Raw Vegan Bodybuilding

Being vegan and trying to build muscle isn’t the easiest thing in the world, but it’s possible. And with this book it becomes even more possible. I loved the whole structure of the book, and what I really appreciated was the fact that there were a lot of accompanying pictures and diagrams which helped tremendously. The author also provided a complete training regiment with sets and reps. I’d recommend it to any vegan out there wanting to build some muscle!

This is not your regular 30 pages vegetarian cookbook like many others, this is a full length life changing book. Although my intensive fitness days are over and I am not a vegetarian I found tons of great advice on why vegetarian diet is good for both body builders and regular people. If you are in bodybuilding and thinking of switching to vegetarian diet get this book, it will change your life.On little note to author: get this book professionally formatted, the value of text is fantastic but editing and formatting need work.

There are parts where i did learn some new things but since i have been researching vegan bodybuilding for a while, i knew a majority of the stuff. Nevertheless, one who is fairly new to being vegan and wants to put on size, this is a great starting point.

I was a vegan for four months and found amazing results. The problem was that it didn't go align with my lifting as I was a bit unprepared. Thankfully, I'm more prepared now with this book. It helped me remember why I'm eating this diet, how to properly eat it, and provided great recipes that I can easily prepare. Highly recommended!

I appreciated that this book takes the time to enlighten the reader on protein myths, & what a natural diet can do for a person in terms of health, physically, spiritually, and mentally. I recommend this book to anyone and everyone who feels that their current chicken & broccoli diet is leaving them nutrient deficient, or if they want to feel purely amazing and eat the way people were MEANT to. Two thumbs up this is one of my favorites in a while :)

I bought this book because I am a lacto, ovo vegetarian who does weight training and I have read other books on bodybuilding. The comment every bodybuilding book and website makes about a vegan diet is that it's hard to get enough complete proteins. Berko disagrees, especially if you go raw vegan as cooking leeches nutrients from the vegetables. She recommends the Graham diet of 80% carbs, 10% protein, 10% fat which is much different that most others I've seen.The pros:Berko gives a basic overview of the muscles involved with bodybuilding. Basic exercises and routines are described. The book includes some anatomic diagrams of the muscular system. She also provides some examples of meal plans. Berko explains vegan science without adding much political rhetoric or calling it the cure for cancer.There are some (apparently) patented techniques in the book like MaxPain. This can be either a pro or a con. MaxPain is simply a diminishing set where you have a goal to do 70 reps of a lift in as few sets as possible (aiming for 4). Only 2 minutes of rest between sets.The cons:English is not her first language, evident immediately from the unedited foreword. Whoever edited the actual text did a decent job, but there is still a lot of awkward English.Her daily diet consists of 2-3 heads of lettuce. The second meal of one day includes "a head of lettuce." My target calorie intake to add bulk for weightlifting is over 3,000 calories. That is a whole lot of vegetables if you're 80/10/10!There are no diagrams of the exercises described. There is no system of Day 1: A, B, C for D reps with E minutes between... etc. You have to put it all together.She always has you train to failure, which other body builders disagree with on the merits. When you're lifting, this requires a spotter so you don't kill yourself in your garage (ie: wouldn't work for me at 5am).In all, I give this book 2 stars out of 5.

Great read! Simple to follow and understand. The author kept me interested by smoothly transitioning between topics using natural lead ins. It was a pleasure to read. If you are a long time vegan or vegetarian or are more recently trying out the lifestyle this book can help you. Useful for both men and women since the author addresses much more then just 'gaining muscle'. Excellent quick read that I would recommend to anyone interesting in improving themselves and the world around them.

Is it possible to gain muscle and look great on a raw vegan diet? Well don't just ask, test it out for yourself! This book does a good job at smashing some of the myths of vegan bodybuilding and protein requirements. It gives great meal planning schedules and what to eat. If you are looking to gain muscle while feeding your body what it needs, pick this book up!

Just the right amount of proof is included to help you understand the concepts. No tricks or gimmicks.

Endlich mal ein Author, der das Prinzip der Ernährung verstanden hat und nicht weiter an den Mythos glaubt, man benötige große Mengen an Protein für den Muskelaufbau. Gut und detailliert beschrieben.

I've always assumed it would be very difficult to build muscle on a vegan diet but from what I've read in this book I'm sold on the idea that it's entirely possible ! This book covers it all with some examples that are hard to argue to some fantastic meal and training exercise guides. Great strategies !

An okay book but the English used is quite poor which is very distracting. The exercise half isn't really necessary as bodybuilding is bodybuilding but it DOES have a lot of good information as to the nutritional aspect of being a Raw Vegan and still being a bodybuilder. But it could be much better written. After three sentences it gets obvious that iut is written in someone's second -or third- language and it does jar a lot. but the information balances it out.

For startes a good general description what to do, but for people who need more detailed guidance some questions are left open. Also I would have like to see more recipe examples, what exactly I need to eat to gain sustainable muscles. Typos in there and some internet links are not working anymore.