How To Gain Serious Muscle Mass As A Vegetarian WITHOUT Going To The Gym

Depending on your situation, going to the gym may NOT be feasible for TIME or some other financial reasons.

That’s no excuse however, for NOT getting fit.

Since ancient times, men have trained WITHOUT weights outside in nature… and were in MUCH better shape than today’s keyboard pusher.

Push-ups, squats, and pull ups are the 3 powerful trio that have ALWAYS been historically used for overall muscular development.

In many cases, this type of training is flat out superior to weights…

Because most folks lift weights improperly AND the strength gained from calisthenics carries over to lifting weights anyway. 

This challenge is literally multiplied… by NOT eating ANY meat products.

How to gain muscle mass ultra fast

Training should be quick and focused.

Experienced lifters are in and out of gyms WITHOUT indulging in distractions.

There are ONLY three rules that you absolutely MUST FOLLOW in order to achieve results…

If you want to put on TONS of muscle mass as a vegetarian body builder.

Intense brief training. 

Two sets at most should be performed for high reps, ideally ten or more.

You’ll want to use a variation you can do at least 15-20 times.

Rest for five minutes or longer in between sets.

You’ll also reduce training frequency for recovery.

Nutritious food. 

You should be more meticulous about eating high-quality food products, since you can’t just eat a big steak and call it a day.

I’ll explain more on this below.

Rest. 

Many neglect adequate quality sleep.

Your body literally NEEDS 8-10 hours of sleep with odd naps here and there.

Go to bed early, it’ll work just like steroids.

Reduce cardio to just 10-30 second sprints 1-2 times per week.

Rest for two days minimum.

One of the hardest tasks professional coaches have when dealing with top athletes is preventing them from simply doing TOO MUCH.

We’re NOT mutant freaks, we’re simply human beings.

It DOESN’T take much to exhaust the muscles for growth.

Physiques built WITHOUT weights

Charles Atlas became the most perfectly developed man WITHOUT lifting weights and even today…

Indian wrestlers in the jungles of India still train mostly with only yoga and calisthenics.

You can quickly build a foundation with some easy floor exercises alone.

Gymnasts are usually ALL in VERY wonderful shape, and their physiques look EXACTLY just like Greek Gods.

So there’s literally no shame in training exclusively just with calisthenics.

Achieving massive muscle gains while STILL being a Vegetarian

Yes, I’m a vegetarian, but I DON’T necessarily advocate it for others.

Many mistakenly BELIEVE that getting off meat somehow makes you more healthy and spiritual, but I DON’T necessarily concur to this false sense of superiority.

For those of you who want to switch it up OR at least want to have more options other than meat as a protein source…

You can consume the following:

Nuts – almonds, cashews, and walnuts increase free testosterone and supply healthy fat.

They’re also good for the brain.

Diary – milk, cheese, cottage cheese, and yogurt.

And for all those vegan nuts who think it is wrong…

One of the first things I learned in genetics class was that all lactating mammalian species have the biological instinct to nurture the young of even different mammalian species.

Beans – chickpeas, kidney beans, black beans, and chana are all packed with protein and combine well with rice.

Seeds – flax, chia, and sesame are great and can be mixed with nuts.

Peas – contains protein and combines well with rice or noodles.

Other important foods like spinach, kale, and quinoa, are equally important as they supply iron, vitamins, and minerals.

Combining foods such as rice/quinoa with beans, nuts and seeds, and topping cheese on dishes are very effective ways to easily get enough protein.

Every morning, India’s vegetarian wrestlers work hard by performing various calisthenics and following strict diet principles.

While the rest of the world binges on trash TV, alcohol, and drugs, these guys are getting stronger and maintaining spiritual practice.

Personally, I favor calisthenics, because it’s faster and can be done literally ANYWHERE.

I can get it done in the TIME which it takes me to travel to the gym, and I get MUCH MORE better results.

After hitting the weights again, the barbell flew off the floor and I felt I wasn’t even getting a workout from my old poundage.

That’s the effectiveness of some REAL actual body weight training.

Why I don’t ALWAYS go to gyms

For starters…

• Increasingly feminized – a body builder was once thrown out of a gym at Planet Fitness for grunting while benching 500 lbs.
• For insecure people – girls pull their shorts butt high for attention, and guys scramble to look buff in front of them, sometimes begging on their knees for companionship.
• Hijacked by big business – Planet Fitness has grown big and fast and design their gyms for **Average** Americans.

Squat racks have been taken out in favor of less intimidating and friendlier looking machines.

How are you supposed to truly get strong when free weights are SO god damn hard to actually come by?

• Swarmed by MANY stupid people – if you’re lucky enough to find a squat rack, get ready for guys hogging it to do bicep curls.

This is NOT to say that ALL gyms are bad, especially the old school ones.

If you can get the same, if NOT better results with calisthenics WITHOUT ever REALLY needing to leave your house…

Then why bother ever visiting a gym to even begin with?

You save yourself time, money, and TONS of headaches.

Where did ALL of the barbells go?

Whenever I enter a gym, I’m ALWAYS terribly displeased with the lack of free weights/barbells.

Everything is ALL machines, cables, and exercise bikes.

I can’t train seriously next to treadmills or step climbers.

Most guys are there desperately trying to show off.

Struggling to lift heavy weights to impress babes… while they themselves are there to ONLY boost their ego.

That combined with the pop music, the smell, the dirty sweat-infested equipment, the giant fans blowing dust in your face because people can’t take the heat, the air conditioning, and the big screen TVs…

All make it simply definitely NOT for me.

I simply CAN’T take it.

Visible results that REALLY actually impress

While I was in Florida some years ago…

I built myself up to a solid 180 lbs using literally NOTHING except push-ups, squats, and door pull-ups (wouldn’t advise unless yours is sturdy). 

A guy I knew there at the time referred to me as “Mr. Muscle”.

I didn’t have much to eat either, a diet consisting of peanut butter banana, rice with beans, and the occasional pizza.

Later, I saw a long lost acquaintance in Hawaii.

He commented on my physique and asked if I had been lifting weights even though I hadn’t touched a single one. 

So you see…

Literally ANYONE can successfully build muscle mass WITHOUT going to the gym… on a vegetarian diet as I have successfully done in the past.

Over the years, I have refined techniques for the absolute best results…

And found that two sets of high reps does the trick, the first being a little over 50% of your max and the second less challenging set to avoid failure.

Rest for two days, and then add a rep on your sets next training day and simply continue progressing.

It starts off slow, but quickly becomes VERY challenging. 

You can read more about it in my book.

Until next time.

Your man,

-Elijah “The Realist”