What A Vegan Olympic Weightlifter Eats! (Kendrick Farris)

[@ConstantinPhillipou]

Had a chance to meet Kendrick. A truly beautiful man with a great positive energy. Watch and learn from the boss!

[@VitaminJunkie]

Why is he the "boss"? And what can I learn from him and where?

[@DaBlaz803]

gia sou kostaaa

[@CarlB_1962]

What an inspiration this man is - a long way from the usual "weedy vegan" stereotype! In the 18 months since becoming vegan, I have developed better muscle definition than I've ever had in my life before, the opposite of what I expected. :-)

[@PlantBasedScienceLondon]

Wow that's so cool Carl! He's such a great advert for veganism isn't it :-)

[@deucemaniac]

@@PlantBasedScienceLondon kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3qlZXmOlNiShcU Not really

[@aidans_journey02]

Adam Doucette that was before he ate plant based bruh

[@lucbourgeois6219]

His performance actually went down from his previous Olympic appearance while simultaneously going up a weight class where athletes should be expect to improve as they gain weight where he did not. He also dropped being Vegan shortly after the Olympics

[@jobjehovah2979]

This guy is an example to the skeptics, way to go.

[@PlantBasedScienceLondon]

Yay! He's so cool isn't he! :-)

[@cookiecutter5162]

But now he's back on the meat.

[@PauIdenino]

@@cookiecutter5162 Lol no hes' not

[@HealthyCrazyCool]

What A Fantastic video!!!! really interesting, thanks for this xx

[@PlantBasedScienceLondon]

I'm so glad it was helpful :-) thank you for leaving such a lovely comment xx

[@centigradz2centigradz289]

Anorexia if u do it the wrong way. Prime example.

[@arccway]

Man... Kendrick got the best vegan meals!!!

[@sensualwisdom570]

Geesh, this gave me goosebumps especially his quote at the end!!!! MUCH APPRECIATED!!! Quite inspiring especially when he said a clearer mind, longer life!!!

[@PlantBasedScienceLondon]

You are so welcome :-) Thank you for your great comment

[@viktoriyashaykhuzina13]

Yes, so inspiring, I am so thankful to sportsmen for supporting vegan lifestyle. I personally sick of hearing where do you get your protein question, in Russia if you are vegan u r like an alien

[@Chugosh]

Very inspirational story. Those quesadillas look really yummy. I could go for some banana pancakes, too.

[@bobbylouis5257]

Another great video!First off,his meal look delicious and for me,since I made the transition to plant based eating,I have never felt better.In fact,your videos helped me a lot with experimenting with what could work.And I'm about to achieve great results unexpected really. I honestly thought that I would lose weight but I added a lot of lean mass. I also have one of my meals that is raw and it's quite positive.Keep up the great work,it's always a treat to watch your vids!

[@PlantBasedScienceLondon]

Your comment made my day, thank you so much for those kind words :-) I'm so happy that you're doing so well and these have helped you :-)

[@TitusLivy777]

you're videos are great! please continue!

[@PlantBasedScienceLondon]

Hi Titus, I just want to thank you so much for your lovely comment :-)

[@koalamama2]

Very well put together! I love the quotes from him.

[@PlantBasedScienceLondon]

Ah thank you koalamama, I'm so happy you enjoyed the vid :-)

[@mimizarou2959]

I was keeping my eyes on two vegan athlete in rio 2016 olympics ;Kendrick Farris and Morgan Mitchell and hop will see more in next olympics ! Great video 👍

[@PlantBasedScienceLondon]

Yay, that's awesome :-) Wouldn't that be cool if we started to see more vegan Olympians

[@supercool8328]

Funny how the worlds smartest and longest people who live are meat eaters.

[@80slimshadys]

@@supercool8328 Funny how the smartest people that ever existed didn't eat meat and were animal rights advocates, like Nicola Tesla, Einstein, Issac Newton and countless others. Funny how today out of the 5 Blue Zones one of them is vegan and have the greatest health results overall with the longest life expectancy of all groups. You don't know what you're talking about mate. Meat is not a superfood.

