] First post, glad to be a part of your community (pics inside)

    Hey guys/gals, I have a long training history. Been through all the stages of lifting and am pretty experienced in all. Turned vegetarian a few years back and slowly transitioned to vegan as I found out the whole truth about the world. Been travelling Europe for 4 months and just settled in...
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    BEST PROTEIN??? I gotta know, What’s the best way you guys consistently keep up protein intake

    I’m 28M, 6’1” 150lbs, and I’ve been vegan for over a year, but have been transitioning to a plant based diet for 6 years. I’ve been working out for about six months consistently at least 3-4 times a week and gaining significant strength increase but not much weight since I started. I’m hoping...
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    Need advice with my diet for gaining weight

    What I should change in my diet to gain weight in healthy way. I'm very skinny 1,7m 52kg 😕 1 meal - Green smoothie 50g Spinach/kale 30g shelled hemp seeds 15g flaxseeds 3 bananas 100g frozen mango/pineapple 3 dried dates 3 brazil nuts 2- meal - Overnight oats 60g oats 20g marple syrup...
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    Is this ok for great results ? I feel great. I just don’t know if this is dirty or clean keto ?

    Hello hope this helps sorry I’m not that great at writing a lot. I’m 17 days in & 16 pounds lighter M/30 yr old start weight 192 now 176 Im doing vegan keto or dirty vegan keto I guess I can’t tell what do you guys think ? I eat 1 whole jar or half a jar of 8oz Coconut cult strawberry...
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    Keep reps higher or weights higher during weight loss?

    I’ve been trying to gain more muscle in the past year and I feel like I have (with the exception of the booty, not as much gain as I would’ve liked) however my main focus right now is to drop weight/lose more fat. I’ve adjusted my macros to be 60/20/20 (C/P/F) recently, with cals at 1800 and I’m...
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    How To Make Vegan Ranch|+Wings

    A couple of you guys have commented and asked how do I make Gobi Manchurian as well as Vegan ranch. So I decided to make a quick & easy tutorial video on it. Here is a vegan hack of how to make delicious honey bbq/buffalo wings with ranch! Idk about you guys but before going plant based I use to...
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    Q's re: weight loss and toning post c-sec

    Hi there, I've just recently joined here. So I have put weight on over summer and was 11st 2 last week and now 10st 10lbs today, I've been doing cardio classes and weight training at the gym and reducing portion size. I'm 5ft 4 and prefer a toned, hourglass figure ideally. NOT looking to get...
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    I got 315 on my squats last night!

    I got inspired by /@cfaith_rains post to share my recent PR as well. I just hit my PR for squats -- 5 sets x 5 reps at 315#. In 2016, I lost my gym membership and then the job that had a gym, and shifted my focus to running so I could complete a marathon before I turned 40. (I finished.)...
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    Vegan Athlete does 30 Burpees, 30- 45lb weighted pull ups and 30 Muscle Ups

    Von Harris founder of the Calisthenics Militia and a 5 year vegan does a brutal calisthenics workout.
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    How to feel my best in a bikini in 2 weeks

    I'm 32F, current weight 148lbs. I usually sit at 140 but I've had a heavy couple of weeks. Based on the US Navy calculator for body fat% I'm at 21.7% bodyfat. Eyeballing images on the internet, I'd say that's about right. I do feel a bit fluffy after my indulgent couple of weeks. I weight train...
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    What are your favorite protein sources?

    Along with being vegan, I am gluten free, limit soy because of a hormonal issue, and can’t have artificial colors. I’m real fun. I was wondering if anybody had any good protein recommendations? As of now, I eat a lot of chickpea pasta and I use Huel protein powders sometimes. Those are pretty...
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