Introductions
Introduce yourself! 👋 Tell us about your training history, how long you've been vegan, share some of your goals and interests! 🌱
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Hi, I've been a vegan for 12 yrs. My story goes like this; I play basketball alot. My stamina and defense have always been top notch, but my strength has also always been pretty dismal. It's been pretty easy to push me around under the basket, etc. That's when I decided to start weightlifting and after meeting a bodybuilding coworker I really started getting excited about, well, bodybuilding. I found out about this site not too long after that and have been lurking since. I usually have too much anxiety about meeting new people, but every one here seems pretty thoughtful and interesting. The competitions sound like fun too. I'm trying for the 100/100, but I can barely get…
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Hi everyone! My name is Megan, and I just moved in with Robert. (as in Robert that runs this website ) He encouraged me to post and introduce myself. I am 21 years old, and living in Corvallis, OR while attending Oregon State University. My major is Nutrition and my minor is exercise physiology. I'll be finishing up my undergrad work in 5 more terms, then start grad school, again in Nutrition. Once I get through all that, I plan to be a registered dietician. I am vegetarian - almost, but not quite vegan! Maybe Robert will be a good influence and get me the rest of the way. Not sure what else to say - obviously, health, diet, and fitness are passions of mine also. I u…
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Hey, this is Robert Cheeke. I started Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness back in 2002 and our website came out in January of 2003. To check out my bio please visit this page of the site: http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/article/2 This will tell you quite a bit about me. Thank you all for supporting Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness. New products, articles, pages, links and features are coming all the time so keep checking back to see what's new. Thank you, Robert
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Hello, Need to state from the start, I am an extremely unfit vegan who is looking for inspiration, advice and the occasional verbal kick up the rear. At the moment my exercise is walking the dogs and doing a yoga dvd, but am now wanting to do more. I own no exercise euipment, and do not have gym membership. Any ideas where to start ? Robert, any chance I can start in the 100/100 club at 20/20 ? and if so what is the safest way to do them ? (and yes I really am that clueless ) Any advice appreciated. Woofs and purr Purrpuss
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Hello all - what a great site this is...I didn't expect to find something this cool when I did a search on vegan body building... My name is Mike Bundrant. I live in Hemet, CA (southern). For work I publish a community newspaper called Healthy Times...a local health and wellness journal....I'm trying to promote an integrated approach to wellness and bring local health practitioners and businesses together...its a fun little business. Anyway - I started to get serious about my health when my father passed away due to complications from his diabetes....his last 6 months were awful. I've never personally witnessed someone suffer so much....he lost his toes, then his fo…
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hey ya'll, its Topher. me and my Back Attack are posting here now. also make sure to check out the up and coming section on this website. its called "Talk with Topher". feel free to message me with any questions. I will try my best to help ya out with the knowledge I know.
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Hi all. *waves* My name is Kourtney, I'm 18 and 4'11". I'm not vegan , and not really fit eaither, but hey, I've been getting into it and it's all Rob's fault. But that's fine with me! I've always loved animals, and really, to be honest, I like 'em better than humans. I like fitness, I just don't do it. My favorite class in school was P.E. and I always wanted to go into the weight room to do some stuff, but I never had anyone to do it with me and you had to have a teacher with you. ANd to put one last thing in, I'm gohic But I'm not into wierd sh*t, so don't hold that part against me.
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I'm Jason. I've been vegan for roughly 13 years. I started lifting in 1998 while in the Marines. I've been training seriously since then. I've had some inconsistent times through a shoulder surgery. I'm 5'10" and last weighed in at 194. My real goal is to be completely and utterly lean. Sure I'd like to be a little bigger(trust me my 194 looks more like 175) Anyway...there it is. I've introduced myself.
