MyPUAJourney Forum

So here we go.. I know a few people have posted their's recently and haven't gotten a response but I think if I post mine, it's commitment to myself and motivation to get into gear and do something.


I'm 5ft6 and currently around the 135lb mark. I eat pretty good but very similar to other people, I could do better. I'm Vegan which means vegetables are a staple but I still fall in to the trap of eating shitty things like chips every now and then.
I used to go to the gym often but have been out of the loop for around 3 months. Even then I used to just wander from machine to machine.. doing whatever I felt like. I've never had a routine and weights have rarely been involved.

Here's my current photo


I couldn't find an ideal image.. but this isn't too far off. I'd like to lose some from my stomach so my abs are defined, but also get slightly bigger arms.




Also, a question I'd like to ask if what excercise would work out this area? I don't even know what it's called. The lines from the side pointing to your groin

Mine ave become more defined lately, incline sit-ups should do the trick.

Stick with it man, you'll find it tough puttin on mass bein vegan but you'll likely get awesome defintion. Remember to eat yer baked beans, full of protein!

Likin the psychobilly look btw dude.

There's this stuff I used to buy for my roommate in Phoenix when I was there 1/2 a year> I bought it in the Fry's (supermarket). It looked like grinde (ground?) meat, but it was vegi. It had something like 8 or 12 grams of protein per 100.

You can always drink shakes with protein. For abs I recommend inclined situps, once you can do 50, 30, 30, (so 3 sets) you can add weigth like 5 or 10 kgs (10 or 20 pounds) to make it harder.

Combine that with hanging from your arms and raising your legs etc. and it should yield great abs.

Cheers for the replies and tips

I've been to the health food shop and bought a big ol' tub of soya powder shake. That's 80g protein (per100) so that'll hopefully do me a lot of good for bulking out.

I've been getting to the gym and using a lot more of the stuff in the past week. A lot more weights and a little less cardio than I've done before so fingers crossed I'll start seeing results.

Thanks for the info on incline situps. If the benches are ever free I'll be sure to get some in to the routine. I know where I can do hanging leg lifts too so this'll help also

Cheers Shirley, beans of all sorts are a must. I recommend everyone to find edamame beans. The only vegetable to contain all 9 amino acids!

The muscles you are referring too are the obliques.

The best two exercises I have found to work out these muscles are leg raises, and reverse crunches. However I used to do a lot of hanging leg raises int he past, and my obliques never really popped out much, not like they do now at least! this just happened recently when I switched from doing the hanging leg raises to strictly reverse crunches.

Of course to really show them off, you also need a low body fat percentage. The best bet for achieving that is diet and cardio

Were you looking for a full routine to follow? If so, what past experience do you have working out.

I wouldn't recommend doing situps, in the long run they'll fuck your lower back up. Crunches are more intense when done properly and are safer.

I'd recommend doing crunches (Upper abs), leg raises (Lower abs), side crunches (Obliques), and air bikes (Compound) (if you don't have weights).
If you have access to a gym I'd recommend doing cable crunches (Upper abs), hanging leg raises (Lower abs), and dumbbell side bends (Obliques).

Update: I didn't take the 2 week photo as my priorites changed a little. When I started out I got that protein shake, hit it for a couple of days then decided I was going to cut and do a lot of cardio to get my stomach looking better, then build it all back on as muscle.
Thanks for everyone's advice.. I bought an incline bench for situps and that absolutely destroyed my lower abs for a couple of days Killer. But I feel it's doing good and I'm easing it in. On the advice of the last 2 posts I'll throw in some reverse crunches too next time

jackcoxwell wrote:Were you looking for a full routine to follow? If so, what past experience do you have working out.

Past experience is much more cardio, and little weights. I could ride a bike forever. Similar to a cross trainer and even at times a treadmill. I think this is why I've never really had a larger upper body. I used to always spend my time around cardio machines

I would like to get bigger though so if you could post a routine for someone who barely lifts that'd be great. I don't have an interest in lower body, it's mainly chest and arms I'd like to increase whilst keeping my stomach toned and visible. I have full access to a gym whenever I like so if you could suggest how often each routine weekly, that'd be much appreciated

Cheers guys