Vegans Bodybuilders

Are there any bodybuilder/sprinter vegetarians/vegans here, especially if you have been a bodybuilder longer?

Or any other strength intensive sport.

My husband switches to a vegan diet when he body builds. He used to be a bouncer at a Chicago nightclub, he’s 6’6 and at his bulkiest was 250 pounds and extremely muscular. Before he met me, he mostly used whey protein and sucked down eggs and red meat like there was no tommorrow. I found ways to increase his protein intake by using plant protein (especially pea protein and soy protein).

About a year into our relationship he tried to bodybuild the vegan way. He lost weight initially, but his body fat percentage dropped by 3% and then he gained muscle at an average tempo. Roughly 2 inches around his arm, an inch around his pecs.

Probably most impressive were his weight lifting results. He increased his dead lift from 500 pounds to 650 pounds or so, and his bench press and squat and other powerlifting methods increased by around 50 pounds.

He ate vegan for 2 years at one point and was at peak performance.

I’ve heard of football players and other weightlifters at the gym he went to that went vegan and it was a great success.

Sorry, I don’t remember a lot of the other stuff, I don’t remember the specific names for the exercises, but I know he was especially proud of his dead lift… I may be getting the figures wrong, I guesstimated on the lower side, it may have been over 700.

However, since he switched to HVAC two years ago, he’s gotten out of shape a bit, he’s still pretty fit and eats mostly vegan (except when he goes out with friends, he prefers his body and health with his current diet but he doesn’t share my ethical views so he doesn’t obsess about always eating vegan like I do).

Besides, the primary weight he has to worry about now is our 30 pound toddler, so he doesn’t have time to be a gym rat anymore.

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