The Vegan Superhero AcademyReviews of thevegangym.com

I dare say that joining the VSA has been the best decision I’ve made in my life! It’s a privilege to be part of such an amazing community. I want to thank coach Łukasz for being a supportive and caring person that provided everything you expect from a top notch coach 💖 After these days, I can confidently say I’ve learned a lot about veganism, training, healthy life’s, and last but not least, how to take care of my body.

Why did an active vegan guy of over 10 years need The Vegan Superhero Academy/The Vegan Gym (“VSA”)? For me, it was an October day while I was in Austin, Texas for a charity bike ride. Someone texted me a photo of me next to other people after the ride and I did not like the way I looked or felt. I knew I was in good shape since it was towards the end of the cycling season, and I also thought I was eating the proper vegan foods. I knew the last 10 plus years of my nutrition was from reading random articles and books, but that obviously was not working. I went back to my hotel room that night and did an internet search for a vegan gym that had a training and nutrition component. What I was about to discover was a whole lot more. I found VSA and emailed them and set-up a call with Elke who explained what VSA does and how it works. Soon, I was connected to my coach Mislav and have talked to him at least weekly for over a year and a half now. Mislav learned as much as he could about me and my goals and he worked with a nutritionist who provided great suggestions for my meals. At least every week I review my workouts and form with Mislav and he immediately provides me with feedback on how to make productive changes. In fact, when I started, I only planned on working-out at home doing dumbbell and resistance band training along with my cycling workouts, but soon gravitated to hitting the local gym three times a week after going to the VSA Retreat. The VSA Retreat had a serious weightlifting gym set-up and we got to work with all of the coaches on workouts and form. Just being around the gym made me want to go home and sign-up to lift weights at my local gym and no longer just work out in the basement. I probably would have been happy if that was all VSA offered me, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. VSA creates an online community in which we have team meetings twice a week along with other health, fitness and nutrition masterclasses. They continually produce podcasts and videos such as cooking recipes and workouts. The amount of content that members receive is extraordinary. Not only do we get lessons in these subjects, but we get the best teachers explaining everything to us. For years prior to joining, I tried to work with other fitness instructors and nutritionists. I learned over the years that vegan nutrition does not equate to the Standard American Diet and there really is not an accurate conversion tool to figure out how much food and nutrition to consume. VSA has that down to a science. They have so many experts who continually demonstrate that vegans can accomplish everything that a carnivore can accomplish in athletics. I mentioned the community earlier and I have to say that is my favorite part of VSA. The community feels more like a family. We cheer each other on just like we would if we were at the gym alongside each other. I have met-up with other members while traveling to different cities and I cannot begin to tell you how much I have learned from the other members. I am excited to see all the other members at the upcoming retreat. Last year was my first time attending the retreat and all I can say is that it was like going to summer camp with adults. It was not the hippie type experience that people associate with a vegan retreat. This one was all gym, sports, games and other waterfront activities. We got to rub elbows with bodybuilders and Olympic athletes. Did I mention the food? Leif, Anders, Elke, Daphne and the rest of the VSA team are the real deal. I cannot thank them enough for the programs and content that they continuously deliver. I am grateful to my coach, Mislav and Sarah, Lukasz and Brian, who are the other coaches on my team for all their guidance and support.

I am so grateful for the Vegan Superhero Academy. From the moment I clicked the link to find out more, I have felt completely understood, supported, and cared for. They thought of everything! I loved the Ignite course modules, goody box with tape measure, personalized meal plan that was full of delicious recipes (some include entertaining and helpful how-to videos), newsletters, and so on. I love that my trainer can see my cronometer food diary for convenient accountability. It was an adjustment logging in grams but I am much more aware of my protein and calorie targets which has been a game changer. I love that I look forward to my workouts now. The Hevy app has been amazing. My trainer loads my workout but I have complete control over when and where I do them. I did purchase adjustable dumbbells but that has enabled me to do my workouts at home where I am the most comfortable. I simply record myself doing any new exercises and my trainer provides thorough feedback on my form so that I can maximize my results. Speaking of my trainer, you don’t get any better than Lukasz! Being in the VSA, we have access to the best vegan trainers in the world! Although he is in a different time zone, it is never an issue. He is always a text away and responds very quickly. I look forward to our zoom calls and know he will always be supportive and encouraging. He is approachable, relatable, knowledgeable, confident, warm, and kind. I know whatever obstacles or mental roadblocks come up for me during my momentum journey, he will be there with a smile and a plan! In less than two months, I’m almost at my three-month goal! It’s hard to believe that I have learned more in two months working with Lukasz who is an ocean away than I have in the collective year, or so, working face to face with three different trainers. Thank you VSA! Thank you, Lukasz! I am so happy I took the leap with you!

