Vegan Muscle and Fitness

You Don’t Have to Be a Competitor to Lose Fat Like One!

I shared our strategies for getting me from 29.1% body fat post-baby to 12% body fat for our recent bodybuilding competition at the website of our sponsor, Vegan Bodybuilding &…

Fitness

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…

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

The First Annual ‘Vegan Olympia’ At the Naturally Fit Super Show!

We're back and catching our breath after competing in Austin, Texas at the Naturally Fit Super Show - and it was a blast! Austin is a beautiful city with wonderful…

Bodybuilding Dessert

Chocolate Banana Protein “Ice Cream”

With our busy training schedule posting has been pretty difficult, so here's a quick post on our sponsor. We were enjoying some delicious ice 'cream' on our last re-feed day…

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 Main Dish Recipe

Roasted Cauliflower and Chickpea Bowl

Actually this recipe has more components than listed - I just didn't want the title to get out of hand. This meal, which Derek and I just enjoyed for the…

Lunch Main Dish Salad

What Vegan Bodybuilders Eat for Lunch Every Day

This lunch, of basic things like lentils and sweet potatoes, does great things. It makes our lives easier by being simple to make in advance, satisfies sweet cravings on a…

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…

Fitness

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:…

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…

Main Dish Recipe

Tamarind Barbecue Beans & Yucca

Ok - I realize not everyone has tamarind chutney and yucca lying around...but after tasting this concoction you may decide that you need to. A few months ago, a local…

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…

Health

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…

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…