[@gchanger3]

beep..beep I love your videos! Keep up the good work.

[@PlantBasedScienceLondon]

Hee hee thank you so much :-)

[@observinthelaws]

+80/10/10 In London Hee hee :)

[@Roman_Kravtsov]

I'm vegetarian since 2011, fruitarian - 2017, and feeling better! Because I live without sick 😉 And it's better for animals, for ecology our Earth, for Karma 💚🙌🏻 Go raw vegan !!! 🌱💪🏻

[@shy3175]

Bro fruitarian is literally nonsense

[@FURYBrenton]

@@shy3175It isnt.

[@QuiteDecent]

Can't argue with that

[@Music1art]

Great! Waiting for your next vegan lifting success, Farris!

[@Demetriusdionne]

Vegan now, for two months!

[@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked]

Nice! #GoVegan 🤝🔥🔥🤝💚🌱🔥💯😻🤓

[@utkalverse2531]

what is tha protein source in his diet? or he eat a lot to maintain that protein requirements

[@cindyjones4190]

oh dear, wish you hadn't shown his diet! it made me soooo hungry! 😀

[@observinthelaws]

EAT MORE Cindy! If pictures of food makes you hungry you're definitely undereating. But yes you have to eat vegan or you'll put on weight by eating a lot.

[@bobbylouis5257]

Haha,me too!

[@PlantBasedScienceLondon]

hee hee :-)

[@dancebiscuit8250]

Right, I need to try guacamole with black beans added in, like right now!

[@jdtmd9410]

Ifdh

[@VudrokWolf]

I am new to the vegan stuff, but according to me dairy products are out of the diet, what does he uses to lasagna and quesadillas?? Any good replacement por cheese with a similar consistency?

[@andrewbrock4636]

Jose Villalobos vegan cheese

[@sheldoncooper8199]

This Guy is a God among Men

[@tendergreenheart6793]

Thank you for sharing

[@oliviafagin293]

Just goes to show that you can accomplish just as many physical goals as a vegan.

[@adamkl20]

Thank you for posting this, i needed this since I've been working out and trying to gain weight and mass, yet it's hard for me since I have a very fast metabolism

[@gerrygold9273]

Wow...His diet is so simple, you would think he ate a ton of food, but thats not the case. Keep it simple, keep it safe. A great example of what you can achieve on a simple vegan diet. His killing it a the Olympics. Thank you bringing us this news. Hey, Jeff from VegSource announced that Klaus from Plant Base News, won his compitition to go to the L A Health Expo all expenses paid. I'm so pleased for him and his British from London. I'm Britis too . Klaus does so much work for Veganism. Check out his chanel Plant Base News.😉👏👏👍👌🍒🍉🐉🍉💜

[@PlantBasedScienceLondon]

I love Plant Based News :-) I've been a subscriber for quite a long time- I'm so pleased for him :-)

[@plantingthenorth7225]

Kendrick is the man!

[@NickSBailey]

He's a proper inspiration.

[@VitaminJunkie]