I’m more than halfway through the program I am so pleased with the coaching from my coach, Ruari. He is so knowledgeable and compassionate! He listens to my needs and does anything he can to adjust my recipes or workouts to best suit me, I have lost weight but more importantly I am healing my relationship with food. I am 61 and the change in my health is already very apparent. I highly recommend this program! I am forever thankful I found them!

Have you ever envisioned discovering a dream team of fitness experts who align with your environmental, ethical and dietary values? How about a coach who not only designs your personal food and training plan, but guides you through the ever-thickening mess of bogus nutritional and training information out there? I joined the VSA in November 2023, a group of world-wide significance that offers a deep dive into all aspects of health through personal coaching, podcasts, master classes, and an active online community. I joined because I have age-related loss of muscle mass and strength in spite of staying pretty active and following a healthy whole foods vegan diet. ​Also, I am saddened and alarmed by family members, friends and neighbors in my age demographic losing physical function and/or ​succumbing to chronic disease. I realized a need for personal guidance, greater knowledge and support to help with my fitness and nutritional goals. I was assigned to Coach Daniel Louwrens. He is a fantastic coach, a brilliant scientist, an attentive and kind human being who really cares - someone you can trust to back what he says with peer-reviewed evidence and his personal experience. He loves being pounded by endless questions about, well, anything you want to know but never knew who to ask until now! It's rare to find a coach who intimately knows how our bodies (and minds) work and who loves to teach us how to build - and keep - a healthy body for as long as possible. Devoted attention through weekly one-on-one calls, frequent text messages, and quick response to questions makes communication easy. To date, I have significantly increased my strength, have fallen in love with resistance training, improved my nutritional profile, increased my energy, lost a few pounds, and continue to learn and grow! I've never before experienced this level of support and expertise -it's the best investment in my health that I have ever made and an experience like no other - it's truly empowering!

I love the Vegan Superhero academy. It has been such a pleasure working with both Coach Emma and Coach Sarah. They are two amazing coaches and women. The way that they have supported my fitness and wellness journey has been amazing. The support, advice, resources and tools they’ve both given me will benefit me moving forward. Everything that they promised, they delivered on, and for that I am SO appreciative. They have been a great source of support, creating a safe and nurturing space for me to be vulnerable. Coach Sarah has been there with me through some amazing highs and unfortunate lows and has cheered me on through the good and held my hand and was a source of comfort and support through the lows. If you’re looking for an amazing health and fitness company for vegans, please consider Vegan Superhero’s Academy, the staff is amazing from that first call with Elke, to the Facebook groups and the information filled emails that they send weekly. Lastly the meal plans, I loved how Coach Emma took my likes into consideration when preparing my meal plans and did it in a way to set me up for success. I rate my experience 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Vegan Gym Vegan Superhero Academy continues to be a life changing experience for me! I love the people and the community they have created! I have a super amazing coach, Coach Daniel, that has helped me as I work toward my goals of body recomposition and forming life long healthy habits (mental, physical and nutritional) through our weekly calls and anytime messaging. We can also access so much health information from their archives and weekly team calls focused on weight training to menopause to nutrition to setting goals, all of which the coaches, as a whole, have real life experience in. The community and program really are a deep well of support for growth and health maintenance. I highly recommend it!

How do you heal from six decades of unhealthy starvation yo yo dieting and find a true healthy balanced lifestyle for life? Join the Vegan Superhero Academy (VSA)! I tried with self motivation all those years to be healthy thinking that a certain number on the scale would ensure my health. I went vegan but misunderstood that you can also be an unhealthy vegan. I couldn’t get the nutrition/exercise components to line up. I’d do well (I thought) with one or the other but never simultaneously and eventually would give up. The VSA offers cutting edge nutrition and coaches to provide their clients with personally individualized programs for their optimum health. In addition to that it encompasses a strong online VSA Community and educational resources. As someone who is entering her 7th decade wanting a body, mind, soul experience, I am ever so grateful to have given the VSA a chance. I was so fortunate to be matched with Coach Daniel Louwrens. He understands my goals and has the unique expertise to help me realize them. Coach Daniel knows the intricacies of nutrition and weight training that best suit me. I trust him with my whole heart which has earned him the title of my “Beloved Coach.” With the expert support of Coach Daniel, I am looking forward to being fitter than ever, enjoying good health, crushing my goal of hiking the rim to rim in the Grand Canyon and becoming unstoppable!