Do any of you vegans have diets specially formed for...?!
Do any of you vegans have diets specially formed for...?
An exercise routine...either cardio and/or strength training?
If so do you notice better results as far as soreness/recovery or lbetter performance since you changed it?
Answers:
I do. I try to eat 4 times a day and get 30 grams of protein
at each meal. In addition I drink a shake made out of brown
rice protein and hemp protein.
I think the key to eliminating a lot of nagging little injuries to the joints is making sure that you don't overwork your muscles and that you get at least three days rest for large
muscle groups.
Here's what I ate today:
4:00 am- I cup of Nature's path (Optimum rebound cereal),
with blueberries in rice milk. I organic active greens bar.
I did thirty minutes of cardio and twenty minutes of abdominal
exercises .
7:a.m. protein shake- brown rice protein- hemp- orange
and pomgranate juice.- vitamin and water- 1/4 cup
of pumpkin seeds
9:30 a.m- Amy's spinach and tofu wrap, 3 servings of steamed crunchy vegetables with Kal nutritional yeast on top, I serving of collard greens,
1/4 cup of almonds.
12:00pm- 1/8 cup of each: spelt, quinoa, split peas, lentils,
oat groats, mung beans,pearled barley in tomato soup
3 servings of steamed crunchy vegetables 2 tablespoons of peanut butter 1 serving of collard greens
3:30 P.M. I cup of Narture's Path Optimum slim cereal with
sliced peaches in rice milk. 3 cups of mixed greens with
steamed mushrooms,1/4 cup of walnuts, 1/8 cup kidney beans, 1/8 cup black beans, 4 tablespoons of sesame
seeds and lemon tahini dressing.
1 gallon of water.
If I cut all my meals off by 5 to 6 p.m. and work out
at 8:00 I don't run into problems with cramps.
This routine works for me:
Monday- weight training on lower body 7:30 p.m
Tuesday- 4 excer- of chest exercises: incline bench,
decline bench, dumbell fly press, butterfly machine
3 excer- of shoulder- dumbell shoulder press, military
press, a cable exercise
3 excer- of triceps- tricep row or skull crusher, pulldowns, dips or supine pushups
Wednseday-
back 4 excer- t-row, lat pulldown, shoulder shruggs, pull ups that isolate the trapezius muscles.
biceps 3 excer- preacher curl, dumbell isolation curl. hammer
curl.
Thursday- take day off or do cardio,
Friday- Chess exercise again
Triceps
biceps
Try doing cardio and abs in the morning and weight
training in the afternoons or nights before bed.
Saturday, Sunday, Monday- no weight training-
muscle recovery time. Do cardio on Saturday or
Sunday if you feel like it, But NO ABDOMINALS
Abs need time to recover too.
Stretch after you do cardio and ab work. Also try to
limit yourself to 3 sets of upper body exercises. That
helps reduce stress on the joints. You won't get anywhere
any faster doing 4 and 5 sets.
I've been very long-winded. Hope I helped.
Hi VC.
:)
No I do not; I'm just a veggie gal who likes food that tastes good.
I am experimenting with new and good foods simply because I would like a wider variety and because I want to eat more healthy foods along with all my lesser healthy foods.
I do try to get in 30-50 minutes of power walking a day. It is 2:00 pm where I am, and my fancy shmancy new pedometer has me clocked in at 7,196 steps. Yippie.
Also, I think I set my stride at too long, so I may have even gotten in more steps... of course if I was working today, I probably wouldn't have done that many this early.
If you don't get any good answers about a diet based on working out, share what you do because I would be interested in seeing what foods improve workout routines.
:)