I continue to get a lot of interest and intrigue on the advisability of a plant based diet for high performance athletes. So I thought I would drop some more info on not only what I have experienced, but also what’s out there on the subject.
GETTING BIG AND STRONG ON A VEGAN DIET : Article by vegan body builder and strength coach Mike Mahler on strength training, and plant based protein / amino acid intake. I love the fact that this guy is a bodybuilder and vegan. People, this is no longer a hippy-dippy deal. Its about high performance nutrition, optimal nutrition intake and absorption, enhanced recovery rates, injury prevention and overall long-term wellness.
MONKEY BAR GYM : Official site of Jon Hinds, the former trainer for the LA Clippers, who is vegan. This site contains voluminous information and articles on plant-based nutrition for athletes, including some of the above-listed articles.
THRIVE : Finally, I had lunch with Brendan Brazier the other day, the guy behind VEGA. He was a wealth of knowledge on the subject of athletics and plant-based nutrition, most of which can be found in his book THRIVE. If this subject at all intrigues you, I suggest you read this book!
Thanks for this. Though that Wall Street Journal article is not exactly flattering. It actually caused a minor uproar among vegetarian/vegan RD’s because of the unsupportive/misleading quotes from some of the RD’s mentioned. There are more and more of us every year, this is very exciting.
Rich,
Congratulations on all of your success. I have also been 95% vegan for about 10 years. Trying to get to the last 5% and more raw. Just recently into marathons and ultramarathons.
You might also want to checkout http://www.runningraw.com by Tim VanOrden.
Similar … vegan, but completely raw. There is a Running Raw post on youtube with Brendan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tncjyjzR9g
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