I've been vegan since 2007 with a lacto-vegetarian break of 1,5 years in-between. I train powerlifting / weightlifting since 2011. I don't know much about Kendrick Farris. Maybe he is a cool guy and it's definitely cool when pro athletes go vegan. But I can't share all the hype around him. First of all he didn't go up a weight class since he has became vegan as claimed in the video. At least not at the competitive level. At the Universiade in Kazan (Tatarstan, Russia) in 2013 he competed at the same weight class as in Rio (94kg). Furthermore since he has become vegan his results didn't grow that much. Only by 5kg in 3 years (Universiade in Kazan 372kg and Rio 377kg). It still cool - at least it wasn't a regression and proofs at least that you can maintain big muscles and strength with a vegan diet. But you will not impress pro athletes with this, who have trained their whole life for olympic success and need significant gains from one year to the next - you will not convince them with Kendrick's example to go vegan. Sure such persons would be egoistic assholes and personal gains shouldn't be the main reason for going vegan but ethical reasons. But let's be realistic: almost all people are like this. Nobody gives a single fuck about others. It's all about our own ego / wellbeing. So we need athletes who gained all or at least significant parts of their strength only by vegan diet. Such an athlete deserves any hype. Also did Kendrick promote actively veganism somehow since then? Like for example Mac Danzig does? I didn't notice. LOL, I would be a greater example for gaining vegan strength :D I've improved my bench press as a vegan by at least 30-40kg (other 20-30kg as a vegetarian, which means currently my ORM is at ~120kg in bench press). But nobody gives a single fuck about me :D Fuck, anybody who gains more than 5kg in any weightlifting / powerlifting exercise is a better example than Kendrick. So in his case he gains popularity for only the fact of going vegan. I don’t think it’s jealousy, it’s just quite unfair, when people get vegan publicity for something that in no way is related to veganism. How is his relative success as a meat eating weightlifter has to do with veganism? It doesn’t. No body gave any fuck about him as meat eating athlete, because he wasn’t that good. But now he is vegan and all the vegans celebrate him. Same with Patrick Baboumian - no profit from winning a local (German) strongmen championship, but after becoming vegan and without any new records since then he get’s hyped everywhere and selling shitty vegan recipe books, doing advertising for non-vegan companies (which means the vegan hype helped him to gain publicity even outside the vegan scene). On the other hand the vegan idea doesn’t really profit from propaganda which is not based on facts. In opposite - assholes who think critical regarding veganism, they will laugh about such fairy-tale vegan propaganda and use it against it. Again I don’t want to attack Kendrick personally, it is still cool that he is vegan and I hope will stay vegan for his whole life. But please do something actively in favour of veganism since you profit from the hype. Or at least set any new significant (at least personal) records being vegan. I’m also just sick of people hyping any celebrities and promoting them as a positive example for going vegan. From my experience most celebrities are very bad examples for going vegan. They often try to improve their image by such “positive” things as veganism, but often are not really dedicated to it or even worth: after a couple of years they are not vegan anymore. And in case of athletes, many vegan propagandists are too ignorant regarding facts. They just hear something which sounds pleasant and fits in their propaganda and adopt what they hear without any checking for facts. Edit: ok one thing I have to admire: being a pro athlete it is a risky thing to switch the diet. So he deserve some respect for doing so. But on the other hand as I understand he didn't switch the diet for ethical reasons but looking for personal improvements maybe hoping this diet would help him to get finally some olympic success.

[@nobodymr2146]

Isn't he sponsored by Progenex which is derived from Whey which would come from Milk.......or did he switch that as well? just curious.

[@valerieh5400]

How can other human beings hate on this beast? How can other human beings hate on his achievements? How can they say ill words? I’m in shock.

[@MrMasterDebate]

So.... Where does he get his protein?!?

[@kcummo]

What's his vegan pancake recipe?

[@sephirothlv100]

how many grams of protein in all those meals? no details whatsoever pretty much a crap shoot

[@Wolf-shardana]

nice video and perfect inspiration, but I never heard about vegan bread, actually a no-vegan bread!!

[@anithen]

Gracious, the woman in these videos sounds adorable.

[@ronm.5441]

Fantastic!!!!!

[@Mr4thetruth]

That's awesome! The misguided logic that meat makes muscle is so last century thinking.

[@quarteracreadventures855]

That food looked good!

[@Konigx]

Saludos desde Venezuela excelente vídeo

[@deucemaniac]

"I love pork chops" - Kendrick Farris kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3qlZXmOlNiShcU

[@pieRana]

yeah i believe it. you can easily put on a lot of weight by eating a lot of pasta. I'm happy he uses a lot of beans though.

[@jossyj1]

Love my Vegans 🌱💕

[@MrChiCity3]

Ive never seen a Vegan that was jacked tho......Yea he has some size....but he isn't huge either.....

