Building/Toning Muscle on Raw Diet

Building Muscle on Raw....Change your Thinking!

By The Jericho Genesis Sunfire

One of our forum members that is not raw wrote in a post....."show me a raw vegan that isn't me that is not skinny!"

That kinda stung me a little bit....why?

1) Because that's pretty much how most non-raw people feel about going raw/ changing their lifestyle....the #1 excuse/reason is that "I don't wanna get skinny" or "Raw Vegans look terrible"

2) Many doubters have said that the only reason that I'm in such great shape is that I have great genetics because I'm black!!!!....and it has nothing to do with putting in years of hard work several days a week.....


Well..... let me tell anyone that says you can't build muscle or tone muscle on a raw diet....YOUR DEAD WRONG and you need to stop looking for ways to prove yourself right so put up or shut up, it just takes consistancy, patiance and hard work.....I know...I know...that will never happen but it felt good saying it!

Nearly all of the doubters I know of aren't even working out or if they are they aren't doing it hard enough or consistantly because they don't have the drive thus don't get the results they want....they also are still stuck having a S.A.D mentality but still trying to be raw.....I know this because people like this have approached me out of desperation on the raw forums many times....

Going Raw ain't like eating cooked food....with going raw you have no where to run and no where to hide in terms of muscle growth what you gain is real and is through pushing yourself to your limits....Yeah it may take a little longer but it's all down to your own drive and determination....and that scares many people because they don't have the faith in the raw lifestyle, themselves or ability....

with cooked food the muscle gain can be manipulated via water retention, fats and general bad eating habits ie, stuffing yourself till you can't eat anymore several times a day every day of the week in the hopes of "getting your protien/calories in" not to mention the supplements that are available too.....you don't even have to train as hard because the cooked food will take care of that simply looking big by any means neccesary is enough for most people....when ever I see one of those big biker dudes with the leather and the goaties strutting around as if to say "yeah everyone thinks I'm hard because I'm tall/big/fat so you should too" I laugh to myself because yeah your a big/fat guy but if I punched you hard and ran away you ain't gonna catch me and would look pretty stupid trying because it's obvious that it's all for show....people like that don't exercise and they barely workout and it will show.....they just get over by being big/fat.....but to society that guy is huge and can whoop azz.....that's how this society thinks....

I must admit...a lot of Raw Vegans are too darn shy to post pics but I know for a fact that there are many that are in great shape....plus it all depends on the individuals goals....like if your a runner you don't want big muscles....if your a hobbiest like me you may wanna go for it and do what you can....

SO WHAT AM I SAYING?.....

Ok...lemme break it down like a fraction....I'm saying that building muscle or "toning muscle" as I call it on raw is different because your dealing with different issues which may halt/hold back your progress for a while to start with but when those issues are dealt and if the work is being put in then toning will eventually occur....after all if you really "built" muscle it would NEVER go away once you stopped training would it, so I don't believe or like to use the term building muscle.

So anyone interested in going raw but doesn't wanna lose what they think they have then going raw may not be for you because at the start....OH YOU WILL LOSE....how much depends on how active you are at building/toning replacing old cooked muscle with new raw muscle while in transition....So I guess what this all boils down to is..... YOU GET OUT WHAT YOU PUT IN......