Hammer & Chisel Vegan Plan Update

For the last 60 days, I have been using the fitness program Hammer and Chisel. After an intense 21 day cleanse followed by 60 days of PiYo, I wanted to build some muscle. I was unsure how that would go because I had recently adopted a vegan diet. Many people told me it was impossible to build muscle while eating vegan and I wanted to test it out for myself. 

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Although I am not yet at my goal, I found that it is actually possible to build muscle on a vegan diet. It took me some getting use to, but once I tweaked my meal plan with the 21 day fix vegan plan things started to go in the right direction. 

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I found it difficult at first to eat more carbs than I used to. I am used to eating an extremely lean diet filled with ground turkey and fish. For the next 60 days I am considering adding fish and eggs to my plan while increasing my weights and switching to strictly the Hammer portion of the program.

Overall, I am happy with the progress I have made thus far and can't wait to see how much more I can build in the next 60 days! If you are interested in learning more about our at home fitness programs or building muscle on a vegan meal plan please fill out the form below!  

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