Fitness – Page 3 – Vegan Muscle and Fitness

Is Flexible Dieting The Best Eating Strategy?

"If you follow popular nutrition trends, you may have heard of the phrase if it fits your macros (IIFYM) or similar terms such as macro tracking or flexible dieting. Contrary…

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Guide to making your New Year’s resolution stick. (It’s not too late!)

by Max Seabrook Almost half of the American population make New Year’s resolutions! But a third of those drop out by February! If you made a new year’s resolution this…

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How To Get Ripped On A Vegan Diet – New Article on Vice!

I'm always excited to get the message out about healthy, sustainable and compassionate bodybuilding and fitness flowing a plant-based diet, so I was very excited to be interviewed by Vice…

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Which supplements should you take when starting fitness?

by Max Seabrook New Year’s resolutions are starting up now that it’s January and many people are starting their fitness journey or weight-loss regime! All is well except there’s an…

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Anatomy Of a Workout – Part III

by Forest Crosbie The first and second parts of this series detailed two of the three training days that make up my favorite training split, as well as why…

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Getting Back Into Training

by Max Seabrook We’ve all been there at some stage! Whether it’s from an injury, workload or other responsibilities, sometimes our workouts get put on hold. Sometimes it can last…

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Protein in a Plant-Based Diet: A Vegan Bodybuilder’s Perspective

Like many bloggers, we don't write all our content in any one place, and over time our audience of readers changes and older content can get forgotten. With this in…

Disease Prevention Fitness Health

Flax Seeds: Why You Should Eat Them Every Day

So you may have heard of flax seeds, and even that they're really good for you, but do you know why you should be eating them? In addition to…

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Anatomy of a Workout, Part 2: Leg Day

by Forest Crosbie In Part 1 I outlined my preferred resistance training split, and discussed a bit of the philosophy behind it. No matter what split you follow, however, I…

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Treat Fitness Like A Skill To Excel

Do you ever feel like you don't know where you're going in fitness, or that you're just spinning your wheels? Maybe a new approach is in order, and you can…

Fitness Rehab Workout

Prehab and Rehab Class

We've just returned from another great Vegetarian Summerfest - thank you to everyone who attended our presentations! Our most popular class is always Prehab and Rehab, and we think it's wonderful…

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Anatomy of a Workout, Part 1

by Forest Crosbie In the hierarchy of bodybuilding regimens there are a variety of tried and true training protocols, ranging from training one muscle group per day as in…

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Part III of Dealing With Injuries: Jumper’s Knee

Getting this series of posts up has taken longer than expected! But I think the excuse of having our second child (Maxine Cleopatra Torres-Tresize, born 11/14/2015) is a good one!…

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Part Two Of Dealing With Injuries: Ankle Impingement

In my last post I discussed all the injuries I was forced to overcome in the last year and some broad strategies on how to go about doing so (start…

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Part One of Dealing with Training Injuries: My Experience

It's now nearly 7 weeks past my WNBF Pro Physique debut and over the past two months I've been laying plans for my off-season and setting goals for 2016. Designating a…

Fitness Rehab Vegan Pregnancy

Training for Life: Preparing My Body for a Major Athletic Event

We're expecting our second (vegan) child any time now after a second, so-far successful vegan pregnancy. But this post isn't just about training for pregnancy or childbirth - even though…

Bodybuilding Contest Prep Events

My Pro Debut at the WNBF Pro Universe!

We've just returned from a trip to Manhattan NY where I competed in my debut Pro Men's Physique Contest! It was a short and busy trip, and there was stiff…

Bodybuilding Contest Prep Fat Loss

6 Weeks Out From My Pro Debut at the WNBF Pro Universe!

It's been a long time since I've shared a progress update! I've been training consistently, but my training has changed dramatically over the last 6 months. Ever since shortly after my…

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Simplify Your Weightloss – Part 1 – Resistance by Max Seabrook

I keep hearing all these complicated and different ways to lose weight. So I wanted to write this series of articles to help simplify what makes a successful weight-loss…

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The 4 Vital Components of a Successful Resistance Program

Whether you're a gym newbie or a veteran of the iron, we all want to make sure our time in the gym is being spent as effectively as possible. In…