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Hey Ladies & Gentlemen, I'm a newly converted vegetarian. I made the decision over the past week. I've gotten sick and tired of feeling lethargic and honestly sick of the excess weight I've gained. I used to compete in bodybuilding, then I got married, started a job where I'm not too active and it's been downhill every since. I just haven't felt healthy for a while, so I knew it was time for a change. Anyway, good to see a site like around for support. Look forward to watching it grow. Brandon Boyd
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twenty-four year old vegan from jersey. love music, art, spirituality, fashion, philosophy, etc. can't wait to talk to others with similiar interests. lovely to meet you. *mwa* much love, erinn
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Hi, my name is Attila and I am a vegan since three years and, well, I am still alive I am a very sportive person: I swim, do some training with weights and like to bike. My goal is to be huge someday to show people that vegans can look even better than "normal" people! I enjoy cooking and I really enjoy running my website and share recipes with people like you. There is so much vegan food out there and I love to explore it. If you ask me what I believe the future will be: I believe it's vegan. Meat is oldfashioned and milk is too. Leather is dead long time and let's not talk about fur... That's it for my introduction so far... Greetings Attila [/url]
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hi to all, after my first post yesterday in daywalkers introduction today i will introduce myself (some people will know me already from veganfitness.net) im 193 cm high and about 88kg light/heavy. im vegan for about 3-4 years now, before that 1-2 years vegetarian. i study economics and writing on my master thesis in the moment about agricultural subsidies in the european union and its impacts on animal 'production'. most of my spare time i spend doing animal rights work. most im active for the vegan society austria http://www.vegan.at but im also a lot active for austrias biggest ar organisation vgt http://www.vgt.at. but if there is time i also join other actio…
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Hi my favorite of all people - vegans! I'm from Germany and found your site minutes ago. I just had to register, as i'm a dedicated natural bodybuilder as well as an enthusiastic vegan What's more, i'm a physician, fantasy freak and table top player. At the moment (as always really) i'm trying to find new ways to make my muscles GROW. *laughs* I love working out, i just love it So, now i'll see to my profile and then if i can find a pic of me for you So long, Daywalker
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So I've been on this forum for a while and I haven't introduced myself. I have a couple of minutes so here goes. My name is Cameron. I'm from Los Angeles. I've been vegan for about ten years and vegetarian since I was a little kid. That might be an oversimplification. The change to vegeatarian was pretty easy. When I was like 2, 3, 4...somewhere around there, I called myself a fruititarian. And then later became a vegetarian. Occasionally my parents would make me eat turkey or fish. But after a while, no meat at all. Then in my early teens I went vegan. And by the time I was in college I had convinced my parents to go vegan too. LA is a great town for vegan…
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Hi everyone! My name is Andrew I'm from Bethlehem PA. I'm 18 years old and have been veg for a year and 8 months and vegan for a month. I found this site awhile ago and have been combing through it for tips on stuff. I finally decided to join the forum. I have yet to start lifting, I've been trying to get my upper body into shape with push ups and sit ups everyday. As of right now I am 5 foot 7 inches and 147 pounds. I dropped 20 after I went vegetarian. I still have fat deposit on my stomach and chest, basically man boobs to be frank. I was hoping that this forum could help me even more then the site has already. My legs are fine seeing that I ride everyday to an…
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I'm so glad I found this website, sick of seeing people say that you've gotta eat tons of meat and whatnot to get fit. John Berardi, as knowledgable as the guy is, kinda knocks on the vegan lifestyle. Anyway, I'm a 6'5" guy, weighing in at about 185-190 lbs, and I like to do cardio. I've got an aspiration to compete in biathlons/triathlons, and just a desire to be an all around fit guy. Don't really want to gain tons of muscle, just have great muscle tone and to look good. (Kind of a side effect, dissuade people from thinking that because you're vegan you're automatically super thin and anaemic.) Again, very happy to have found the site, and hope to participate and l…
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"i'm a man of wealth and taste" ~woo-hoo~ hi everyone. i am just a guy from texas. i have been vegetarian for around 7 years now. i have been making the transition to vegan lately. i don't drink milk or eat eggs. though i have to admit i not very good at investigating labels, so i have probably had something with dairy ingredients. i am also straight edge. no recreational drugs, no alcoholic drinks, no tobacco. i have been lurking this site for about a month now, and decided it's time to join. why am i here? well i have been interested in working out more this year, and am interested in doing it as vegan as possible. i have always been a slim guy (ectomorph) even befo…
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Hello! 42yo man, divorced but engaged, ethical vegetarian for 14 years. Currently lacto-veg, but was vegan for the first 7 or 8 years. Just started weight training about 2 1/2 months ago as a means to lose weight. I need to lower my BFI another 3- 4%, and I'll be happy in that regard. I have no idea how far I want to go with bodybuilding, other than that I have no interest in reaching a competitive level. I just want to be fit and to look good. I'm making progress in that area. I work out in my apartment with free weights. I don't like gyms. I took creatine for a little while, but stopped. I'll probably start up again, if only to finish the bottle I alread…
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Hello everyone, it is great to see a place like this! I have been a vegetarian for 5 years, vegan for 1. I was diagnosed with IBS and found out that half of the foods I ate were making my condition worse. I fell off the vegan bandwagon, but I still mostly eat that way. I am a certified fitness trainer, I love working out and eating right. It is so great to be here!
