It has long been discussed in the fitness community that eating extra protein can help you build more muscle mass. In fact, new articles seem to come out every month in the muscle magazines on the best protein sources you…
Category: Nutrition
Bringing Up Baby…Vegan Style!
Part TWO of my series on vegan pregnancy and raising vegan children is up at the website of our sponsor, Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness! This is fitting, because our little man just turned two. I am fortunate that I haven’t…
Vegan Pregnancy and Vegan Kids
My long overdue article on vegan pregnancy and childhood is up! Building Vegan Bodies from Scratch: 3 Myths About Vegan Pregnancy and Raising Vegan Children Dispelled, Part 1 can be viewed at the website of our sponsor Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness:…
Delicious and Affordable Plant-Based Meals 10 Percent Off!
We have good news for those of you who may be struggling with transitioning to a vegan diet or preparing nutritious plant-based meals during a busy week: Veestro is here! Veestro is a plant-based, vegan meal delivery service that makes healthy organic…
Our Blueprint for a Vegan Meal Plan and Bonus Grocery List
I followed up my recent VBB&F article, How to Eat the Same Thing Every Day Without Getting Bored, with a sample meal plan last month. Simple and clear as could be, it lays out exactly what both Derek and I…
My Bodybuilding Secrets Revealed!
With the success of team Plantbuilt in Austin last month we’ve been getting a lot of questions about how we train and what we eat. Well, it just so happens I did an interview with Vegan Body Revolution founder Thomas…
A Brutally Honest Look at Marcella’s Bodybuilding Contest Prep
I say “brutally honest” because my before shots are so abysmal! I wasn’t even trying to go for those magazine ad-style shots where the model is all slumped and pasty before trying a fat-loss product, but ti sure looks like…
Just 7 Weeks Until Our Vegan Bodybuilding Contest!
Our preparation for the Naturally Fit Supershow in Austin TX is coming right along and we’re getting ready to enter the home stretch! As you can see from Marcella’s last post, we’ve been making excellent progress on a high carb…
Vegan Bodybuilding Contest Prep: Marcella’s 8 Week Update
I first posted on my progress here and Derek posted a brief update here. I began this journey, 8 months after the birth of my son, at 29.1% body fat and significantly weaker than I had been pre-pregnancy with serious…
14 Weeks Out!
The Naturally Fit Super Show in Austin, TX is approaching fast, so over the past two weeks Marcella and I have shifted from off season into pre-contest mode! Here’s the down low on what we’re doing to prepare for this…
The Biggest Vegan Bodybuilding Event Ever!
Marcella and I have been in heads-down training and working mode recently so we haven’t been posting as much as we should, but I wanted to update everyone on one of the things we’re currently preparing for – the…
Online Group Personal Training and New Member Portal
It’s been a busy, busy year for us thanks to the sudden widespread interest in plant-based nutrition and fitness (finally)! We opened a local personal training studio, Root Force Personal Training, right about the time Miles was born last year…
Getting Back in Shape – From New Mom to Female Bodybuilding Competitor?!?
Workout and excerpt from our meal plan included in this post! I last posted on my progress here. Having just become the mother of this adorable little nugget I really could not imagine bringing the intensity of days past to…
L-Leucine Makes Wheat Protein as Anabolic as Whey
I follow several health, fitness, and nutrition websites and magazines to keep abreast of new research, as well as common practices. Today I came across an interesting article demonstrating that plant-based protein such as wheat can easily be made as anabolic (muscle…
So What’s Wrong with Salmon Anyway?
What is the big problem with salmon, or any fish? It has lean protein and omega 3’s right? And ‘fish probably don’t even feel pain’! I was a fisherman for most of my youth before becoming vegan, so I’ll leave…
My Pre-Contest Meals
Seeing as I just wrapped up one contest prep and am now staying in pre contest mode for the 2013 Bodyspace spokesmodel search (Vote Treesize!!), I thought now would be a good time to post some of the meals I’ve…
Getting Back in Shape – Losing the Baby Fat
By the time I had my son Miles at 41.5 weeks, I’d gained about 33 pounds, bringing me up to 150 lbs from my pre-baby 117. By then I was freakin’ huge, bigger even than in this shot taken at 39…
Eating for a Healthy, Active Pregnancy
I’ve had a few questions about what I’ve been eating during pregnancy, so I’ll share! A great pregnancy nutrition resource, by the way, is The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition by Julieanna Hever, MS R.D. C.P.T., which contains some very…
Plant Based Nutrition – Will I Get Anemic?
As a personal trainer I’ve talked with many people and even seen clients struggle with iron-deficiency anemia after adopting a plant based diet. I’ve even had people describe to me how much better they felt eating this way until the issue…
The Paleo Diet – The Ultimate Review Released!
Walk into any Crossfit gym these days and the predominant nutritional advice you’ll hear is unfortunately that of the Paleo Diet. Now I am by no means knocking Crossfit – it is a fantastic style of exercise programming that…