[@oisinmaccumhaill7037]

MrChiCity3 he's about as big as you can get without juice.

[@MrChiCity3]

Yea i feel you. But honestly even on juice I dont think he would look like Mr. Olympia. Meat protein does something to the human body that veggies just dont...

[@oisinmaccumhaill7037]

MrChiCity3 I feel like you're just saying that because you want it to be true. You need to provide evidence when putting out bold claims like that.

[@MrChiCity3]

Joe McKeown hey joe......its simple. In my life Ive never seen a jacked vegan. Period. and guess what....neither have you. Because if you did....you wouldve named a page for me to go to.....to prove me wrong. The fact is....there something meat brings to the table...that veggies just dont.

[@oisinmaccumhaill7037]

MrChiCity3 You're the one claiming that meat is better for building muscle than plants. The burden of proof is on you, my friend. You've never seen a jacked vegan? Well you need to remember that power lifters, bodybuilders and jacked people in general are very much a minority and vegans an even smaller minority so it's only logical you haven't seen a vegan who is ripped. Personally I've never even met a vegan so that just shows how few they are in number. You asked for some names. Very well, here's just a few: Patrik Baboumian (Germany's strongest man) David Haye (Pro Heavyweight boxer) Barney Du Plessis (former Mr Olympia, obvious steroid user but he won) Avi Lehyani (Power lifter) David Carter (Defensive lineman for the Chicago Bears).

[@CbarMiiXaaS]

Not all his "meals" though.

[@divinelyautistic]

He is from a tribe of Israel?? Shalom achi

[@brandtmccall5184]

The food he eats looks delicious, I love vegan meals yum and harm free no animals hurt yes!

[@thebrinksf69]

I'm so hungry now

[@floyddango]

Tried vegan diet for a few days. Oh boy it gives me flatulence and made me feel sick.

[@ChubbyCheeks01]

you probably didn't cook your beans long enough

[@floyddango]

they were pre cooked out of a can if i recal correctly. but im fine now

[@ChubbyCheeks01]

don't know what to tell you. I've been vegan for several years and never felt sick from it. did you rinse the beans before you ate them?

[@floyddango]

theyre out of a can and really ready for consumption. i think it was the broccoli that i didnt cook properly. i always hated broccoli anyway. the issue is i never liked any cabbage but i read theyre great on calcium so i gotta find some other foods for that i guess. otherwise i been feeling good with the new diet. still getting some dairy products every now and then as its not really easy to be vegan when youre eating at other peoples places a lot.

[@ChubbyCheeks01]

don't I know it. good luck in the future man.

[@mbeezy94]

His snatch is horrible but his c&j isn't that bad

[@randomname7546]

Yes💪🏽🌱

[@3eeeDee]

Gotta get those carbs!

[@kasimirb5155]

Some absolute numbers (total calories, macros) would have been helpful.

[@1254q]

Yeah also some Anavar, Anandrol, Winstrol, Testosterone injections, and minced bull testicles with shark horse hormones

[@mutantkoffee]

Ninja Master dont forget Dianabol.

[@iJorgePaz]

you fucking moron

[@austinsowers8993]

Guido Jorge he isn’t wrong

[@CraziedVideos]

Power lifters take steroids, that being said he still improved with a vegan diet while on steroids at least he's reducing the risk of a heart attack while taking roids

[@larrymasterspowerbuildingc4477]

He is an Olympic lifter. not a powerlifter. He trains 2 lifts: the snatch and the clean and jerk. Powerlifters train 3 lifts for competition: the squat, bench and deadlift, and all do a 4th lift that is not a competition lift: the Overhead press. BUT... THE OVERHEAD PRESS is a competitive lift again in a new federation that is gaining some popularity: Strengthlifting Meets-- (squat, overhead press, and deadlift). He has to be fast as lightning, where as powerlifters have to be slower, but learn to produce great force under heavy weight. He does have to be forceful as hell, but his technique lies in how fast he can get under the barbell. Two very different styles of lifting. He's awesome though. kzbin.info/www/bejne/noLZmKmngtF4bM0

