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The Lewis Oliver Farm is a historic community landmark dating back to the mid-1800s, and today, serves as a sanctuary and home to a small family of rescued farmed animals who are much loved by the community who enjoy visiting them and by the many volunteers who help take care of them on a daily basis.

In addition to their family of rescued farmed animals, the sanctuary also features original barns; botanical and vegetable gardens; a collection of native wildlife; a country store and the Lewis Oliver Vegan Education (L.O.V.E) Center.

The Lewis Oliver Farm was jointly purchased in 2007 by the Town of Huntington and Suffolk County so as to preserve this cherished landmark. The animal care, gardens, and educational programs are entirely funded and managed by Friends of the Farm, Northport Inc. - an all-volunteer-based 501(c)3 responsible for the day-to-day operations and fundraising needed to sustain this community treasure.

For more info on Lewis Oliver Farm Sanctuary, check out lewisoliverfarm.org

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Lewis Oliver Farm Sanctuary in Northport, NY, is a low key farm sanctuary that feels like a bit of a secret kept within the local community. Lewis Oliver was originally a dairy farm but now functions as a small sanctuary to the 50 animal residents that now call it home. We filmed a little behind the scenes VLOG of us visiting the sanctuary, filming some promotional material for them, visiting a local bodybuilding-style gym called Pro-Fit Gym, and then getting lots of delicious vegan food at Lindenhurst Diner which has a low key huge vegan menu!

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TRUE NUTRITION - My absolute favorite, affordable, customizable vegan protein powder! Use code "AETHIX" at checkout for 5% off anything you order! Using the code helps support me! http://www.truenutrition.com/

JACK AND FRIENDS VEGAN JERKY - Super tasty jackfruit based jerky and a great small business to support! Use code "AETHIX" at checkout for 10% off anything you order!
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We got out of the city for the weekend and stayed at a farmhouse, hung out with cool animals, hiked a lot and ate a hell of a lot of vegan donuts.

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TRUE NUTRITION - My absolute favorite, affordable, customizable vegan protein powder! Use code "AETHIX" at checkout for 5% off anything you order! Using the code helps support me! http://www.truenutrition.com/

JACK AND FRIENDS VEGAN JERKY - Super tasty jackfruit based jerky and a great small business to support! Use code "AETHIX" at checkout for 10% off anything you order!
https://www.jackandfriendsjerky.com/

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In today’s episode, I’m joined by vegan powerlifter Eddie Baumgartner. Eddie has been competing in powerlifting for years now and has hit a 555 lb wrapped squat, 308 lb bench and 533 lb deadlift in competition. He’s also recently made the switch to equipped powerlifting which queued a discussion about the differences between raw and equipped powerlifting and how raw powerlifting in particular has become so much more popular over the years. We also talk about Eddie’s reasons for going vegan years ago, an average day of eating for him, how alcohol affects training performance, our thoughts on lab grown meat and tons more. It’s clear that Eddie is very passionate about powerlifting and veganism and it really shows in the conversation we had here. I hope you all enjoy the episode as much as I enjoyed our chat!

You can find Eddie at @eddie.baumgartner on Instagram and at his Twitch at TheAgentBaum.

If you'd rather listen on a different platform, check the show out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, PocketCasts, PlayerFM, RadioPublic or PineCast!

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro to Aethix Approach Episode
0:45 - Episode overview
1:35 - Episode start
3:00 - Who is Eddie Baumgartner?
3:45 - Eddie's history with going vegetarian/vegan
6:15 - Purposes for being vegan?
8:45 - Athletic history and vegetarianism/veganism
15:00 - Equipped powerlifting was more popular than raw lifting before
16:30 - How long has Eddie been training equipped and what does his programming look like?
19:00 - Why did Eddie want to switch to equipped powerlifting?
22:00 - Johnnie Candito and internet resources for lifting information
26:30 - Approaches towards advocating veganism
28:30 - Differences between equipped and raw powerlifting
36:30 - Caffeine consumption and lifting - how much is TOO much?
39:00 - Alcohol, physical performance and body composition, hormones
48:00 - Situations where alcohol may actually improve physical performance
51:00 - Disc golf
54:00 - Lab grown meat
56:45 - Animal testing
1:02:15 - Hunting vs buying meat from grocery store, morality as a spectrum
1:05:30 - Eddie tells everyone to try equipped powerlifting, how to get into it
1:09:00 - Where can people find you on social media?
1:10:00 - Episode outro

