The Aethix Approach - Ep 6 - Vegan Powerlifter BananaLifts on Nutrition, Programming, Activism &More |
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Had the pleasure of chatting with 72 KG vegan powerlifter Annah Jamison AKA @BananaLifts about nutrition, programming for powerlifting, home workouts during lockdown, supplementation, vegan protein, advocating for social causes and much, much more! Annah is incredibly strong and built most of her strength on a plant based diet. Her best lifts in competition are 145 kg(319 lbs) squat, 85 kg(187 lbs) bench and 182.5 kg(402 lbs) deadlift at 157 lbs bodyweight. Hope you enjoy the video!
TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - About Annah 3:15 - Why Annah went vegan 6:00 - About Annah's coach 7:35 - Annah's best lifts 9:05 - Training at home as a powerlifter during COVID-19 11:50 - Cost of powerlifting 14:15 - Powerlifting community 15:40 - Eating plant-based as a lifter 18:00 - Were you concerned about losing strength/muscle when going vegan at first? 22:00 - Vegan meals / how we eat as vegan lifters 26:15 - How do non-vegan lifters react when they find out when you're vegan? 30:00 - Blood tests on a plant based diet 32:15 - If a non-vegan lifter came to you for advice about switching to plant based diet, what advice would you give? 35:00 - Swapping non-vegan for vegan protein sources 37:45 - Diets need to differ from person to person for different goals 39:00 - Carb-fearing 41:30 - Advocating for social causes and how you personally do it 46:45 - Veganism and BLM movement 50:15 - Being authentic through your online presence 51:45 - Advocating for movements in different ways 57:45 - How morphology effects powerlifting 58:30 - How were you working out at home before you got the power rack, plates and barbell? 1:01:00 - Easier to maintain than gain muscle 1:03:00 - Where can people find you on social media? - WEBSITE: http://www.aethixfitness.com MERCH http://www.aethixfitness.com/shop FREE TRAINING PROGRAMS: http://www.aethixfitness.com/training TRUE NUTRITION AFFILIATE CODE Use code AETHIX at checkout for 5% off anything you order! http://www.truenutrition.com/ SOCIAL: http://www.instagram.com/tofustrong http://www.facebook.com/aethixfitness |