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1. Vegan Diet
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   midnight rudey
   December 3rd, 2011 - 1:38 pm

   that’s because The Vegan life style is VERY VERY VERY unhealthy due to the fact that you miss out on essential minerals and nutrients that can only be found in foods that vegans cannot eat. therefore a vegan would make a terrible body builder, because they are malnourished in the first place

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   dna habitue
   December 3rd, 2011 - 2:26 pm

   There are quite a few actually.

   Stan Price – World weightlifting record holder for bench press

   Bill Pearl – 4 time Mr. Universe

   Bill Manetti – Power Lifting Champion

   Andreas Cahling – Swedish champion bodybuilder, Olympic gold medallist in the ski jump

   Jane Black – Masters National / World champion bodybuilder

   Robert Hazeley – 6th in world power lifting.

   Kenneth Williams – 3rd at natural olympia

   Robert Cheeke is also worth mentioning as he’s the founder of http://www.veganbodybuilding.com

   Quite an inspiration group of vegans, eh?

   There are a few other vegan athletes (though not bodybuilders, perse) that are worth mentioning…I’m sure you’ve heard of a few: Mac Danzig, Mike Tyson (recently) ,Bob Harper, Carl Lewis, John Salley, Ed Templeton, & Paavo Nurmi.

   Edit: “Bodybuilding is about being strong, strongman completions are about being strong. ”

   Which is why I thought you might appreciate that I included some strongmen! I can see you’re truely inspired by vegan athletes…I’d be happy to provide you with more names if you’d like. ;D

   Don’t you have to be strong to look strong? I’m pretty sure their muscles arent inflated with air.
   Here’s a guide for you if you’re interested in being a vegan bodybuilder!
   http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/justin2.htm

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   Over Me Yet
   December 3rd, 2011 - 2:42 pm

   There are no nutrients found only in animal products
   (sorry, Midnight- that’s the consensus of the field of HUMAN NUTRITION) ,
   so whether there are any top-competing vegan body-builders or not
   (most people in general aren’t vegan, obviously)
   says nothing of the fact that it is quite possible.

   “It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence, and for athletes. A vegetarian diet is defined as one that does not include meat (including fowl) or seafood, or products containing those foods. This article reviews the current data related to key nutrients for vegetarians including protein, n-3 fatty acids, iron, zinc, iodine, calcium, and vitamins D and B-12. A vegetarian diet can meet current recommendations for all of these nutrients. In some cases, supplements or fortified foods can provide useful amounts of important nutrients. An evidence-based review showed that vegetarian diets can be nutritionally adequate in pregnancy and result in positive maternal and infant health outcomes. The results of an evidence-based review showed that a vegetarian diet is associated with a lower risk of death from ischemic heart disease. Vegetarians also appear to have lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure, and lower rates of hypertension and type 2 diabetes than nonvegetarians. Furthermore, vegetarians tend to have a lower body mass index and lower overall cancer rates. Features of a vegetarian diet that may reduce risk of chronic disease include lower intakes of saturated fat and cholesterol and higher intakes of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, soy products, fiber, and phytochemicals. The variability of dietary practices among vegetarians makes individual assessment of dietary adequacy essential. In addition to assessing dietary adequacy, food and nutrition professionals can also play key roles in educating vegetarians about sources of specific nutrients, food purchase and preparation, and dietary modifications to meet their needs.”

   http://www.eatright.org/about/content.aspx?id=8357

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   toe
   December 3rd, 2011 - 3:32 pm

   I tried going all vegan, and i felt really good when i lifted, i think the problem is that you have to eat tons of veggies to get near the nutritional content and caloric content of meat.

   I like to juice the barstards.

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   Yves Asterverens
   December 3rd, 2011 - 4:19 pm

   absolutely not.

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   Julia S
   December 3rd, 2011 - 5:17 pm

   How about Noah Hannibal? Eric Gribkoff?

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   lo_mcg
   December 3rd, 2011 - 5:33 pm

   This vegan was an England’s Strongest Man competition finalist:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZkqp4pj3UI

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   Svend
   December 3rd, 2011 - 6:16 pm

   LMFAO at all the examples posted. Not one of them won a world championship in any lifting events. While yes there are some strong vegans out there, they will never be as strong as ones who eat meat. The problem with vegans is that it is a moral almost religious thing to them so there is no point in trying to make them see the truth that is blazingly obvious all around them. Noah Hannibal who is one of the best vegan weightlifters deadlifts 230kg, Žydrūnas Savickas who eats meat deadlifted 504kg at the Arnold Strongman Classic this year. I have been lifting for years an I see it first hand at any gym I have gone to for a while, there are vegans that try and to keep up with the rest, but just cannot quite do it. Also you are right about bodybuilders they are not as strong as they look. The first World’s Strongest Man Competition was set up to see who was stonger and powerlifters did the best.

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   too.muchtv
   December 3rd, 2011 - 6:53 pm

   Gary is right about body builders being different from strongmen. Strongmen don’t perform isolation exercises to get stronger (but rather compound movements), but body builders do to perfect the look of the muscle. Yes, body builders are strong, but they use hypertrophy (aka inefficiency…not that there’s anything wrong with that) to make the muscle big. Really strong people have really tight and efficient muscles, they don’t bother with the look of the muscle, they just use them.

   As for a list of vegan powerlifters, I don’t have a list, but the second guy did. However, if that list doesn’t make your cut (he did list some strongmen, not just body builders), it’s not a knock to veganism. Most athletes supplement with protein and vitamins, so that pretty much evens the playing field, what with protein powders and individual supplements. As a population, vegans aren’t that big, and when you get to that elite status, a lot of it has to do with genetics. Yes, everyone trains. But those who have a genetic predisposition to be good at that sport will stick with it to become the elite, while those who don’t have the genetics don’t make it up there. I’d provide a link for this justification, but I can’t remember the source. When vegans become a larger part of the population, then you’ll get the magic combination of genetics + hard work to be the BEST.