jonathanrasmus

No problem. I hope I can learn and contribute some.

Thanks C.O. I don't mind putting in the work! For the next month I will be trying to put on some muscle. Later I can increase my strength a bit more.

Hi, My name is Jonathan Groot and I come from Norway/Holland. I am currently studying in the beautiful city of Copenhagen, Denmark. I am just about done with a Bachelor's in Global Health and Nutrition and hope to use my credentials to promote a message of public health on plants. I have been a vegan for a little over 3 years and started to train seriously about at the same time...a little before. I have been fairly consistent with working out the past few years, but have not really stuck with a good program and trained intensely. So, my main goal is to put on some muscle mass while staying lean, and increase my strength. Right now I can squat 120 kgs for 2 by 4 reps, but hope to increase that to 140 at least. I have deadlifted 150 kgs for 2 reps, and would love to get up to 180 for 1 rep. My main goal is to put on about 5 kgs of muscle though. Not much, but I have always struggled with a correct approach and sticking with it. Any tips and help are always welcome.

Hi all, I am new here, but have been a fan of this site for several years, since going vegan. I am sure we all get sick of hearing the question ''where do you get your protein'', so I have recently completed a 3 week experiment to show how easy it is. I ate about 3 kgs of potatoes, and a small amount of walnuts, spinach and brazilnut to see what would happen with my weight and blood sugar levels. I lost nearly 4.5 kilos of body fat, without any significant loss in muscle and an increase in strength. My fasting blood sugar was lower after 2 and 1/2 weeks than at the beginning, but went up after the last few days when I deviated a bit from the plan. There are many fruit-based athletes and so I wanted to see what happens when a high glycemic starchy food was the staple. If you are curious about more of my experience check out the videos I have made to track what happened. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh88iwK9AXCcs5jbsAKB6pw Thanks to all the great vegan athletes who are one of the best evidences I can use to show plant-built physiques are no more inferior! I hope to learn a lot from the rest of you as my training is quite mediocre!