[@chiefpriestmalakyaahlahada6748]

Shalam Brothers and Sisters Shalawam

[@flawtyjohn133]

How are people questioning whether I vegan diet works or not to begin with? Your body needs a certain amount of macros, minerals and micro nutrients, where they come from does not matter. Every diet works if those criterias are fullfilled

[@whodywei]

So where is the advantage of vegan diet??? Kendrick is a 94 kg class lifter, if you compare his performance to a 77 kg class lifter, let's say Lu Xiao Jun (176 kg Snatch, 204 clean and jerk, total 380kg) or a 85 kg class lifter, let's pick Tian Tao (178kg Snatch, 217 clean and jerk, total 395). He is really not that great.

[@VeganMeatHead]

Well if you're comparing how he was before he went vegan to how he is now, most anyone would say he has improved on many levels. Comparing him to other individuals doesn't make sense because we're talking about the transition, not who lifts more. If the lifters you mentioned took up a proper whole foods plant based diet it's possible that they could become even better than they already are and I think that's what the insinuation of the video is.

[@Cancellator5000]

The only advantage you can maybe see from this is in recovery times and quality of life, which is purely anecdotal. There is natural variability within different populations, so it is hard to say anything from a sample size of one. The only real comparison you can make is that he wasn't vegan last Olympics and got 10th in a lower weight class and the Olympics before that he got 8th in that same weight class. Now he is in a higher weight class, finished 11th, and set a us record, so maybe it has done something for him personally.

[@hytiide4808]

well his conscious is clean from not having to support the mnurder of animals :D

[@azoresplayah]

The man no longer promulgates violence & murder; ergo he is indeed great. Amitabh

[@davorbrijacak]

There is no particular advantage to vegan diet for olympic weightlifting but he can still obviously perform as well. Chinese lifters are probably better not because of their diet but training methodology and I would say genetics. China, Iran, Eastern European countries etc. are traditionally better than US in olympic weightlifting but Kendrick is still one of the best in the US.

[@MarcusLeonard307]

If his ancestors were of the tribes of Israel, meat was involved daily with all the sacrificing they did.. What Bible are you reading Kendrick?

[@ahimsaosiris8034]

Rationalthought83 It said that his ancesters ate a Kosher diet but he wasn't sure how the meat is was eating was prepared. she he decided to go with just a pure clean *kosher* diet instead.

[@MarcusLeonard307]

Ahimsa Osiris I'm pretty sure Kendrick is following Levetical law..I don't see where the vegan diet comes into play here

[@ahimsaosiris8034]

I wanted a better understanding as well for myself so I went to the beginning, Genesis for me, the Garden. I've been much more conscious of feeding nutrients to my cells. Plant based nutrients is where all the meat gets thier strength. Reminds me of what people call the Daniel diet. Maybe he made the jump from Kosher to the Garden as well. I would like to know more about his jump. But no doubt his temple is beasty & blessed.

[@theauspiciousone27]

Rationalthought83 says the guy who calls himself rational

[@MarcusLeonard307]

The comment seems pretty rational (based on or in accordance with reason or logic), based on what I heard in the video and what I know based on Biblical scripture, Mr. Auspicious.

[@Xanadu2025]

lasagna and quesadilla are not vegan with all that cheese.

[@andrewbrock4636]

Vegan cheese. That is why they are called "vegan lasagna" and "vegan quesodi" Whoa!

[@malkiabenzy]

Beautiful

[@LuhrRunzRS]

He wanted to go back to his roots, yet he's eating processed vegan lasagna? I'm so fucking confused right now.

[@fashtony2792]

hahhaa

[@kout31]

Sound Logic F#$k you!!! Watch ya mouth!

[@konykonfilms1099]

THIS IS REALY #HEAVY *

[@lokthar6314]

his food looks tasty? mc donalds has a new chilli cheese bacon big tasty burger..

