About the Book
The only research-based guide for connecting a plant-based diet with long-term strength, endurance, and 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 offers a persuasive body of evidence for adopting a plant-based lifestyle to achieve endurance, flexibility, sport, training, or lifting goals. Featuring more than 60 recipes, insights from famous plant-based athletes, and explosive scientific research, it is the ultimate invitation for joining the growing community of athletes (from elites to weekend warriors) who use plants to power their workouts and their every day.
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
About the Author :
Robert Cheeke is the author of Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness, Shred It!, and Plant-Based Muscle and is coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Plant-Based Athlete. He is a former multisport athlete, often referred to as the "godfather of vegan bodybuilding." He is a two-time natural bodybuilding champion and was named by VegNews magazine as one of the most influential vegan athletes. He is the founder of Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness and maintains the website VeganBodybuilding.com. He is a regular contributor to Forks Over Knives, The Center for Nutrition Studies, The Vegan Gym, Vegan Strong, and No Meat Athlete. He grew up on a farm in Corvallis, Oregon, where he adopted a vegan lifestyle in 1995 at age fifteen, weighing just 120 pounds. He tours around the world sharing his story of transformation from a skinny farm kid to champion vegan bodybuilder.
MATT FRAZIER is the founder and CEO of No Meat Athlete and author of The No Meat Athlete Cookbook. He is a marathoner and ultrarunner, and qualified for the Boston Marathon with the help of a plant-based diet. Matt is the host of the No Meat Athlete podcast. He lives in Asheville, NC, with his family.
Michael Greger, MD, FACLM, is a physician, author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and public health issues. His book How Not to Die was a New York Times bestseller. He runs the popular website NutritionFacts.org, a nonprofit, science-based public service providing free daily videos and articles on the latest in nutrition research.
Rachel Holtzman is a Chicago-based writer, editor, recipe tester, and consultant whose focus is helping chefs, restaurants, wellness experts, and other forward-thinkers find their narrative. After seven years working as an editor at Penguin Books and ELLE magazine-and a brief turn in the kitchen at Gramercy Tavern-she combined her love of language, food, and snuggling with her two pugs during regular office hours.
Review :
"All great books plant seeds for transformation. The Plant-Based Athlete is one of those books. This is essential reading for getting the most out of sport and life."
-- "Scott Jurek, world champion ultrarunner and New York Times bestselling author"
"Matt Frazier and Robert Cheeke have written what should become the seminal book on diet, athleticism, and physical fitness."
-- "T. Colin Campbell, PhD, professor emeritus, Cornell University, and New York Times bestselling author"
"You would be wise to take heed of the advice in this book, as it is essential for creating a lifestyle--not a diet--to improve your athletic capabilities, as well as your overall quality of life."
-- "Michael Greger, MD, New York Times bestselling author"
"Your endurance, energy, and recovery will skyrocket. Yes, you will get all the protein you need. But you'll also be powering your engine with the premium fuel--fiber, phytonutrients, polyphenols. Unleash your full potential with The Plant-Based Athlete today!"
-- "Will Bulsiewicz, MD, MSCI, author of Fiber-Fueled"
