Get Lean And Mean With A Plant-Based Diet

Having been a competitive endurance athlete since I was 15, I’ve found that, once I overcame the initial pitfalls, a plant-based whole-food diet offered several advantages. Among them: I didn’t get sick as often, I was able to train harder and I stayed light — yet became stronger. Clearly these are significant advantages when pursuing peak athletic performance. But remaining light while still having the ability to build muscular strength — and therefore functionality — was certainly one of the greatest attributes this novel way of eating bestowed upon me. As endurance athletes, we don’t aspire to build bulk, but rather to develop the strength of what musculature we do …
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