[Cnyle33]

hey im a vegan and i recently decided to gain some wait and bulk up. if anyone has any ideas about how i can gain some muscle it would be greatly appreciated. By the way im 6" 166 with a 17% body fat (its dropping pretty fast). THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.


P.S. I ran the search function and its become pretty clear that most people on sherdog have a strong disliking for the vegan/vegetarian lifestyle, those people please dont flame!!!!

[ballhawkdawk]

Do you drink milk? Is vegan the super vegetarian type deal where you don't eat eggs or drink milk or any of that?

[Ted-P]

Don't vegetables lack certain amino acids?

Supplement your food.

[jamiejamie6661]

yeah you will need to suppliment
also because you cant eat as healthy as a normal person you
should be careful of overtraining

[Duncon76]

http://www.muscletalk.co.uk/vegetarian-bodybuilding.asp
http://www.mikemahler.com/ a vegen himself. big strong dude
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/vm7.htm

[yomon]

eat your beets and eat your carbs and if you want you can eat whordes of nuts and brown beans.

[Cnyle33]

yes veganism is the "super vegatarian". lol.

[Cnyle33]

Originally Posted by jamiejamie6661

yeah you will need to suppliment
also because you cant eat as healthy as a normal person you
should be careful of overtraining

IMO i eat healthier then a "normal person" the only essential vitamin i am missing is vitamin B-12 which i get more then enough of.

[Cnyle33]

sorry the only essential vitamin i am missing from MEAT is vitamin 12, which can be found in lots of soy products.

http://www.muscletalk.co.uk/vegetarian-bodybuilding.asp its a great site...but i really dont wanna be a bodybuilder, im just looking to get up to about 180 and look cut and BIGGER not huge! :-D thanks though.

[Wrecking Ball]

Gaining weight for vegans is pretty hard I think. Look up a vegan bodybuilder, and compare him to a normal bodybuilder, (not advocating body building in anyway, just using it as a comparison.)