[@cambolten8787]

I really think it's in his genetics. I've met people that go vegetarian and their health diminishes significantly. I tried it for a few months and just felt awful all day. Same with the Ketosis diet. I perform best with a high carb, high fat, moderate protein diet. He just responds better with a vegan diet

[@abcitiseasyasonetwothree3066]

You cant replace meat by just taking it out of your diet. And vegeterians from meat eaters in health terms arent that different. Cholesterol and saturated fat isnt needed in organism. Vegan doctors are suing the dairy and meat industry manipulation with people by advertising meat and dairy as good products and they are winning in the court, because of scientific proves. Meat and dairy industry is even going to universitys and giving them money to make study with not proper conditions or just with some false information and you can see it in the sponsor section for the study. Vegan community is growing each year and in our society we can get all the products we need to replace meat. There is even vegan "meat", it depend on ingredients and people who eat them, but a lot of people says that vegan meat is better, because of all the rich flavors in it. 99% of population is responding better with vegan diet. You will here the vegan name in future years more and more. There is too much reasons to go vegan for our society. - animal agriculture, health(the biggest reason for us to go vegan), environment(takes less space than animals to grow(they eat a lot of plants))and ect.

[@MrMasterDebate]

Cam Bolten you may not have been eating enough

[@DerekScottOHara]

Bull. I guarantee you don't know vegetarians who's health suffered after switching.

[@nk0723]

Abc it is easy as one two three shut the fuck up

[@bamwesty8158]

Why are humans the only animals on this planet that perform different on different diets? Why do we not have an optimal diet as all other creatures do? A vegan diet being the only diet that doesn't cause heart disease (humans top killer) must be damn close to optimal for ALL humans.

[@cookiecutter5162]

But now he's back to eating meat and dairy.

[@sawtoothiandi]

Source?

[@paulbaker1505]

Veg

[@3eeeDee]

Nothing beats a tasty beef burger with a mushroom bun :)

[@twinstuxxthamachine928]

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[@lightsw0rd]

He feels more focused and his recovery is better because of doping, not because of vegan diet.

[@mcc810]

Dont forget steriods like everybody is doing

[@CapsFan117]

Olympic weightlifters are heavily tested he is completely natural. Not everyone stronger than you is using.

[@zuwenaw]

Gas machine

[@haza123b4]

*Build your base size and strength with meat first guys*

[@jprice_]

Tell that to bull

[@haza123b4]

*We're talking about humans here. Stop spreading bullcrap.*

[@jprice_]

***** Humans are animals. All protein comes from plants, animals can't make it.

[@haza123b4]

*Humans are animals. Well done. Google 'protein synthesis'.*

[@VeganMeatHead]

why? When you can get as much if not more protein and better overall nutrients on a whole foods plant based diet?

[@elperronimo]

WE WUZ VEGAN ISRAELITES

[@supercool8328]

Haha funny how vegans are so biased, one weightlifter goes vegan and they assume vegan diet is the best but guess what the worlds best boxers, weightlifters, runners, swimmers are all meat eaters so meat is better and healthier.

[@baconandeggs9113]

super cool not if it makes you bloated every time you eat it. Or you feel tired every time you wake up, or feel bad most of the time, tired, sleepy, constipation, get sick every 2 months. Have to go to the doctor often. I'm never going back.

[@andrewbrock4636]

All the losers in the Olympics and every professional sport are also meat eaters

[@AB-oy1ly]

bull craaaaaaaaaaaaaaap

[@ManOfJupiterMusic]

nice! Great counter evidence. You prove yourself sir.

[@AB-oy1ly]

dude! what they r saying in this video is bullllllshit period. look at every evidence that exist and it'll contradict it

[@ManOfJupiterMusic]

cool story bro

[@AB-oy1ly]

010

[@bounchofbeaners1868]

keep eating your meat and you will see what kinda effect it has on you later in life.