sonicfusion
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Hey y’all, Happy 2024!
I know a lot of you are looking to deliver on your New Year’s resolutions with health and fitness. Here are a few tips that I have learned over the almost 7 years of being vegan.
No supplements will do the work for you.
Everyone and their grandma will try to tell you that the specific supplement that you buy from them is the missing piece to getting strong, fit, and healthy. That’s because supplements are lucrative and selling a simple fix is easily marketable. Avoid expensive workout supplements until you get your nutrition, sleep, and workout regimen on point.
Deliberate protein intake for vegans is important for building muscle mass.
This is where new vegans mess up. Critics of a plant based diet say it’s too hard to hit high protein targets. The thing is, you are what you eat. Everyone should be super vigilant about what you are consuming. Let’s not pretend that nutrition isn’t the main piece of a healthy lifestyle. You can hit your protein and calorie targets with careful planning at first and eventually it will be effortless.
Avoid IF if you are looking to build muscle/bulk.
Intermittent fasting can be a useful tool for weight loss, but if you shorten your eating window too much it is difficult to hit your daily protein targets without crazy supplementation. I’ve experimented with this heavily and have made the realization that for me, this isn’t the optimal way to build muscle mass in a sustainable way.
Don’t compare yourself to social media.
Having an insanely jacked physique with low body fat year round isn’t realistic for most people. With visual forms of media, unrealistic body standards help sell supplements, fitness gear, and OnlyFans. You can look at these people for motivation, but take it with a grain of salt that they probably have great genetics and could possibly be cutting corners with PEDs. Just try to get 1% better daily and over time you will get results. Your only competition is the person in the mirror.
Alcohol and marijuana are killing your gains.
If you want to get serious results, sometimes you have to take serious measures. I cut out alcohol in October last year and I’ve made some great progress. One of the big problems with weed and alcohol is that people tend to consume them in the afternoon regularly, which will in turn sabotage your sleep quality. If you work out hard to try to build muscle and then don’t give your opportunity to recover in your sleep, you are running on a hamster wheel.
You can get jacked and be healthy on a vegan diet.
Doubting your ability to gain muscle can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. If your nutrition and sleep quality are on point and you are working out consistently with progressive overload, you will gain muscle. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. If it was easy, everyone would have a great physique. You just have to work for it and do it day after day. Consistency is king.
Hiring a personal trainer can be expensive, but it is 100% worth it for most people.
You can waste a lot of time doing the wrong things. A personal trainer fixes this, and as they say, time is money. Here are some of the benefits of a personal trainer:
Much love!
I know a lot of you are looking to deliver on your New Year’s resolutions with health and fitness. Here are a few tips that I have learned over the almost 7 years of being vegan.
No supplements will do the work for you.
Everyone and their grandma will try to tell you that the specific supplement that you buy from them is the missing piece to getting strong, fit, and healthy. That’s because supplements are lucrative and selling a simple fix is easily marketable. Avoid expensive workout supplements until you get your nutrition, sleep, and workout regimen on point.
Deliberate protein intake for vegans is important for building muscle mass.
This is where new vegans mess up. Critics of a plant based diet say it’s too hard to hit high protein targets. The thing is, you are what you eat. Everyone should be super vigilant about what you are consuming. Let’s not pretend that nutrition isn’t the main piece of a healthy lifestyle. You can hit your protein and calorie targets with careful planning at first and eventually it will be effortless.
Avoid IF if you are looking to build muscle/bulk.
Intermittent fasting can be a useful tool for weight loss, but if you shorten your eating window too much it is difficult to hit your daily protein targets without crazy supplementation. I’ve experimented with this heavily and have made the realization that for me, this isn’t the optimal way to build muscle mass in a sustainable way.
Don’t compare yourself to social media.
Having an insanely jacked physique with low body fat year round isn’t realistic for most people. With visual forms of media, unrealistic body standards help sell supplements, fitness gear, and OnlyFans. You can look at these people for motivation, but take it with a grain of salt that they probably have great genetics and could possibly be cutting corners with PEDs. Just try to get 1% better daily and over time you will get results. Your only competition is the person in the mirror.
Alcohol and marijuana are killing your gains.
If you want to get serious results, sometimes you have to take serious measures. I cut out alcohol in October last year and I’ve made some great progress. One of the big problems with weed and alcohol is that people tend to consume them in the afternoon regularly, which will in turn sabotage your sleep quality. If you work out hard to try to build muscle and then don’t give your opportunity to recover in your sleep, you are running on a hamster wheel.
You can get jacked and be healthy on a vegan diet.
Doubting your ability to gain muscle can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. If your nutrition and sleep quality are on point and you are working out consistently with progressive overload, you will gain muscle. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. If it was easy, everyone would have a great physique. You just have to work for it and do it day after day. Consistency is king.
Hiring a personal trainer can be expensive, but it is 100% worth it for most people.
You can waste a lot of time doing the wrong things. A personal trainer fixes this, and as they say, time is money. Here are some of the benefits of a personal trainer:
- Human accountability / Consistency.
- Financial accountability.
- Personalized Feedback.
- Goal Setting.
- Education / Increased confidence that you are on the right path.
Much love!