Quincy & Maude here.
Well, it’s Saturday. That means we bloggers must depart from our lazy morning activities and exercise.
There is never a day when we’re like, “ERMAHGERD!!!! It’s so fun to move our bodies!!!” We just go out, turn off our brains, and do it. Yes, there’s a certain chemical/hormonal component when you’re really in your exercise groove, but for the first 30 minutes, it is NOT fun. After that 30 minute mark, it’s smooth sailing when our endorphins (or VEGA pre workout drink) kick in. Note: we only use the pre workout on particularly strenuous days, when we’re lifting an inordinately large amount of weights or cycling very long distances. Otherwise, straight up fruit smoothies do the trick.
* Quincy typically runs/bikes/swims throughout the week, with one weight training day thrown in the mix. Some resistance training.
* Maude likes to do shorter runs, long spinning intervals, sprints, and HEAVY weight training. Maude also enjoys Pilates classes.
* We both like yoga occasionally. (We probably should be doing MORE yoga, because it’s relaxing and we both need to learn how to de-stress after heavy work weeks. YES, we have day jobs and lives outside of our blog.)
We eat clean, 100% plant-based vegan diets and we’re pretty darn happy about it after a few years living this way. We mostly subscribe to the RawTill4 method (with slight modifications for intense weight training days) and we’ve had a lot of success on it, even though we have completely different sports and specialties when it comes to fitness. We eat anywhere between 2,500 – 3,500 calories per day, which makes it ideal for athletes and aspiring athletes. It takes consistency, but we wouldn’t change our lifestyle for anything. We’ve been living this way for quite a while and it seems like we’re aging slower than our peers, which we noticed the other day. We also have very low (yet still healthy) body fat percentages and muscle tone. Maude has noticed that her skin is much clearer and Quincy has noticed that his endurance for cycling/running/swimming has increased. Both of us have noticed that compared with a regular vegan diet, our energy has increased significantly on the RawTill4 method.
It’s clear that everyone struggles with getting off their asses, so it really helps to be around other fit people. While we do our own, separate workouts, we really like to hike together or with friends. We eat A LOT, so we’re always looking for fun, new vegan restaurants locally and while traveling, by ourselves or with our fit community & friends.
When it comes down to it, healthiness is a lifestyle choice and while Saturdays make it extra difficult to stop being lazy, we both know we’re better people and better partners to each other when we’re feeling amazing. That’s why we do what we do. We want to live long, QUALITY lives with each other and our friends/family.
We hope this inspired you to get out there too! The only failure is not trying.
If you’d like to see more Quincy & Maude fitness/health-related posts, feel free to say so! We both like talking about this stuff, so if you have any specific questions about our success with this, go for it. Leave a comment or message us.
Love,
Q. & M.
Ermahgerd Perterters 