Reddit reviews Thrive Fitness: The Vegan-Based Training Program for Maximum Strength, Health, and Fitness

OP I'm here to help you out. You want real advice? You want to avoid the filthy hatred of the other opinions here?

Brendan Brazier. Look him up. Check out his bio.

He has a free site up called Thrive Foreword with a lot of very helpful videos.

He's released probably the best damn nutrition guide ever.

He's also released a Recipe book. and a Fitness Exercise book. I myself was not really impressed with the Fitness book, but the recipes are awesome.

All that said. This is intelligent, well rounded advice for Vegan athletes. Granted, his own techniques were developed for Ironman Triathlon (which is nothing to scoff at), so you'll get a full body strength as opposed to top heavy swole.

But, the advice and ideas in the book are fantastic anyways. It'll help you understand what health and diet really need. You'll just need to work in a better upper body workout on top of this.

Good question to ask.

Thrive and Thrive Fitness have more on building muscle on a vegan diet.

More science behind not needing meat is in Eat To Live.

Body weight doesn't tell me my progress. Needing smaller belts does.

I strongly recommend picking up a copy of Thrive Fitness. It's full of plant-based recipes specifically designed for athletes. I read it years ago and remember thinking that the recipes were far too calorie dense for someone in my position (mild exercise), which might be right up your alley! The writer is a triathlete.

There are a few books by vegan ironman triathlete Brendan Brazier that could help you... the first one that comes to mind is Thrive Fitness. I use products from his nutritional supplement line Vega but I don't have specific nutritional guidelines to follow. I am a female and I pole dance regularly, which is basically strength training. I use his pre-workout energizer and add creatine, and I have the protein powder with almond milk and more creatine after a workout.