Nutrition Archives - Page 3 of 6 - Vegan Muscle and Fitness

Just How Much Protein is Optimal for Gaining Muscle?

The research behind my May article on the dangers of excess protein (and specifically Leucine) consumption really got me thinking, so over the past several weeks I've been researching different…

Bodybuilding Health Nutrition

Dietary Protein: Good for Muscle Gains; Bad for Longevity?

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…

Nutrition Vegan Children Vegan Pregnancy

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…

Health Nutrition Vegan Children

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…

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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…

Bodybuilding Nutrition Recipe

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…

Bodybuilding Nutrition

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…

Bodybuilding Nutrition

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…

Bodybuilding Nutrition

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…

Bodybuilding Nutrition

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…

Bodybuilding Nutrition Workout

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…

Bodybuilding Nutrition Workout

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…

Bodybuilding Nutrition Workout

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…

Bodybuilding Nutrition Workout

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…

Bodybuilding Nutrition

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…

Disease Prevention Health Nutrition

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…

Bodybuilding Nutrition

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…

Fitness Nutrition

12 Week Champions 2012 – Plant Based Nutrition Wins AGAIN!

As some of you know already, May was officially my last month with Gold's Gym (although I'm now a member and still train there!) and we are now striking out…

Nutrition Workout

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'…

Nutrition

The Protein Question

Check out Derek's recent article for One Green Planet, Protein in a Plant-Based Diet: A Vegan Bodybuilder's Perspective! We've taken a bit of a break from posting (and pretty much…