Fitness
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Success StoriesSee articleFrom Recreational Athlete to International Ultra-Athlete on a Plant-Based Diet
For about 30 years, I dreamed of finishing the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. Once I decided to actually do it, I knew I had to step up my training and performance. I had been doing triathlons recreationally for some time, but the Ironman World Championship (140.6-mile triathlon) is not for the amateur athlete. […] -
Success StoriesSee articleMeet Dr. Heather Shenkman, Ironman Triathlete and Vegan Cardiologist
I haven’t always been an athlete, but I’ve been a vegetarian since I was about 16 years old. My brother was the first vegetarian of our family, which was an ethical decision he made at 10 years old after seeing chicken wings “dissected” in science class. He did everything he could do to convince the […] -
WellnessSee articleMeet Matt Frazier, the Vegan Ultrarunner Behind “No Meat Athlete”
Matt Frazier is a marathoner and ultra-runner who runs the popular fitness site No Meat Athlete. But Matt says that growing up, he wasn’t that into running or fitness. His journey began in college, when he started going to the gym. On a whim, he and a group of friends decided to try to run […] -
Success StoriesSee articlePlant-Based Athlete: What Happened When I Stopped Eating Two Pounds of Meat Per Day
Growing up in Singapore, I was one of the “fat” kids in class. My classmates called me a “double scoop ice cream with a cherry on top.” (The cherry was my head.) I was also plagued with chronic asthma, epilepsy, and kidney disease, and the medications I took for these ailments left me borderline obese. […] -
Success StoriesSee articleVegan Ultra Athlete for the Animals: How I Became a Triple Guinness World Record Holder
My name is Fiona Oakes, an ethical vegan since age six and vegetarian since age three. I am vegan by instinct—a natural expression of my love for animals and my desire not to hurt those I care for. My veganism is, and always has been, the predominant force and influence in my life. Vegan is not what I […] -
Success StoriesSee articleFather-Daughter Team: Living Examples of Plant-Fueled Fitness and Success
Keera Clarke is a high school scholar-athlete who is preparing for one of the biggest decisions of her life, which is where to go after she graduates from high school. Her father, Kappel Leroy Clarke, a fitness expert who holds a kettle bell world record, has been there with her every step of the way. […] -
WellnessSee articleTop Tips for Plant-Based Athletes
Now that you have been inspired by Forks Over Knives and adopted a whole-food, plant-based diet as your foundation for health, perhaps you are ready to pursue meaningful fitness goals but don’t know where to start. Or perhaps you have been working out for a long time and are concerned that your new diet will […] -
Success StoriesSee articleFrom Unhealthy to World-Champion Powerlifter on a Plant-Based Diet
As a strength coach, personal trainer, and powerlifter, I spent most of my adult life lifting weights and churning through thousands of calories like a furnace, each and every day. My adult weight always fluctuated between 220 and 260 pounds, and I thought I was in the shape of my life. However, in October of […] -
Success StoriesSee articleMeet Fiona Oakes, Ultrarunner for the Animals
For the Animals, a documentary short by Insightful Films, features the story of vegan runner Fiona Oakes, the fastest woman to run a marathon on every continent plus the North Pole. Fiona runs to prove that a plant-based diet is not prohibitive to performance. She also started and runs Tower Hill Stables Animal Sanctuary, home to […] -
Success StoriesSee articleWorld Champion Freerunner Tim Shieff Leaps Buildings, Dangles from Bridges, and Is Powered By Plants
(Editor’s Note: Tim Shieff is a two-time world champion freerunner who goes by the name Livewire in competition. He has appeared on American and UK Ninja Warrior and MTV’s Ultimate Parkour Challenge, and is known for his animal rights and environmental activism.) I first went plant-based in October of 2012. I was in Bucharest [Romania] […] -
MovementSee articleHow to Build Muscle on a Plant-Based Diet
There’s a misconception that you need to eat meat to get big. Although many professional athletes don’t eat meat, people still believe that meat equals muscle mass. I’ve been a no-meat athlete for the past twenty years, and I have not found it difficult to effectively build muscle on a plant-based diet. How I Fuel […] -
Success StoriesSee articleMeet LA Galaxy’s Baggio Hušidić, a High-Performance Plant-Powered Athlete
Twenty-eight-year-old Adis “Baggio” Hušidić is a starting midfielder for major-league soccer team the LA Galaxy. He’s also a passionate whole-food, plant-based (WFPB) eater. He was born in Bosnia and experienced great strife as a young child, witnessing great violence during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. When he was seven years old, Baggio escaped […]
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