vegan – Vegan Muscle and Fitness

Supersized Vegan Olive Oil Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies

Healthier than the butter-sugar-and-white flour variety, but still definitely a special treat rather than health food 😄. They are the everlasting gobstoppers of cookies, according to our 8 year old,…

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Who’s got Goals!?

It's next year! Wait, did I say that right? Anyway, it's not 2020 anymore, hooray! Hopefully you got plenty of sleep last night, because it was awfully loud here and…

Fat Loss Fitness Health

Plant-based workouts in the Time of Corona, May 23rd

Back again! If you've followed along with this post series, then hopefully you got to try the glute medius exercises I shared and are well on your way to healthier…

Fitness Health Rehab

At-home glutes workout

Alright this is an important one! Not that the others weren't good too, but in this video I cover some simple ways to work the Glute Medius at home…

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Plant-based Nutrition – BarBend Interview!

Want to know the nuts and bolts of how vegan strength athletes eat?? Nick over at BarBend was a pleasure to speak with about plant-based nutrition and did a phenomenal…

Fitness Health Rehab

Plant-Based Workouts in the time of Corona, May 9th

Hey y'all! In this episode of 'Things you can do to stay fit and sane at home!' I go over some simple, and very satisfying, glenohumeral (shoulder joint) stretches. These…

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Plant-based workouts in the time of Corona, April 28th

Who wants some novel core exercises they can do at home?? In this episode of 'Derek shows you tips and tricks while the gym's empty' I share a couple of…

Fitness Health Rehab

Plant-based workouts in the time of Corona, April 25th

Hey y'all! Another day, another workout. For this video I share three stretches you can do to mobilize your T-spine (ie stretch your upper back to improve posture). I…

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Plant-Based Workouts in the time of Corona, April 5th

Yes, we're still closed for the time being, but luckily I've got a decent backlog of quick workout tips to share! I’ve been using movements like the ones I've been…

Bodybuilding Fitness Rehab

Plant-Based workouts in the time of Corona, March 23rd

As mentioned in our last post, Root Force Personal Training is currently closed due to COVID-19. I've been posting some short workout videos from our *empty* gym, as well as…

Bodybuilding Disease Prevention Fat Loss

Switch4Good Podcast – and Updates!

If you haven't seen any of their work, Switch4Good is a platform for athletes advocating against dairy for health and performance. They feature world class athletes, produce excellent, well…

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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…

Bodybuilding Disease Prevention Health

All Plants Have Complete Protein

Just in case anyone wasn’t sure on this point, they do. This myth came from the 1971 book Diet For a Small Planet by Francis Moore Lappe, who stated that…

Disease Prevention Fitness Gluten-Free

Soy Won’t Kill You

Or give you cancer, or turn you into a woman (guys), or cause deficiencies, etc etc. Following up on last month’s meme (you gotta see it!) with this one. Unless…

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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…

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Vegan Wedding!

A long time client and friend had a wedding this weekend, and in addition to tearing up the dance floor :D we had the rare chance to dress up…

Bodybuilding Contest Prep Fat Loss

Another Plant-Based Bodybuilder is Born

Plant-based bodybuilder --> Plant-based figure competitor, to be exact! Kalie's experience: She went vegan, reduced her protein intake, and ate a moderately high carbohydrate diet and still kept her strength,…

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Plant-Based Groceries Made Cheap and Easy

Welcome to the details behind my earlier post: How We Saved 7000 Annually on Our Plant-Based Grocery Bill! In that post, I talked about the year we spent tracking our plant-based…

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Muscle Tea

Muscle Tea - our daily recovery beverage! - Green Tea Hibiscus blend from Traditional Medicinals ✅✅ - Ginger ✅ - Cayenne ✅ - Juice from 1/4 lemon ✅ -…