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TRUE NUTRITION - My absolute favorite, affordable, customizable vegan protein powder! Use code "AETHIX" at checkout for 5% off anything you order! Using the code helps support me! http://www.truenutrition.com/

JACK AND FRIENDS VEGAN JERKY - Super tasty jackfruit based jerky and a great small business to support! Use code "AETHIX" at checkout for 10% off anything you order!
https://www.jackandfriendsjerky.com/

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In this episode, I speak with Taylor Patterson AKA The Vegan Trainer, a personal trainer and life coach who specializes in working with others to help improve various aspects of their life above and beyond just physical fitness. Taylor has a unique approach to his coaching that aims to improve various lifestyle facets such as work, social and financial health, to name a few, with the approach that improving each aspect will contribute to overall well-being. Taylor and I discuss his philosophies on this as well as what got him into fitness and strength training, what drew him to veganism over a decade ago, making healthy yet sustainable diet choices, his take on masculinity and how veganism can tie into that and so much more. Taylor is very well-versed in what he does and I particularly love his story about what drew him to going vegan as well as his work in men’s health and views on masculinity. I hope you enjoy the episode as much as I enjoyed our chat!

You can find Taylor at @TheVeganTrainer on Instagram and his coaching services at PowerPlantBody.com. He also has a YouTube channel and Facebook group under PowerPlantBody.

If you'd rather listen on a different platform, check the show out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, PocketCasts, PlayerFM, RadioPublic or PineCast!

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro to Aethix Approach Episode
0:45 - Episode overview
1:30 - Episode start
2:15 - Taylor Patterson (TheVeganTrainer) intro
2:45 - What sort of coaching services do you specialize in?
4:15 - Developing from stereotypical personal training to his current coaching approach
7:00 - Training at local boxing gym, kickboxing
11:15 - What drew you to fitness/lifting?
15:00 - Growing up skateboarding, similarities to lifting weights
19:30 - Bench pressing safety and progression
23:00 - Benefits of building strength
25:15 - Mental practices when hitting new PR's
30:00 - Ever competed in powerlifting or bodybuilding?
34:00 - Why not compete in bodybuilding? Mental aspects, dieting
37:30 - Individual progression, progressing as an advanced lifter
41:00 - Why Taylor went vegan
46:00 - Lifting and veganism in late 2000's - How Taylor went about it
48:00 - What's Taylor's diet like now?
50:30 - Taylor's work in men's health and masculinity
59:30 - How does veganism tie into masculinity?
1:04:00 - Making healthy eating decisions, balancing healthy foods with junk foods for mental/social health
1:07:00 - Where can people find Taylor on social media? What about his coaching services?
1:08:30 - Resources for men's health
1:10:30 - Episode outro

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TRUE NUTRITION - My absolute favorite, affordable, customizable vegan protein powder! Use code "AETHIX" at checkout for 5% off anything you order! Using the code helps support me! http://www.truenutrition.com/

JACK AND FRIENDS VEGAN JERKY - Super tasty jackfruit based jerky and a great small business to support! Use code "AETHIX" at checkout for 10% off anything you order!
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It's always nice to have some good high protein, macro friendly plant based options for on-the-go whether you're going out for a long hike, hitting the city for the day, or whatever! Here's a list of some of my personal favorites.

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TRUE NUTRITION - My absolute favorite, affordable, customizable vegan protein powder! Use code "AETHIX" at checkout for 5% off anything you order! Using the code helps support me! http://www.truenutrition.com/

JACK AND FRIENDS VEGAN JERKY - Super tasty jackfruit based jerky and a great small business to support! Use code "AETHIX" at checkout for 10% off anything you order!
https://www.jackandfriendsjerky.com/

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I've been learning a lot while building my new home gym in Brooklyn and I wanted to make a video to help share what I've learned so far to hopefully help some of you! This should be helpful info for anyone who's looking to keep costs lower and are limited in space.

