The Plant-Based Athlete: A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance

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The only research-based sports nutrition guide for connecting a plant-based diet with peak athletic performance, featuring interviews with professional athletes who’ve made the switch from meat to plants.

The Plant-Based Athlete by Matt Frazier and Robert Cheeke reveals the incontrovertible proof that the human body does not need meat, eggs, or dairy to be strong. Instead, research shows that a consciously calibrated plant-based diet offers the greatest possible athletic recovery times, cell oxidation, injury prevention, and restorative sleep, and allows athletes to train more effectively, with better results.

However, committing to a plant-based diet as an elite athlete, first-time marathoner, or weekend warrior isn’t as simple as swapping vegetables for meat. Even the slightest food adjustments can impact performance. That’s why Matt Frazier, founder of No Meat Athlete, and Robert Cheeke, founder of Vegan Bodybuilding and Fitness, wrote this groundbreaking book to guide those interested in making this important shift in how to do so with the best, most transformative results.

The Plant-Based Athlete offers readers:

A persuasive body of evidence for adopting a plant-based lifestyle, with key information about how macronutrients, micronutrients, and calories fuel a body running on plant foodsAn entire chapter devoted to protein – why plant sources of protein are preferable over meat, and how plant protein can be used to increase strength, muscle mass, and power60+ delicious and nutritious plant-based recipes, including Veggie Burger Patties, Garden Meatballs, Summer Pasta Salad, Vegan Mac & Cheese, French Toast, Acai Bowl, and a High-Energy SmoothieInsights from winning plant-based athletes in nearly every sport including champion ultrarunners Rich Roll and Scott Jurek; former NFL player David Carter; champion boxers Yuri Foreman, Unsal Arik, Cam Awesome, and Vanessa Espinoza; and Olympic-level swimmers, cyclists, figure skaters, sprinters, and more.A Day in the Life of a Plant-Based Athlete – examples of what, when, and how different athletes eat to fuel their varied workouts

An instant classic and mainstay on health and fitness shelves everywhere, The Plant-Based Athlete is the ultimate invitation for joining the growing community of athletes who use plants to power their workouts and their every day.

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A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance

Achieve endurance, flexibility, sport, training, or lifting goals with a plant-based diet. Featuring more than 60 recipes, insights, and meal plans from famous athletes who use plants to power their workouts and their every day, including:

Scott Jurek, ultrarunner, Appalachian Trail Speed RecordMeagan Duhamel, 2x world champion and Olympic gold medalist, figure skatingDarcy Gaechter, first and only woman to kayak the Amazon River from source to seaRich Roll, ultra-distance triathlete

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08J3YYP2M
Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperOne
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 15, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1.9 MB
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 350 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0063042032
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #294,296 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #14 in Sports Medicine (Kindle Store) #18 in Vegan Diets (Kindle Store) #35 in Vegan Diets (Books)
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Customers find this book informative and easy to understand, with one review noting it covers everything you need to know about a WFPB diet. Moreover, they appreciate its science-based approach, with one customer highlighting how it presents the science underlying a plant-based diet in an understandable context. Additionally, customers find the book engaging and well-written, with one review specifically praising its well-organized structure.