Nadege Corcoran

After losing a large amount of weight following her transition to a whole-food, plant-based diet, Nadege knew she needed to transition from her extremely sedentary lifestyle (which had brought on a series of health concerns), to an active lifestyle.

She joined a CrossFit gym and started Olympic weightlifting. She was deadlifting 200 pounds on her small frame and was still hearing from others, "You'd lift more if you ate meat".

Instead of arguing with people in the gym, she decided to just SHOW THEM that she could build her body with plants. She discovered the sport of bodybuilding, and won local, regional, and provincial shows in her native Canada. She qualified for Nationals and has been a vegan competitive national athlete for over 5 years.

Nadege never weight trained before becoming vegan, so her success as a nationally competitive vegan bodybuilder has been fueled by plants. Her journey is one of compassion for animals, but also for humans. Her goal is to gently encourage people to take better care of themselves, to treat animals with respect, and to care for the planet that we all share.

She is beyond thrilled to be competing alongside world-class vegan athletes on the Plantbuilt Vegan Strong Team at the Mr. America competition in Atlantic City, NJ in October.

You can find Nadege on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/nadegecorcoran/

You can learn more about the PlantBuilt Vegan Strong Team here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/plantbuilt-powered-by-vegan-strong#/

Robert Cheeke

New York Times Bestselling Author of The Plant-Based Athlete

Founder of Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

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Robert grew up on a farm in Corvallis, Oregon where he adopted a vegan lifestyle in 1995 at age 15, weighing just 120 pounds. Today he is the author of the books, Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness, Shred It!, Plant-Based Muscle, and the New York Times Bestseller, The Plant-Based Athlete. He is often referred to as the “Godfather of Vegan Bodybuilding,” growing the industry from infancy in 2002, to where it is today. As a two-time natural bodybuilding champion, Robert is considered one of VegNews magazine's Most Influential Vegan Athletes. He tours around the world sharing his story of transformation from a skinny farm kid to champion vegan bodybuilder. Robert is the founder and president of Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness and maintains the popular website, VeganBodybuilding.com. He is a regular contributor to Vegan Fitness, No Meat Athlete, Forks Over Knives, and Vegan Strong, is a multi-sport athlete, entrepreneur, and has followed a plant-based diet for more than 26 years. Robert lives in Colorado with his wife and two rescued Chihuahuas.