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Iron Links & Organisations...

Vegan Strength Trainers E-mail forums...

Addresses of Vegan Bodybuilding organisations ...

Vegan Health & Fitness services...

Clothing, Magazines & Equipment...

Research resources...

Other sites (which we've swapped links with or are of use)...

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Admittedly there aren't that many vegan iron links but here are a few vegan (or sympathetic) sites I've come across (If you've found anymore then let me know).Webmasters, if you'd like trade links go click here for details

Raw Vegan Bodybuilding (Robbie Hazeley's guide to Bodybuilding for the High Raw Trainer)

Spice Williams (Vegan Actress/Body Builder/martial artist)

Jim Morris (see below for details)

Brian Rowley Vegetarian Bodybuilder who is sympathetic to vegan training philosophy. Contains a fat calculator.

Jane Black (Olympic weightlifter. Holds several world records)

Mike Mahler The Kettlebell and callisthenics guru

Meat-free bodybuilding

Vegetarian body builders & power lifters

Vegetarian body builders & power lifters (FAQ)

Robert Cheeke's Vegan bodybuilding & fitness

Raw Power (raw food bodybuilding)

Bill Pearl - veggie Bodybuilder (the site has a load of useful info on training)

Tiffany Croker - Veggie Powerlifter (under 18 British powerlifting champion & Britains strongest teenager )

Fit, wise & well - Internet radio show of Rob Cooper- the former fat guy (with interviews of Bill Pearl & Clarence Bass etc)

Steve Holt - The vegetarian bodybuilder

Clarence Bass - Some good info on training & nutrition

Vegan Weightlifting: What Does the Science Say? - Article by Jack Norris

Body by Design - Site of Ian Duckett Veggie Bodybuilder

Jack Norris RD - Nutritional expert

Jim Morris -On size, strength & symmetry

Vegan Vixens - Not an iron-link as such but some fit ladies!

London Savate (martial art's for those in London, with a vegan instructor)

Charlie's Gym Charlie Abel's raw bodybuilding site

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VeganFitness (Online messageboard for all vegan athletes)

Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness messageboard

Vegan weightlifters

Vegan health & fitness

Vegi-bodybuiders

Vegsource veggie athletes

Vegetarian Bodybuilder -messageboard of Steve Holt (The vegetarian Bodybuilder)

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Vegan Bodybuilding, PO Box 307, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 1HW. UK info@veganbodybuilding.org

Vegetarian & Vegan Bodybuilding, David Fairclough, VVBB, 17 Inglewood Road, Rainford, St Helen,Lancs, WA11 7QL, Tel: ++44 (0)1744 454495 (this organisation isn't active at the moment)

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Vegan health & Fitness services

These are all services offered by vegans, for vegans. Please make the sffort to support them

London Savate (martial art's for those in London,with a vegan instructor)

Unique Structural Stretching Videos by a Master Level Structural Integration Bodyworker
Lengthens Fascia, the soft connective tissue throughout all the muscles, in whole body lengthenings. Teaches how to lengthen better with all stretching positions as well as, by itself, significantly improving length, better organizing muscle groups, and aligning the whole body structure.
Easy to do, even at work. Removes tension and stress, increases flexibility and strength and improves athletic performance. Has removed even chronic back pains and other structural pains. Helps Bodywork, yoga, chiropractic and massage do more. Free info at http://www.backfixbodywork.com/ Free phone consultations, too. Call 310-285-8132. Lou Gross, Master Postural Integrator since 1983 - Available in US VHS format, DVD+ or DVD- and Video CD.

www.yaoh.co.uk Yaoh hemp products-Supports Veganism in countless ways.So support them!

www.veganessentials.com Run by Ryan, a Vegan Strength Athlete-If you're buying online support your own; go to Vegan Essentials

www.mikemahler.com Run by Mike, this is the place to get Personal training. Mike also talks at seminars & Kettlebell workshops etc.

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Recycle Love (T-shirt with "These muscles were built with tofu" on the front)

Vegan Street (T-shirt with "Vegan Gym" & a bull doing a curl on the front)

Robert Cheeke (T-shirt with the "Vegan bodybuilding & fitness" logo)

New grip (non-leather neoprene gloves for bodybuilding)

Mega fitness - Training equipment

Vegetarian Bags & Shoes - Non-leather vegan shoes and bags.

Fitness equipment For new & used training equipment

Golds Gym direct - Weights, Fitness equipment & clothes

Downbound - Vegan, vegetarian & environmental clothing

Health & Strength Magazine (not vegan but much better than the average 'muscle comic' on sale these days)

The Editor
Dept (H&S)
Pant Cottage
Pant Lane
Austwick
North Yorkshire, Via Lancaster
LA2 8BH
England

UK - £18 GBP. Overseas $45 USD.  Cash, postal orders and personal cheques are acceptable.

Cheques and postal orders should be made payable to 'Health & Strength'.

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Here are a few resources you might find useful when doing research into nutrition, exercise, health etc

PubMed - Simply type in the key words, then you have access to much of the latest research available on any subject (please bear in mind that much research is funded by various 'special interest' groups [dairy & meat industry etc], so some papers do contain obvious bias, so take that into account when reading)

Nutrition.org - Another site to look up published research & studies (bear in mind the same provisos hold true as for the "Pubmed" site)

Netrition health news - Keeps you up to date with breaking health news

Food & nutrition information Center - Just about everything you need to know about the nutrients in most foods

Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids (Macronutrients) (2002)
Food and Nutrition Board (FNB), Institute of Medicine (IOM) (On-line book for free reference)

Life Clinic Nutrition Facts and Information Center - (simple guide to explaining nutrition)

Insulin Index - Explain some of the mysteries of the glycemic index

Soya protein

Dietary requirements (daily vit & min needs)

Example of daily diet for vegans (although Quorn isn't actually vegan!)

Incomplete vs. Complete Proteins

Protein in the Vegan Diet

Naturodoc (some interesting nutritional info)

The Story on Soy(Clarence Bass)

E-medicine (searchable articles, not a vast amount of data, but useful)

NHS medical encyclopedia

Gray's Anatomy

Med help

Medline plus

Vegan Health study 2005

Nutritional Data (look up nutritional breakdown of everyday foods)

Sports Science - Peer reviewed site for Sports Research

Nutrition & metabolism - Research papers, articles etc

Biomedcentral - Research site

Human Kinetics - Books on every aspect of Bodybuilding, Strength Training, Injury recovery etc etc.

American Society of Exercise Physiologists - Interesting Journals

Food Allegens - Allergy database

Journal of applied physiology - Online magazine of reseach by JAP

Journal of the American College of nutrition - Online magazine of reseach by JACN

British Journal of Sports Medicine - Published research

Nutrient data Laboratory - A food database of US foods

International Journal of sports medicine - Research papers

World anti-doping agency - Drugs you can't take if you want to compete

New Scientist - Science magazine with some interesting articles online

Lancet - The medical journal

Muscle Physiology Laboratory - University of California labs

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