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How I Learned to Gain Vegan Muscle
The core principles involved in gaining muscle as a vegan
(Edit: This article turned out longer than I expected so if you want a quick summary/list of my main points you can scroll to the bottom!)
When I became vegan I had already been actively training every day for a few years
with the goal to build the best physique I could. I started off my athletic journey on the lighter side at around 120 lbs which is what really drove me to become athletic in the first place, the fact that it made me feel better than I ever had before was just an amazing bonus.
But when I (basically) turned vegan over I definitely took a hit in my size. That’s only because I suddenly changed for ethical reasons and thus was super unprepared for what laid ahead. What laid ahead was healthy, ethical, tasty and low-calorie. As someone who actually WANTS to gain weight, this quickly became something I had to learn to adjust to and overcome.
Eat Frequently
Luckily, I grew up and started my athletic journey as an ectomorph, so weight gaining issues were nothing new to me. The new issue was gaining muscle weight…
