{"id":45369,"date":"2021-05-24T13:46:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T17:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/?p=45369"},"modified":"2021-05-25T17:28:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T21:28:23","slug":"plant-based-athlete-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/plant-based-athlete-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Need to Know About My New Book, ‘The Plant-Based Athlete’ (In Stores June 15th)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As I boarded the plane from Charlotte to Los Angeles, I still couldn\u2019t shake the nervousness that I had felt all week.

The Rich Roll Podcast!?<\/em>

I had been a guest back in 2013 when my first book came out, Episode 54<\/a>. But this \u2014 Episode Six-hundred-something, of a podcast that even my neighbors now know about \u2014 was different.

I mean, before Matthew Walker (the sleep guru) was on a few weeks ago, the last \u201cMatt\u201d to be a guest on the show was freaking Matthew McConaughey!

To try to relax and prepare, I pulled out my uncorrected proof copy of our new book, The Plant-Based Athlete<\/a><\/em>; it and its topic \u2014 plant-based fitness and sports \u2014 was largely what we\u2019d be talking about with Rich.

But as I read it, something strange happened.

I\u2019d seen these words in different forms a dozen times throughout the writing, editing, and proofreading process. So many times that they had almost lost their meaning.

But this time, as I read the book in its near-final form, the words hit me differently.

And the nervousness, the imposter syndrome, the \u201cI don\u2019t belong here\u201d insecurity\u2026 it all melted away.

This book is really, really good. For so many people, this is going to be the one that changes everything. And this is my chance to share it.<\/em>

To be nervous was selfish. My focus shifted away from myself, towards all the people this book could help, and I realized that this was exactly<\/em> what I was supposed to be doing.

(The episode, by the way, should be out around the release date of the book, June 15th.)

I’m extremely proud of this book. And I’m so excited to share it with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What Makes \u2018The Plant-Based Athlete\u2019 Different from Anything I\u2019ve Done Before<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Look, I know it\u2019s easy to say your own is work is good. I thought my previous two books were good, too, and I\u2019m grateful that so many readers agree \u2014 together my books have 4.5+ star ratings from well over a thousand reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this one feels so different from those. Different from my co-author Robert Cheeke\u2019s books, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, really, different from ANY plant-based fitness book about any ONE person\u2019s individual approach.

Because The Plant-Based Athlete<\/em> isn\u2019t about any one person \u2014 or any one approach \u2014 in particular.

In the past decade, an unprecedented number of elite athletes have turned to plant-based diets \u2014 for performance<\/em> reasons.

The Plant-Based Athlete<\/em> is about ALL of their approaches, no matter their sport, their gender, or their body type.

It\u2019s about examining what elite plant-based athletes do \u2014 over 60 professionals, Olympic medalists, and other athletes at the top of their sports who choose plant-based diets that contributed to this book \u2014 that makes them so successful.

Just a few of the athletes who contributed their stories and ideas to The Plant-Based Athlete<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n