Mar 20, 2018
In today’s episode of The Plant
Trainers Podcast we talk to Alex Ciccone about strength training,
powerlifting and the mental edge. Alex has an amazing presence in
the Instagram world and we have been following each other for a
while. We were able to meet face to face at the Animal Justice
event in December and immediately hit it off.
Today we talked about a few interesting things. We talked about his journey to Veganism, his soccer career and how he got into men’s physique and powerlifting competitions. We hit the topics of nutrition for building muscle as well as the “P” word…protein. Whether you’re 15 or 50 there is something to be taken away in this episode. It’s a good share for anyone who hits the gym.
Alex Ciccone is a vegan lifestyle social media influencer who found his love for spreading awareness soon after going vegan over 4 years ago. His primary reason was for the ethical treatment of animals. Alex provides education and entertainment through different creative content across Instagram, his blog, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat (and coming soon a YouTube channel). Whether it be vegan infographics, news stories, memes and everything between, for Alex it’s about keeping things positive and loving. He wants to not only align with vegan values, but also to reach as many individuals as possible and help in their journey to being or becoming vegan.
Alex has a particular interest in fitness as he grew up playing competitive level soccer. After falling in love with strength training, he became a certified personal trainer. Fitness is a very important part in his story of becoming vegan – as he uses this motivation to debunk the myth that vegans are “weak and malnourished”. That lead Alex to compete in a men’s physique competition as a vegan and pursue powerlifting. At the end of the day it is always about spreading awareness for Alex – to show all the amazingness that the vegan lifestyle has to offer!
In this episode we discuss:
- Win, win, win
- Growing up playing soccer
- Animal-based protein
- The vegan journey and people’s reactions
- The fluffy bunny
- The mental edge and change
- Teens and making good choices
- Complete protein
- Men’s physique and powerlifting
- Supplements
- Creatine
- Infographics
- Hunger cues
- How can parents help?
- How can teens help?
- Finding your why
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Alex Ciccone – Website, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat
Vegans Are Weak and Malnourished – 1 Rep Max Test
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