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Hello everybody, I was passing through this website a few days ago, looking for some bodybuilding tips, and got sucked in by the variety of the posts here. I have posted a few replies, myself, and compassionategirl suggested I introduce myself. So here goes: Yeah, that's a picture of me. It's a few years old, though. I am 41 now, but that was the last time I had a killer body, so I thought I'd use that pic. These days I work too much and don't spend enough time with my friends or my wife, but I am working on changing all that. (The son of a friend of mine, who is six, said I am a workaholic. I asked him if he knew what that meant. He said, "That's when you work all th…
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hey not only am i new to this site, i am a new vegan as well. im 19 years old (almost 20) and i've been vegan since late june. Im really just hoping to meet some vegans and share ideas and health tips because i dont know any vegans really at all. it always helps to have a support group of people who understand the things you stand for. a lot of people around here are so uninformed about the things they eat it makes me so upsett! today some girl told me butter was made out of eggs and that there was probably lard in the bread i was eating. (it was vegan). I was like "wake up, honey..." if only people would do some research. anyways, i'd love to meet people! Im…
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hi! i'm 26yrs old and i just started lifting about 8 months ago. i lift about 4-5 times per week. i started out at 140lbs (i'm 5'9") and now i'm up to 150lb. i'm happy with my results so far but i hope to add another 10-15lbs and get more cut. i've been active my whole life, i still play competitve soccer so that keeps my cardio in check big time. i'm not a vegan but i've been a vegetarian (no meat, poultry or fish) for 11 years now. any and all help with lifting would be appreciated. thanks! Brett
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Well, I have been lurking around the site for the past few months, and finally decided to jump in. My name is Damien, I am a Canadian, currently living and working in Lewiston, Maine. I have been a vegan for about the last 5 years. My main reason for doing it was health. As a result of becoming a Vegan, and working through a lot of troubleshooting, I have managed to conquor my eczema, I lost 30 pounds of fat, and have greatly improved my health. I was competitive cycling for about two years, then quit in October of last year. I have always weight trained to some degree for the last 10 years or so, but when I quit cycling, I decided to become much more focused. I love …
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i long have held my meat-eating against myself, and tonight-today, decided it was time to go vegetarian. i've taken bodybuilding pretty seriosuly this past year (i'm 18 now), and that was the only thing holding me back from goin veg. i figured though that i couldn't be the best bodybuilder in the world (genetics, drugs, SYNTHOL haha,) and might as well set my sights toward more pertinent and noble goals such as animal rights and its relative causes. i still plan to take bodybuilding very seriosuly though and am extremely glad to happen upon this site. hope to make some good friends and find some good advice here. greetings again everyone
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hello all I am a female vegan for over 2 years, 1 year of vegetarianism before that. I am passionate about nutrition and optimum health. I weight-train, I swim, I run, I do lots of CV including "spinning" classes, I am doing a hlaf marathon and a mountain marathon later this year and I have just bought a mountain bike. I love mountain climbing / scrambling / hiking / camping. I am an ex-gymnast of 13 years, an avid experienced skiier also. I came to investigate the new format of this forum from veganfitness.net !!
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