From Powerlifting to Strongwoman: this is Veronique Cormier's journey to a national Canadian record in the most iconic of strongman events – the Atlas Stone.

57kg lifter Veronique, quickly made a mark on powerlifting with a raw squat well over double bodyweight, a raw total over six times bodyweight and World Championship qualification.

Since then she’s added a national title in strongwoman.

Veronique has been training hard with the atlas stones, and was keen to work on the 100kg one – approaching double her weight. It wasn’t easy, although she went from being barely able to get it off the ground to lifting it over the bar in training.

The recent Canadian Nationals gave her a chance to try all aspects of her strength, followed by a record attempts session.

Admitting to a weakness in deadlifts she managed 9 x 300 lb to win that event, confident it would have been no reps a year ago. She also won a sandbag medley and atlas stone ladder to finish second overall.

As if that wasn’t enough, she then attempted the 220lb stone, and cleared the bar.

“I worked really hard on stones this prep from not getting the 220 stone more than a few inches off the ground to making it look so easy on the day,” Veronique told Great Vegan Athletes. “The announcers were convinced I would get 245. It’s not there yet but definitely the next goal.”

Amazing effort Veronique! 🌱💪

Read the full article here: https://www.greatveganathletes.com/news/from-powerlifting-to-strongwoman-leafys-journey-to-the-national-record/

Photo credit: @leafylifter

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Champion powerlifter Ryan J Stills is one of the most impressive lifters in the world with 5 IPF Master’s World Championships to his name! 🏋️‍♂️🌱

Ryan went vegan in 2019 for ethical reasons. He told Great Vegan Athletes, “I don’t want another sentient being to suffer or die for me to exist. Once I came to the determination that I could not allow myself to have excuses as to why I couldn’t do this, I vowed to find a way to do it. And I have.”

Vegan for the animals. No compromising on compassion or strength. What an inspiration! 🌱💪

If Ryan can do it, you can too!

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Where do you get your protein from? 🌱
Read on to learn about some of the best and easiest plant-based protein sources.  https://www.veganeasy.org/resources/nutrition/navigating-plant-based-protein-sources/

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Kristen Santos-Griswold is a world class champion. ⛸️🌱

At the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands earlier this year, Kristen won Gold in the 1000m, took Silver in the 1500m and Bronze in the 500m.

Alongside her US teammates, Kristen won Silver in the Women’s 3000m relay and Bronze in the mixed team relay.

On top of that Kristen was named the Olympic Female Athlete of the Year by the State of Sports Awards, Utah Sports Commission. They said:

“Our Olympic Female Athlete of the Year hasn’t missed a World Cup podium in 2 seasons. The four-distance national record holder collected 17 international medals in 2023—6 gold, 7 silver and 4 bronze. Kristen Santos-Griswold is the first U.S. woman to win a 500m World Cup race and first U.S. skater to capture an individual Gold at ISU Short Track 4-Continents Championships.”

Kristen has been vegan since 2018 after being raised vegetarian. She has never eaten meat.

“I’ve always loved animals so much and don’t want to contribute to anything that could be harmful to them. When I switched to a fully plant-based diet, I also began feeling just overall so much better and began skating better too.” ~ Kristen

CONGRATULATIONS Kristen Santos-Griswold. What an incredible World Champion! 🌱

👉Learn more about Kristen: https://www.greatveganathletes.com/news/two-world-titles-for-vegan-skater/

P.S. In February this year she became the 2nd US short tracker to win Gold in all three individual distances in the World Cup Circuit’s history!

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@wfpb Tonight's dinner is a chimichurri bowl

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