For some vegan bodybuilders, veganism was an attempt to improve diet and
health.

January 4, 2012

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Jimi Sitko gets up at 4 most mornings, works out two to
four hours a day and can bench-press nearly twice his weight. He has a
shaved head and a brightly colored tattoo on his left arm, and he can easily
be mistaken for a Marine separated from his platoon.

His apartment is filled with medals and trophies from bodybuilding
competitions, snapshots of his tanned, rippled physique in full flex. His
uniform is an assortment of sweat pants and hoodies, which he occasionally
lifts when his abs look particularly fierce..

full story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/sports/vegans-muscle-their-way-into-bodybuilding.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha27