--- product_id: 537116188 title: "The Plant-Based Athlete: A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance" price: "β‚±3259" currency: PHP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.ph/products/537116188-the-plant-based-athlete-a-game-changing-approach-to-peak store_origin: PH region: Philippines --- # Protein-focused muscle gain 60+ pro athlete interviews 60+ plant-based recipes The Plant-Based Athlete: A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance **Price:** β‚±3259 **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > 🌱 Fuel your peak performance with plants β€” join the revolution of unstoppable athletes! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Plant-Based Athlete: A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance - **How much does it cost?** β‚±3259 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ph](https://www.desertcart.ph/products/537116188-the-plant-based-athlete-a-game-changing-approach-to-peak) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Protein Powerhouse:** Discover why plant proteins outperform meat for strength, muscle mass, and recovery. - β€’ **Tailored Meal Plans:** Personalized daily eating guides for fat-burning, muscle-building, and endurance training. - β€’ **Elite Athlete Insights:** Learn from 60+ champion plant-powered athletes across diverse sports. - β€’ **Science-Backed Nutrition:** Deep dive into macronutrients, micronutrients, and calorie fueling for peak performance. - β€’ **Delicious & Practical Recipes:** Over 60 nutrient-dense, easy-to-make meals designed by top plant-based athletes. ## Overview The Plant-Based Athlete is a groundbreaking, research-driven guide that connects plant-based nutrition with elite athletic performance. Featuring insights from over 60 professional athletes, detailed macronutrient strategies, and 60+ recipes, this bestseller empowers athletes to optimize strength, recovery, and endurance without meat, eggs, or dairy. ## Description INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The only research-based sports nutrition guide for connecting a plant-based diet with peak athletic performance, featuring interviews with professional athletes who've made the switch from meat to plants. The Plant-Based Athlete by Matt Frazier and Robert Cheeke reveals the incontrovertible proof that the human body does not need meat, eggs, or dairy to be strong. Instead, research shows that a consciously calibrated plant-based diet offers the greatest possible athletic recovery times, cell oxidation, injury prevention, and restorative sleep, and allows athletes to train more effectively, with better results. However, committing to a plant-based diet as an elite athlete, first-time marathoner, or weekend warrior isn't as simple as swapping vegetables for meat. Even the slightest food adjustments can impact performance. That's why Matt Frazier, founder of No Meat Athlete, and Robert Cheeke, founder of Vegan Bodybuilding and Fitness, wrote this groundbreaking book to guide those interested in making this important shift in how to do so with the best, most transformative results. The Plant-Based Athlete offers readers: A persuasive body of evidence for adopting a plant-based lifestyle, with key information about how macronutrients, micronutrients, and calories fuel a body running on plant foods An entire chapter devoted to protein - why plant sources of protein are preferable over meat, and how plant protein can be used to increase strength, muscle mass, and power 60+ delicious and nutritious plant-based recipes, including Veggie Burger Patties, Garden Meatballs, Summer Pasta Salad, Vegan Mac & Cheese, French Toast, Acai Bowl, and a High-Energy Smoothie Insights from winning plant-based athletes in nearly every sport including champion ultrarunners Rich Roll and Scott Jurek; former NFL player David Carter; champion boxers Yuri Foreman, Unsal Arik, Cam Awesome, and Vanessa Espinoza; and Olympic-level swimmers, cyclists, figure skaters, sprinters, and more. A Day in the Life of a Plant-Based Athlete - examples of what, when, and how different athletes eat to fuel their varied workouts An instant classic and mainstay on health and fitness shelves everywhere, The Plant-Based Athlete is the ultimate invitation for joining the growing community of athletes who use plants to power their workouts and their every day. Review: very helpful book - this basically lays out every type of vegan athlete and their daily diet so you can see how to make a plant based lifestyle easy even when you are very active. Review: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE FOR VEGAN ATHLETES!!! - I should preface this by saying that this is Bianca Phillips (not Paul Dillard) as the profile indicates. I share an desertcart account with my partner! I'm a long-time vegan (17 years) who runs marathons and 50Ks, practices yoga daily, and spends a couple days a week strength training in the gym. I've learned a lot about vegan workout nutrition from No Meat Athlete (whose founder Matt Frazier is co-author of this book), but this book goes so much deeper. The authors, the aforementioned Matt and vegan bodybuilder Robert Cheeke, take a deep dive into macronutrients (carbs, fat, protein) and supplementation, and then they provide meal plans for various athletic goals, such as fat-burning or muscle-building. I love that they not only tell you how to eat, but they offer guidance on what to eat for optional workout fueling. The section on recovery is fantastic with suggestions on the best plant-based foods to reduce inflammation, and they break down carb-to-protein ratios for snacks/meals eaten before, during, and after your workouts. Matt and Robert interviewed more than 60 professional plant-based athletes to find what plant-based foods work best to ensure their peak performance. It was refreshing to see how many of those athletes were women! So often, the female perspective gets left out of these types of projects (my biggest complaint with the movie The Game Changers was the heavy focus on male athletes and the male experience). There's even a "day in the life" section where some of those athletes detail everything they eat in a typical day (including their pre- and post-workout meals). It's so cool to see how much those individual meal plans vary from athlete to athlete! It really does prove that every body is different! My very favorite section of the book is at the end β€” the recipes! There are more than 60 plant-based recipes, contributed by the athletes featured in the book. I was so excited to see recipes from ultrarunner Brendan Braizer, Olympic skier Julia Murray, triathlete Rip Esselstyn, cyclist Dotsie Bausch, bikini competitor Natalie Matthews, and so many more. I can't wait to try Natalie's Sloppy Vegan Chili and Rip's Sweet Potato Vegetable Lasagna! ## Features - A persuasive body of evidence for adopting a plant-based lifestyle, with key information about how macronutrients, micronutrients, and calories fuel a body running on plant foods - An entire chapter devoted to protein - why plant sources of protein are preferable over meat, and how plant protein can be used to increase strength, muscle mass, and power - 60+ delicious and nutritious plant-based recipes, including Veggie Burger Patties, Garden Meatballs, Summer Pasta Salad, Vegan Mac & Cheese, French Toast, Acai Bowl, and a High-Energy Smoothie - Insights from winning plant-based athletes in nearly every sport including champion ultrarunners Rich Roll and Scott Jurek; former NFL player David Carter; champion boxers Yuri Foreman, Unsal Arik, Cam Awesome, and Vanessa Espinoza; and Olympic-level swimmers, cyclists, figure skaters, sprinters, and more. - A Day in the Life of a Plant-Based Athlete - examples of what, when, and how different athletes eat to fuel their varied workouts ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #127,634 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #23 in Vegan Diets (Books) #59 in Sports Psychology (Books) #72 in Rugby (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,473 Reviews | ## Images ![The Plant-Based Athlete: A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71McepM8xxL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ very helpful book *by M***E on May 5, 2026* this basically lays out every type of vegan athlete and their daily diet so you can see how to make a plant based lifestyle easy even when you are very active. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE FOR VEGAN ATHLETES!!! *by B***S on June 16, 2021* I should preface this by saying that this is Bianca Phillips (not Paul Dillard) as the profile indicates. I share an Amazon account with my partner! I'm a long-time vegan (17 years) who runs marathons and 50Ks, practices yoga daily, and spends a couple days a week strength training in the gym. I've learned a lot about vegan workout nutrition from No Meat Athlete (whose founder Matt Frazier is co-author of this book), but this book goes so much deeper. The authors, the aforementioned Matt and vegan bodybuilder Robert Cheeke, take a deep dive into macronutrients (carbs, fat, protein) and supplementation, and then they provide meal plans for various athletic goals, such as fat-burning or muscle-building. I love that they not only tell you how to eat, but they offer guidance on what to eat for optional workout fueling. The section on recovery is fantastic with suggestions on the best plant-based foods to reduce inflammation, and they break down carb-to-protein ratios for snacks/meals eaten before, during, and after your workouts. Matt and Robert interviewed more than 60 professional plant-based athletes to find what plant-based foods work best to ensure their peak performance. It was refreshing to see how many of those athletes were women! So often, the female perspective gets left out of these types of projects (my biggest complaint with the movie The Game Changers was the heavy focus on male athletes and the male experience). There's even a "day in the life" section where some of those athletes detail everything they eat in a typical day (including their pre- and post-workout meals). It's so cool to see how much those individual meal plans vary from athlete to athlete! It really does prove that every body is different! My very favorite section of the book is at the end β€” the recipes! There are more than 60 plant-based recipes, contributed by the athletes featured in the book. I was so excited to see recipes from ultrarunner Brendan Braizer, Olympic skier Julia Murray, triathlete Rip Esselstyn, cyclist Dotsie Bausch, bikini competitor Natalie Matthews, and so many more. I can't wait to try Natalie's Sloppy Vegan Chili and Rip's Sweet Potato Vegetable Lasagna! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Packed with useful info -- even if you're not an athlete! *by L***E on July 6, 2021* 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. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Plant-Based Athlete: A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance - The No Meat Athlete Cookbook: Whole Food, Plant-Based Recipes to Fuel Your Workouts―and the Rest of Your Life - Plant-Based Sports Nutrition: Expert fueling strategies for training, recovery, and performance --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ph/products/537116188-the-plant-based-athlete-a-game-changing-approach-to-peak](https://www.desertcart.ph/products/537116188-the-plant-based-athlete-a-game-changing-approach-to-peak) --- *Product available on Desertcart Philippines* *Store origin: PH* *Last updated: 2026-10-02*