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obamanut2012

(27,803 posts)
Wed Jan 4, 2012, 09:20 PM Jan 2012

Vegans Muscle Way Into Bodybuilding

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Jimi Sitko gets up at 4 most mornings, works out two to four hours a day and can bench-press nearly twice his weight. He has a shaved head and a brightly colored tattoo on his left arm, and he can easily be mistaken for a Marine separated from his platoon.

His apartment is filled with medals and trophies from bodybuilding competitions, snapshots of his tanned, rippled physique in full flex. His uniform is an assortment of sweat pants and hoodies, which he occasionally lifts when his abs look particularly fierce.

But most surprising is what is inside Sitko’s stomach: tofu, fresh greens and plant-based protein powder.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/sports/vegans-muscle-their-way-into-bodybuilding.html?_r=1


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I read an article on Facebook that alot of ultra long distance runners and MMA fighters are also vegan, Interesting!

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Vegans Muscle Way Into Bodybuilding (Original Post) obamanut2012 Jan 2012 OP
Not possible. flvegan Jan 2012 #1
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flvegan

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1. Not possible.
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 12:06 AM
Jan 2012

I've been told time and again you just can't be a vegan bodybuilder.

Sarcasm aside, yes. Many have embraced the very idea of...fuel.

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