Summary of Matt Frazier & Robert Cheeke's The Plant-Based Athlete

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#1 The secret weapon of many elite athletes is a plant-based diet. It’s affordable, accessible, and available to anyone with the inclination to try it. It has been credited for winning Olympic medals, World Cup championships, and Wimbledon titles.

#2 The plant-based diet is catching on in the NBA, with many top stars adopting it to improve their performance. It has been proven to help athletes recover from injuries faster, and boost their endurance and strength.

#3 Olympic medalists Heather Mitts, Rebecca Soni, Meagan Duhamel, and Dotsie Bausch know the healing and performance-enhancing power of plants and embrace a plant-based diet to this day.

#4 A growing group of professional athletes are embracing a plant-based lifestyle because they realize that it can not only improve their physical abilities, but also add years to their careers and lives.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669388821

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Insights on Matt Frazier & Robert Cheeke's The Plant-Based Athlete

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The secret weapon of many elite athletes is a plant-based diet. It’s affordable, accessible, and available to anyone with the inclination to try it. It has been credited for winning Olympic medals, World Cup championships, and Wimbledon titles.

#2

The plant-based diet is catching on in the NBA, with many top stars adopting it to improve their performance. It has been proven to help athletes recover from injuries faster, and boost their endurance and strength.

#3

Olympic medalists Heather Mitts, Rebecca Soni, Meagan Duhamel, and Dotsie Bausch know the healing and performance-enhancing power of plants and embrace a plant-based diet to this day.

#4

A growing group of professional athletes are embracing a plant-based lifestyle because they realize that it can not only improve their physical abilities, but also add years to their careers and lives.

#5

Plant-based athletes have been around since the time of the Roman gladiators, who ate a mostly plant-based diet. It was the 1970s and 1980s that saw the rise of legendary athletes who embraced a plant-based diet for sports performance benefits.

#6

The world took notice of the plant-based athletes who were able to achieve and succeed on a plant-based diet, and by the early 2000s, a movement was born.

#7

What separates one athlete from another is their ability to recover more efficiently, train more often, and improve their overall speed, endurance, strength, and performance. The plant-based diet helps with all of these things.

#8

The truth is, everyone can benefit from eating more whole-plant foods. You just have to be willing to do the work and commit for the long haul, just like these athletes have.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

There is evidence that a plant-based diet could have huge effects on both your health and your athletic abilities. For example, Rich Roll, a popular plant-based athlete, was once a top swimmer at Stanford University, but he collapsed in pain while trying to ascend a staircase, fearing a heart attack was near. He decided to become healthy and happy, and since then he has transformed his life.

#2

Rich Roll, an ultra-endurance athlete, was able to transform his body into a plant-powered machine by eating a nutrient-rich, calorie-poor diet. He was able to lose weight, which made exercise easier and more enjoyable for him.

#3

The place to begin when it comes to understanding macro and micronutrients is with understanding calorie density. This will influence which plant-based foods you eat as well as how much and in what ratio.

#4

Robert, who had been a vegan since his teens, got into bodybuilding. He was still thinking like a runner, burning far more calories than he was consuming in order to build muscle. His diet and goals were at odds with each other.

#5

Robert gained 28 pounds over a ten-month period by adding 10 pounds each year after initially weighing in