Tuesday 21 March, 2017
Veganism: Bodybuilding ladies take the fitness world by storm By Elise Christian A 45-year-old vegan bodybuilder is attempting to change the world one person at a time. Mother of two, Clare Bennett of Beckhole Close, Hull, is one of many fitness role models who have built muscle mass while consuming a vegan diet. Mrs Bennett confesses that in the bodybuilding world it’s not easy to avoid meat and dairy products when her competitors are living off whey protein, chicken and broccoli. She keeps an Instagram food blog @gorillagrubcafe which shows she eats a variety of beans, pulses and tofu to get her protein fix, accompanied by an abundance of fruit and veg. Mrs Bennet said: “I honestly believed people when they said I couldn't build muscle with out eating dairy and eggs and would eat eggs and cottage cheese every day and take a whey protein.” Mrs Bennett also holds seminars where she invites people to come and listen to her message and try her food. The fitness fanatic has an intense training regime. She does a combination of cardio and resistance training 5 days a week, yoga once a week and trains in pole dancing and Aerial arts for 2-3 hours a week. As well as keeping fit herself, she is also the founder of Pole 4 Fitness, in Spring Bank West, Hull where she teaches clients pole dancing and aerial art for 10-16 hours a week. Mrs Bennett said: “I am a vegan because I want to live to be 100. I want to be the granny playing on the climbing frame playing with my grandchildren, I want to be in the gym and pole dancing.