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What Foods Increase Longevity? These 3 Daily Essentials

With longevity research exploding and biohackers like Brian Johnson making headlines, everyone's searching for the fountain of youth. But while the wealthy experiment with $2 million anti-aging protocols, what can…

Fitness Health Rehab

Why Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT) Might Be The Missing Link In Your Movement Practice

Ever done all the "right" mobility work but still feel tight? Or struggled to feel certain muscles working no matter how many cues you try (like glutes or lats)?…

Bodybuilding Disease Prevention Fitness

Mushrooms: The Overlooked Superfood for Muscle Growth and Longevity

Mushrooms have been high on the nutrition trends list for a while now. I remember prior to 2015 it seemed like mushrooms were some kind of empty calorie topping you…

Disease Prevention Fitness Health

Beyond Strength Training: Why Tissue Tolerance is Crucial for Lifelong Fitness

Tissue tolerance is underrated. I've learned many things from training and working with clients for nearly two decades, and one that most people don't consider is tissue tolerance. I was…

Bodybuilding Fitness Health

Activism, Athletics, and Raising Vegan Kids

Last month Max, Forest and I were privileged to be interviewed by David Yastremsky of Vegan Wear, the cruelty-free men's wear company. Our discussion was pretty broad so we…

Disease Prevention Fitness Health

Are Vitamins Dangerous?

This is a question that seems to keep coming up (at least in our news feed), so let's discuss! Headlines just last week were all over the internet about…

Fat Loss Fitness Health

Why Vegan Diets Fail

You decided to try out a vegan diet and see what all the hype is about, and for the first couple weeks it went fantastic. You were trying new…

Bodybuilding Fitness Health

4 Tips to Step Up Your Warm Up

I think everyone can agree that warm ups are one of the most tedious parts of working out. You've gotten to the gym and you're ready to get to…

Disease Prevention Events Fitness

Vegetarian Summerfest 2018

We just got back from our annual trip to Vegetarian Summerfest in Johnstown, PA and picked up some new ideas we want to share! If you're not familiar, Vegetarian Summerfest…

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Client Spotlight: Go Vegan Tees

by forest Crosbie Here at Vegan Muscle and Fitness, we’re all about helping to create more fit plant-based role models to spread the…

Bodybuilding Contest Prep Events

One Week Out From Plantbuilt 2017 Meetup at the Naturally Fit Games!

Yes I know, we've been terrible about posting progress updates - sorry! We've been posting more often on our Intagram (@veganmuscleandfitness) and Youtube feeds, but for some reason haven't kept…

Bodybuilding Contest Prep Fat Loss

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…

Dessert Gluten-Free Holiday

Crustless Low Fat Pumpkin Pie

Pie crust, although delicious, is often what turns an otherwise healthy fruit pie into a gut bomb of fat. This is the most recent update to a pumpkin pie recipe…

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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How We Met

Warning: this has only a little bit to do with veganism. It's just a fun human interest Valentine's Day story, I suppose! If you like mmorpgs and surprise romantic endings,…

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Group Personal Training Available in September!

The May session of our Group Personal Training classes is now complete and we're looking for up to 12 motivated people to join the next session in September! We had…

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Vegan Cruise Highlights, Our Talent Show Performances, and a Special Announcement

Our second year on board the MSC Poesia, the Italian cruise ship that hosts the Holistic Holiday at Sea vegan vacation, did not disappoint. Some highlights, both fun and educational, were:…

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Winter Issue of Vegan Health & Fitness Magazine

Hi all! Just a quick note that the winter issue of Vegan Health and Fitness magazine is now on newsstands! This issue includes an article I wrote for new mothers…

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Vegan Muscle on TV!

I'm a little late in posting this, but about a week ago we had a great trip up to Manhattan, NY. We ate some fantastic food, saw the sights,…