Episode #8 – Powerlifting + Bodybuilding = Powerbuilding

Click Here to Listen! or Click Here to Subscribe!   This week we talk about the idea of “powerbuilding”, a hybrid training program that uses both powerlifting and bodybuilding techniques to train for strength and hypertrophy.  We speak to vegan and personal training instructor, Erin Fergus, about her training styles and how to incorporate some of…

Episode #7 – 10 Fat Loss Tips for Vegans

Have you ever tried to set up a diet, and just have no idea where to start?  In this week’s episode, Dani and Giacomo of VeganProteins.com, talk about some of the major components of setting up a fat loss or “cutting” meal plan.  They also review Beyond Meat’s Beast burger and tell you all about…

Episode #6 – Don’t Doubt Your Progress

This week, we talk about some great and not-so-great ways to gauge your fitness progress, both in and outside of the gym for a healthy body and mind. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES

Episode #5 – Is Bodybuilding Healthy?

In this week’s episode, we touch upon a subject near and dear to both of us: bodybuilding. Although we love it, there is a darker side that is not often spoken about, and we discuss several of the unhealthy bodybuilding pitfalls that are easy to fall in to, and how to avoid them. Click Here…

Episode #4 – Making Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick!

Click Here to Listen!   This week, Giacomo and Dani cover a few big new year’s resolutions and talk about how to make them a success.  Eating better, lifting weights, and going vegan in 2015 explained in a way that should make sticking to your goals a breeze.  What are your new year’s resolutions?  Let…

Negative People

by Dani Taylor So, you’ve decided to make your health a priority. You’ve gotten into a fitness groove where you are working out hard and consistently. You’re finding yourself not really going out on the weekends and instead you’re making sure you get a good night sleep. Maybe you’ve even started packing your own meals…

The PlantBuilt Experience. by Sara Russert

We just returned from our PlantBuilt excursion in Austin Texas.  It was an awesome week and we took home many trophies, DEFINITELY making a strong statement for veganism. We have invited Sara Russert, donut queen turned champion vegan bodybuilder, to write a blog about her experience! I am still gathering my thoughts and trying to…

Not losing weight? You may not be eating enough.

Most people have the general premise down.  If you want to lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you eat.  Calories in vs. calories out.  While I certainly don’t base my meal plans on this idea alone, this statement holds true.  So, a person looking to lose weight, often in an attempt to…

Overtraining. It happens to the best of us.

As many people know, I had a goal set to run a thousand miles this year.  As a kid, I was fat.  And slow. No, really slow.  And when I had to run the (extremely embarrassing) presidential mile in eighth grade, it took me about 14 minutes, and I was one of the last kids…

Seattle Veg Fest and Fun!

Sorry for the bloggy silence this week.  We’re just getting ideas about how to make regular updates happen while we are on the road this summer.  This past weekend we flew from Massachusetts to Seattle for the Seattle Veg Fest, which was the first show that we ever did!  This was our fifth year there…

Vitamin B12 for Vegans

As vegans, we catch a lot of flack for various aspects of our diet, often from people with very little understanding of nutrition themselves.  In many ways, I think vegans, in general, are very good at explaining the whys and hows of veganism. One particular quip that I hear frequently though is “If being vegan…

How many calories are you drinking?

I feel like this topic may have been beaten to death, so I apologize to those who have heard it before.  However, lately, I have started noticing a trend in some of my clients and several friends and acquaintances.  These people are trying to lose weight, but are not getting very far.  They’re getting frustrated,…