Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

Wait a minute… is blood-doping vegan?



Armstrong used to train in the Côte d'Azur (for many months of the year, every year)… eventually, I think they will still name a street after him.

Tofu depends a great deal on the method, but I would encourage you to compare it to the different methods of cooking a potato: If you cut a potato into thin strips, and then put it in a deep-fryer, you can cook it thoroughly in circa 5 minutes (and yeah, if you're vegan, owning a deep fryer at home ...

Yeah, veering way off topic here, the last time I was in Glasgow the city was full of "post-industrial ruins" that would be suitable for filming any number of post-apocalypse scenarios. The Glaswegians I've met (by happenstance) since then all insist to me that the city has been completely...

I've talked about this with a number of other new vegans under other headings on this board… …many of them mistakenly think they have a bean-allergy, but they're really just not accustomed to cooking beans. Beans of any kind require much more cooking than meat: chickpeas boil for a full hour before ...

"I'm sure that as we get older, more experienced and our strength is already pretty good there has to be something 'extra' that is needed in order for us to get more out of our lifts…" The main thing I think of under the heading of "getting older" is simply lack of time. From an...

I've got both here now (Sunwarrior & Vega)… …I think the obvious solution for most people is to try them both, and decide what works best for them (mentally, physically, and gastronomically, so to speak). I really waiting for the day when the Taiwanese start producing something competitive at ha...

Hi Mika, I'm now (sigh) dependent on Vega Sport once again (imported from Canada!). The price is okay: I order in large quantities (etc.). A very small percentage of men here in the South of France are in "good health" at all --and I find that women here are desperate to talk to me (and/or...

Re: "I have never met a french vegan before!" One of my websites was recently added to an international listing of vegans online, and while they had a huge number listed from places like Australia, I pointed out to them that I was apparently the first listed from France --and they wrote ba...

[Forklift:] That's why I chimed in, I know how self destructive these kind of 'issues' are. I just wanted to speak out to PF as I felt I needed to. Looks like she is doing great at the moment :D Yeah, that is (generally) the great thing about the internet: you can find someone to talk to who has so...

Here in Europe, the basic problem is that EVERYTHING IS MADE IN CHINA... ...and stacks of heavy weights do not export cheaply over long distances... ...whereas, obviously, electronics and plastic shoes do. In terms of the real disc-weights, everything here is eye-wateringly expensive. I've ended up ...

In reply to the original question: why don't you switch to Sunwarrior?

Sunwarrior has raw hemp protein in the mix.

Personally, I strongly prefer Vega, and I prefer to avoid hemp products of any kind...

...but, if you're of the opposite preference, why not try Sunwarrior?

Hi Jaakko, As you may have guessed from my name, I'm also in France. I'm in the South of France --where it is too hot for Siberian Husky Dogs. I am also planning to do all of my weight-lifting at home: I'm putting together a power-lifting kit (so that I never need to go to a gym again, etc.). I am c...

[In reply to Camilla:] Yes, protein powder is useful; I also live in Europe (in France, on the mediterranean coast) and I order my vegan protein-powder to be delivered from Canada and the U.S.A. I resent this fact, but, currently, the best options for protein powder are imported from the U.S. and Ca...

Re: "Well the truth is that if you were very skinny as a child or in your teens, you won't get fat as an adult either" No, this is not science. You can meet plenty of folks who survived long-term famine during their entire teenage/childhood years, and who are now fat (Cambodia is an easy p...

Looking over the discussion as a whole (now at 5 pages) it is really interesting to see the way that issues of philosophy, depression, etc., are dealt with here --interwoven with both practical tips on bodybuilding and (understandable) exclamations of "Wow, you're amazingly beautiful!" Thi...