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

All I can say is wow!!! This book is amazing. I have recently turned plant based and up until now just been winging it really. However I have just started a training campaign and people were starting to freak me out that I couldn’t be plant based and achieve athletic success. Did some research, found this book, and not only can I now tell those people to shush, I feel as if actually I am going to smash it BECAUSE I am plant based.Lots of information, facts, and research that clearly laid out and comprehensible, without being dumbed down.Great stories and examples from elite plant based athletes as well as recipes that they eat!!!Thank you Matt and Robert for writing this, it is phenomenal.

As a sport-focused nutritionist and an amateur athlete I loved this book!It’s packed with educational information, very practical and useful tips and lots of amazing stories of plant-based athletes.My favourite part was chapter 9 - it was truly inspiring to read how these plant-based top athletes push themselves beyond their limits and achieve the impossible.

It's a good read gives lots of info I would recommend you buy itGlad I did.

As a vegan who does sports, I was curious, but this book is all about convincing that vegans can be athletes and I know that already - thank you. now move on... but it doesn't - it gives one fact about nutrition and then goes with pages after pages with the history of vegan athletes to prove that point. Way too difficult to find relevant content. I couldn't finish it.

This book is great! I’m really enjoying reading it, it’s very well laid out and very informative. I would truly recommend this book to anyone from pro athlete to fitness enthusiast, whether your vegan or not, you’ll learn a lot from reading it.

I've been veggie for a while and love running but won't sure if I needed more protein via meat products....clearly not! This is such an interesting and easy read..a no brainer

This book is a great resource for everyone- both vegans and non-vegans as it has good information regarding plant based sports fitness, nutritional information and meal routines of many elite plant based athletes and sportspersons.

I have no idea how or why this became a bestseller. There is a lot of reputation of how relatively unknown athletes transformed their fitness by moving to a plant based diet. If you have not moved to a plant based diet this could be the motivation for you to start; however, if you are already on a plant base diet and looking for advice and guidance then this isn't really for you. There are better and more up to date books available with a lot more substantive information

Vale la pena. Contiene extensa información del tema desde lo más elemental pero me parece excesiva la cantidad de testimonios y casos de éxito de distintos atletas. En ocasiones me salté algunos párrafos por lo extenso del libro.

Although I've been whole-foods, plant-based (WFPB)/vegan for over eight years and work out 5-6 days a week, I originally wasn't going to buy this book since I don't consider myself to be an athlete. After listening to an interview with Matt Frazier and Robert Cheeke on the Rich Roll Podcast, however, I decided to order it -- and am so glad I did!As I said, I don't consider myself to be an athlete, but I do read a lot about nutrition and fitness, since both are major hobbies of mine. While I already know some of the information in this book, it was really inspirational to read the stories/profiles of the 100 plant-based athletes that they interviewed for the book.My favorite chapters were the last two -- where we see a typical "day in the life" of what some athletes eat and where we get various recipes from the athletes. I've made a few of the recipes, and they have all been really good. Most of the recipes are very simple and easy to make, and they show how easy it is to eat plant-based.Since the athletes interviewed for the book range from ultrarunners to powerlifters to Olympic iceskaters, you get a nice feel for the range of eating plans that each athlete follows, depending on their goals (i.e., to put on muscle, to have the endurance to bike or run long distances, etc.).If you're new to WFPB eating and/or just want to incorporate more plants into your diet, you'll learn a lot from this book. If you already know the basics, this is a nice refresher course, and, as mentioned, very inspirational.

Finally a comprehensive guide to improving fitness gains while on a plant-based diet. The book was full of practical information to implement right away. The testimonials from vegan pro-athletes were a nice surprise and took away the stigma that your diet has to be complicated to support athleticism. You don't have to be an athlete to benefit from this book. You'll learn how to put a plant-based meal together with tables of food types to guide you. This book is for all levels of athletes and people who want to clean up their diet for a healthier lifestyle. I've been a vegan for over 10 years and this is my best resource yet. I will refer to this book over and over again.

Very good book. Feasable for the plant curious AND vegan veterans.Especially loved the chapter on mindset and goal setting. The leucine text was well written too!

I found this book educational and inspiring. With so many athletes you get a wide range of ideas. What and when they eat and train. Inspiring stories of their success in sports with much credit going to their plant based diets. Even if you are not an athlete but want to improve your health, this book can inspire and educate you.