I followed up my recent VBB&F article, How to Eat the Same Thing Every Day Without Getting Bored, with a sample meal plan last month. Simple and clear as could be, it lays out exactly what both Derek and I…
Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies with NO Oil or Refined Sugar
We love dessert as much as the next people. Maybe even more. And we’re fortunate (or unfortunate) to live in a city with many vegan sweet options available. In fact, after our July bodybuilding competition we went a little nuts…
Derek’s Top 3 Tips for Building Your Best Physique!
In this month’s article for Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness, I covered my three favorite tips to give anyone looking to improve their physique – and since that’s virtually everyone (myself included) I think it’s important to keep these things in…
How Eating Animals Can Affect Public Health
We just went to a great dinner with the Richmond Vegetarian and Vegan Meetup group and listened to Dr. Aysha Akhtar, a double Board-certified neurologist and public health specialist, speak on how modern animal agriculture is a threat to public…
Tips To Improve Your Next Workout!
This month on VeganBodybuilding.com I shared my two favorite techniques for turning around bad workouts. We all have days when we just don’t want to be in the gym (usually when we’re about to step under a heavy squat bar,…
Fall Happenings and New Shirts!
Last weekend we had a booth at DC VegFest representing both Vegan Muscle and Fitness as well as Vegan Bodybuilding and Fitness, and it was a blast! The event was packed all day long (the Vegan Treats booth had…
You Don’t Have to Be a Competitor to Lose Fat Like One!
I shared our strategies for getting me from 29.1% body fat post-baby to 12% body fat for our recent bodybuilding competition at the website of our sponsor, Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness! Here’s an excerpt: With 8 months left to prepare…
Group Personal Training Available in September!
The May session of our Group Personal Training classes is now complete and we’re looking for up to 12 motivated people to join the next session in September! We had a great 12 weeks this time around: One Gorilla Team…
My Bodybuilding Secrets Revealed!
With the success of team Plantbuilt in Austin last month we’ve been getting a lot of questions about how we train and what we eat. Well, it just so happens I did an interview with Vegan Body Revolution founder Thomas…
The First Annual ‘Vegan Olympia’ At the Naturally Fit Super Show!
We’re back and catching our breath after competing in Austin, Texas at the Naturally Fit Super Show – and it was a blast! Austin is a beautiful city with wonderful food, the event was a smashing success, and whenever Marcella…
Chocolate Banana Protein “Ice Cream”
With our busy training schedule posting has been pretty difficult, so here’s a quick post on our sponsor. We were enjoying some delicious ice ‘cream’ on our last re-feed day before carbing up (2 weeks out!!), and I thought I’d…
A Brutally Honest Look at Marcella’s Bodybuilding Contest Prep
I say “brutally honest” because my before shots are so abysmal! I wasn’t even trying to go for those magazine ad-style shots where the model is all slumped and pasty before trying a fat-loss product, but ti sure looks like…
Just 7 Weeks Until Our Vegan Bodybuilding Contest!
Our preparation for the Naturally Fit Supershow in Austin TX is coming right along and we’re getting ready to enter the home stretch! As you can see from Marcella’s last post, we’ve been making excellent progress on a high carb…
Vegan Bodybuilding Contest Prep: Marcella’s 8 Week Update
I first posted on my progress here and Derek posted a brief update here. I began this journey, 8 months after the birth of my son, at 29.1% body fat and significantly weaker than I had been pre-pregnancy with serious…
Roasted Cauliflower and Chickpea Bowl
Actually this recipe has more components than listed – I just didn’t want the title to get out of hand. This meal, which Derek and I just enjoyed for the first time, is filling and really flavorful in spite of…
What Vegan Bodybuilders Eat for Lunch Every Day
This lunch, of basic things like lentils and sweet potatoes, does great things. It makes our lives easier by being simple to make in advance, satisfies sweet cravings on a daily basis, makes our one-year-old happy, and wins bodybuilding competitions.…
14 Weeks Out!
The Naturally Fit Super Show in Austin, TX is approaching fast, so over the past two weeks Marcella and I have shifted from off season into pre-contest mode! Here’s the down low on what we’re doing to prepare for this…
Vegan Cruise Highlights, Our Talent Show Performances, and a Special Announcement
Our second year on board the MSC Poesia, the Italian cruise ship that hosts the Holistic Holiday at Sea vegan vacation, did not disappoint. Some highlights, both fun and educational, were: Vegan ice cream, pizza, or “milk” and cookies parties every…
The Biggest Vegan Bodybuilding Event Ever!
Marcella and I have been in heads-down training and working mode recently so we haven’t been posting as much as we should, but I wanted to update everyone on one of the things we’re currently preparing for – the…
Tamarind Barbecue Beans & Yucca
Ok – I realize not everyone has tamarind chutney and yucca lying around…but after tasting this concoction you may decide that you need to. A few months ago, a local (mainly) vegetarian restaurant had a dish that we loved, with…
