can you get muscular on veggie diet?

[jocktheglide]

I was thinking the other day the biggest most muscular peope on earth eat meat and came to think can you get big on a veggie diet? I read in arnolds book he does not believe in a veggie diet to get muscular.

 

[Antigua]

Here's some info: http://www.askdrsears.com/html/4/T045400.asp

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[Brat]

Yes, it's possible. Is it easy? No. But nothing worthwhile in life is easy, right? I'm a vegetarian and I never had a problem with it...protein shakes and bars will become your best friend. As will cottage cheese, low-carb yogurt, and eggs.

http://www.veganfitness.net/

http://www.mikemahler.com/veg.html

 

[jocktheglide]

Here's some info: http://www.askdrsears.com/html/4/T045400.asp

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on a personal note after reading that article man it made me sick to think I could be eating lettuce and chillin on the coach. i think it dont matter it seems, but the most muscular folks are folks who are meat eaters it seems anyways. Never meant anyone who said, "im a veggie person I bench 405lbs" they cite asians as eating all veggies mainly, but man look at them they are some of the smallest people in the world and I was just thinking just recently in history asians started to eat meat and have gotten bigger and taller.

 

[Brat]

...but the most muscular folks are folks who are meat eaters it seems anyways. Never meant anyone who said, "im a veggie person I bench 405lbs"

Tell him that...

 

[Antigua]

Tell him that...

Ooh, he is strong...pwned.

 

[jocktheglide]

Tell him that...

yeah, but he probably ate meat early in his life then decided veggie later...

 

[Brat]

yeah, but he probably ate meat early in his life then decided veggie later...

Yeah, when he was 15...And he didn't start strength training until he was 18...I doubt the meat was 'stored' in his system or anything...You wanted to know if you could get muscular on a veggie diet...he did it on a VEGAN diet...it's possible...you probably won't be Ronnie Coleman or anything...

 

[adidamps2]

brat arent there differnt levela of vegatairianism(sp)...some are strictly vegie and nut eaters. others eat eggs and such and some eat almost everything but red meat?

 

[Tafman]

brat are you a nut eater?

 

[jocktheglide]

Yeah, when he was 15...And he didn't start strength training until he was 18...I doubt the meat was 'stored' in his system or anything...You wanted to know if you could get muscular on a veggie diet...he did it on a VEGAN diet...it's possible...you probably won't be Ronnie Coleman or anything...

oh good point your right, thats true.

 

[Brat]

brat arent there differnt levela of vegatairianism(sp)...some are strictly vegie and nut eaters. others eat eggs and such and some eat almost everything but red meat?

Vegan - no animal products; not only do they not EAT animal products, they don't use anything that might have some animal by-product, such as leather or different types of lotions, etc.
Ovo-vegetarian - eats eggs
Lacto-vegetarian - eats dairy
Pesco-vegetarian - eats fish
Pollo-vegetarian - eats chicken
Of course, there are combinations of the above, too...for example, I'm an ovo/lacto-vegetarian, meaning I eat both eggs and dairy products. Most of the time, nuts are not a problem with vegetarians because they aren't animal products (SHUT IT TAF! )

Mike Mahler, my vegetarian hero, is a vegan, meaning NO animal products - no dairy, no eggs, no fish, no chicken...

 

[adidamps2]

Ovo-vegetarian - eats eggs
Lacto-vegetarian - eats dairy
Pesco-vegetarian - eats fish
Pollo-vegetarian - eats chicken
..

i dont see any issues with gaining mass with any of these four or a combo of those...a vegan diet would def require a lot of dedication.

 

[Brat]

It's really not that hard...lots of cottage cheese and eggs, and one or two protein shakes a day (one whey, one casein)...good to go!

 

[Behemoth]

There is a bodybuilder on another site I go to who is vegatarian. I don't know which type, but he's decent sized. I think his name is Steven Holt, or something like that. He has a site about what he eats and so on.

 

[Brat]

Sweet...Yahoo'd the name "Holt" and "vegetarian"...found him!

http://ksteveh.tripod.com/vegetarianbodybuilder.html

Oh, that reminds me...heard of Bill Pearl?? Author of Keys to the Inner Universe?? He was a vegetarian.

 

[Behemoth]

Yeah, Bill Pearl... he's in his 70s now and still looking great, so the whole vegetarian thing must be working well for him.

 

[Antigua]

>>As a side note, you can take all the non-edible parts of certain vegetables, and, if you have a backyard or any open space, grow your own organic fruit and vegetables