Vegan athletes

Can you name any famous vegan athletes? Don’t stress if you can’t, up until one week ago I couldn’t either. South Africa, the country I grew up in. Here, meat forms a fundamental part of our cuisine. In fact, for the majority of South Africans a meal without meat is not a meal at all. But, if truth be told, it’s not just South Africa. Globally the world consumes over 315 million tons of meat every year.

These vegan women athletes get their protein from plants. They're still at the top of their athletic game on a plant-based diet.

Dubbed one the fittest men in the world, vegan athlete Rich Roll is a testament to the nutritional power of a plant-based diet. Here's what he eats daily.

Dubbed one the fittest men in the world, vegan athlete Rich Roll is a testament to the nutritional power of a plant-based diet. Here's what he eats daily.

"Many assume that vegans eat only smoothies and lettuce. This simply isn’t true, as vegan athletes and authors Robert Cheeke and Matt Frazier attest in their latest book The Plant Based Athlete, published last summer. The Game Changers documentary has worked brilliantly in bringing this information to light, by spotlighting plant-based athletes at the top of their sports."

When you picture vegans, you’re probably not envisioning powerful, muscular athletes. Believe it or not, however, more and more athletes are choosing #plantbaseddiets and identifying as #vegan or #vegetarian — Find out who these 20 athletes are that you may not have known were vegan. www.veganfoodlover.com #veganathletes #veganfoodlover

The Secret Advice of a Vegan CrossFitter | Breaking Muscle

Are you a new vegan and are wondering how to build muscle on a plant-based diet? Or maybe you just saw the Game-Changers movie with all the super fit vegan athletes and bodybuilders and want to know how they built all the muscle?

Breaking myths and shattering stereotypes vegan athletes absolutely dominated in the 2017 Naturally Fit Games held in Texas last weekend. As well as one of the competitors setting a world record vegan athletes won an impressive 32 medals across a range of sports including bodybuilding CrossFit Olympic weightlifting kettlebell and powerlifting - 22 of which were first place medals. _ Over 1000 competitors took part in the Games and 39 competitors were part of the non-profit team PlantBuilt…

Vegan athlete Patrik Baboumian—featured in 2018's "The Game Changers"—is showing people it's possible to be a plant-based strongman. "Looking back, [going vegan] was the best decision I ever made.”