Plant Powered Athlete: Satisfying Vegan Meals to Fuel Your Active Lifestyle

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Whether you're a long-time vegetarian athlete or you're just beginning to make the shift toward a plant-based diet, Plant Powered Athleteis the smart, accessible guide you've been looking for to maximize your performance without compromising nutrition. Personal trainers and lifestyle coaches Zuzana Fajkusova and Nikki Lefler lay out the myriad of ways eating whole, plant-based foods can enhance every step of your active life from your pre-workout, through a peak performance, on to your hard-earned rest, recovery and beyond. They provide a huge selection of mouth-watering recipes for every kind of fitness buff. From fresh soups to supercharged dips to powerful protein shakes, there's something for even the pickiest of athletes to enjoy. And with thoughtful, tasty meal plans to suit every workout goal, whether it be muscle gain, endurance boost, maintenance or weight loss, you'll be able to put these recipes-and your new regimen-to the test immediately. Achieve optimum performance while living a clean, active life with this necessary guide for the everyday athlete. This book will have 60 recipes and 75 photos.

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"Whether you are a high-performance athlete, or wanting to recover faster from exercise, sleep better or increase your energy, this book offers credible, practical advice on food and nutrition. Zuzana brings us 23 years of research as a plant-based athlete, coach and chef, and inspires the athlete in all of us."
--Elaine Kupser, Publisher and Owner, IMPACT Magazine

"Plant-Powered Athlete demonstrates that eating plants is simple, nutritious and delicious. With plenty of tips and tasty recipes, this is a great book to fuel and support an active lifestyle."
--Julieanna Hever, MS RD CPT, author of The Healthspan Solution and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition

"This is the book I will refer all of my plant-based clients to. It is an exemplary way for plant-based athletes--and even plant-based nonathletes--to eat and be in optimal shape!"
--Hannah Fletcher, Co-Owner and Personal Trainer at Fit in 30 Minutes

Author Bio

Zuzana Fajkusova and Nikki Lefler are personal trainers who founded the blog, Active Vegetarian, a plant-based eaters guide to fitness, nutrition and lifestyle, and are the authors of vegan Weight Loss Manifesto. They live in Vancouver, Canada.