The Vegan Superhero AcademyReviews of thevegangym.com

I joined VSA as a relatively new vegan with goals of getting bigger & stronger. I wasn’t sure how much or what I should be eating to accomplish my goals. I also felt stuck in my workout routine just going through the motions. Coach Sawyer designed a custom nutrition & workout plan for me. He taught me how to adjust my nutrition and workouts to get the best results. Through our weekly calls and frequent texts, Sawyer held me accountable while also supporting me through the roadblocks along the way. The greatest thing Sawyer taught me is that health is more than a number on a scale - it’s how you feel inside and out! After 90 days with VSA I hit new PR’s on bench press and squat! The muscle gains are awesome, but the positive mental space I gained feels even better. Thanks to Coach Sawyer for all his help & support! I wholeheartedly recommend him and VSA to anyone looking to breathe life into their fitness journeys.

VSA is about delivering what you need for exactly where you’re at. Seems obvious, but you soon realize it’s what you’ve been missing all along. To be clear, there’s no magic to the fitness programming and nutrition advice they provide - no “one weird trick” that fixes everything. VSA’s secret sauce is cutting through some of the noise in the fitness and nutrition world, figuring out exactly where your strengthens and weaknesses lie, and tailoring the coaching accordingly. If you’re starting from scratch, they’ll get you set on the fundamentals. If you’re somewhere in the middle, they’ll figure out where your gaps are and help you tie everything together. And if you’ve already got a solid base, they’ll help you dial it all in to get you to the next level. So like in my case, a good amount of the coaching I received from Sawyer centered on mindset. That was probably the biggest surprise for me - changing my approach to fitness and nutrition. Making sustainable changes. Focusing on the long-term. A good deal of life coaching I didn’t know I needed. As their approach isn’t cookie cutter, neither are their coaches. They’ve got a deep roster of professionals with diverse personalities and backgrounds, so they can be thoughtful about who they pair you with. And I can’t stress how incredible it is to be in an all vegan environment. Their advice is tailored to active vegans, delivered by vegan coaches to vegan athletes of all stripes. There aren’t many spaces where that’s true. I’m grateful for my time in the program and recommend it to any vegan who is committed to improving their health and fitness.

Joining VSA was very inspiring and transformative. Even though I have been a vegan for almost 20 years now, I needed to take it to the next level with my nutrition and fitness during the pandemic. Julia and VSA helped with coming up with a nutrition plan unique for me and my likes, appropriate macros, and a workout plan I could do at home since I haven't been back to the gym since COVID-19 hit. With Julia's encouragement, I started swimming again and swam in an event for charity, over 1 mile, in a lake in my community. Not only did I lose some weight, I gained some structure, accountability, and help in areas that I wasn't as prepared with myself. Julia was patient, full of positive energy, and wonderful to work with! I would definitely recommend VSA for vegans or those who aspire to be vegan to help with their health, fitness, nutrition and mindset! I'm looking forward to the VSA retreat at Tamerlaine Sanctuary in October!

Coach Julia is AMAZING, knowledge, patient, encouraging and kind. This was a great experience. I look and feel the BEST I've ever have. I'm stronger, healthier and DEFINITELY HAPPIER because of the experience.

Hands down, the experience and the results are totally worth the money. I look better at 33 than I did at 22, and honestly that used to be my best body year! Coach Julia is AMAZING... very kind, considerate and encouraging in this journey. I've become much more stronger and happier with my body.

My experience was stellar. After a decade or more of trying to get stronger and faster my way, I decided to invest in the knowledge and experience of those with a proven record. I was apprehensive at first, given the meal plan (I was cutting, and yet expected to eat more calories than I had in years, on top of that, less cardio, and not maxing out every time I hit the weights) It seemed crazy. That's where Coach Laura stepped in. She encouraged and empowered me to make the right choices and stay focused so that I might achieve me goals. I'm a month out of the initial three month training, and currently in maintenance before I begin bulking. I feel great. I've gotten more compliments on my general appearance than ever before. Not so much on physique, although that's come as well, but on vitality. I am stronger. I am faster. I know how to achieve my goals, even after the academy. I understand nutrition and training better. I owe that to Coach Laura, and Coach Anders, who challenged me to start the training in the first place. It's worth it. Absolutely no regrets. Thank you, VSA!

I’ve been vegan for nearly 5 years. Although I’ve always been very active in endurance sport I had been struggling to get rid of some middle-age fat accumulation around the waist. This program was exactly what I needed. I was provided with excellent support, right down to caloric targets, a 4 day menu with ingredients to the gram, guidance for meal planning, and workouts I could do at home using minimal equipment. Leif and Anders know what they are doing, and Emma is a true expert in nutrition and body recomposition. Everything is tracked and monitored. It was hard work but I totally reached my goal, with a better than 5kg weight loss, and 2 inches off the waist, while gaining muscle over 90 days. I learned a lot about nutrition, and myself, in the process. It works, and it was totally worth the work and money I put in.

I had been exercising and improving my diet for about six months and had been attempting to fully transition to a vegan lifestyle. I had sort of plateaued in my weight loss & exercising and was really just winging it with what I was doing. I came an ad for VSA social media and decided to look into it further. After the initial call with Anders, I decided to give it a shot because I wanted to know what I didn't know (how to exercise and eat properly). The onboarding process was fairly easy. Anders spent a good amount of time on the phone with me discussing the program and answering any questions that I had. Once I decided to sign up all of the materials were sent to me and the directors were clear for how to progress through the program. Coach Sawyer was assigned to me for the 90 days. Our initial call was thorough so that he could get a sense of what I had been doing and my goals for the VSA. He put together a nutrition and exercise program that was easy to follow and he was willing to work with me to adjust when it was appropriate. Our weekly calls were a great way to stay accountable with what I was doing but the part that was really helpful was the back and forth text messaging between the two of us. He made himself available and responded quickly to my questions and when I was looking for feedback on my form early on. I can tell he cared about my progress and at the same time he was interested about me on a personal level. I signed up at an awkward time with some major events that I was producing that required me to be away from my home for almost 1/3 of the program so it was challenging to maintain the entire time but that was all on me. I made a lot of gains during the program in terms of strength and muscle mass. I am the strongest I've been since college and I now have the tools to continue getting strong. I also have a great foundation for living a vegan lifestyle. I look forward to continuing to use this new knowledge to keep me and my family happy for years to come. Thank you, VSA.