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TRUE NUTRITION - My absolute favorite, affordable, customizable vegan protein powder! Use code "AETHIX" at checkout for 5% off anything you order! Using the code helps support me! http://www.truenutrition.com/

JACK AND FRIENDS VEGAN JERKY - Super tasty jackfruit based jerky and a great small business to support! Use code "AETHIX" at checkout for 10% off anything you order!
https://www.jackandfriendsjerky.com/

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In this episode, vegan bodybuilder Lance James and I chat about what drew him to competitive bodybuilding, how his training programming and philosophies have developed over the years, body dysmorphia in bodybuilding and how his plant based diet has affected his results in the gym. We also discuss our reasons for being vegan and our personal forms of activism as well as issues with the online vegan community and how veganism is sometimes portrayed on social media. As someone who’s been vegan for over a decade, Lance has a lot of great input on the subject and I found myself personally resonating with just about everything he had to say about both veganism and lifting during our conversation. I hope you enjoy the episode as much as I enjoyed our chat!

You can find Lance at @sirlanceawholelot

If you'd rather listen on a different platform, check the show out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, PocketCasts, PlayerFM, RadioPublic or PineCast!

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro to Aethix Approach Episode
0:45 - Episode overview
1:35 - Episode start
2:00 - Lance intro
2:30 - What lead Lance to bodybuilding?
5:20 - Dieting for bodybuilding
9:00 - Counting calories/macros
13:00 - Getting into lifting
15:30 - Dreamer bulk as a beginner
18:30 - Body dysmorphia in bodybuilding
19:30 - How has training changed over the years?
23:00 - Balancing recovery to progress
24:45 - Progression model in training
25:30 - Deloads, caffeine, NYC/Texas vegan food, travel
31:00 - How does training and diet change closer to competition?
33:45 - Individual differences for caloric intake/appetite
36:45 - Individual differences when performing squats
39:00 - Bad form in the gym
40:15 - When/why did you go vegan and how you approached it?
45:45 - Why did I go vegan?
52:00 - Average day of eating?
55:30 - Refeeds on a cut
58:00 - Toxic veganism - what could be improved with the online vegan community
1:00:30 - Exploiting veganism for the clout
1:05:45 - Vegan protein deficient joke
1:07:30 - Macro intakes for vegans
1:10:30 - Where can people find you on social media?
1:13:15 - Episode outro

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TRUE NUTRITION - My absolute favorite, affordable, customizable vegan protein powder! Use code "AETHIX" at checkout for 5% off anything you order! Using the code helps support me! http://www.truenutrition.com/

JACK AND FRIENDS VEGAN JERKY - Super tasty jackfruit based jerky and a great small business to support! Use code "AETHIX" at checkout for 10% off anything you order!
https://www.jackandfriendsjerky.com/

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Another full day of eating and first one of 2021! Woo! Currently eating 3,000 calories a day to start off this mini cut. Here is a usual day of eating for me right now and how I hit all my macros.

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TRUE NUTRITION - My absolute favorite, affordable, customizable vegan protein powder! Use code "AETHIX" at checkout for 5% off anything you order! Using the code helps support me! http://www.truenutrition.com/

JACK AND FRIENDS VEGAN JERKY - Super tasty jackfruit based jerky and a great small business to support! Use code "AETHIX" at checkout for 10% off anything you order!
https://www.jackandfriendsjerky.com/

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I chatted with Taylor Patterson AKA The Vegan Trainer on social media about fitness/recreational bodybuilding as a vegan, what to keep in mind when transitioning to a plant based diet while lifting, what inspired me to go vegan, how I got into coaching and strategies for coaching, future projects I'm working on and more! Go check it out and check out Taylor's other content - He's a super nice, jacked vegan with a ton of great info!

Check out the interview here:
https://youtu.be/RcJxriHV_9M

Check out Taylor's content here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC2PJkNStitc9rOPIpRtWqw

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FREE TRAINING PROGRAMS: http://www.aethixfitness.com/training

TRUE NUTRITION - My absolute favorite, affordable, customizable vegan protein powder! Use code "AETHIX" at checkout for 5% off anything you order! Using the code helps support me! http://www.truenutrition.com/

JACK AND FRIENDS VEGAN JERKY - Super tasty jackfruit based jerky and a great small business to support! Use code "AETHIX" at checkout for 10% off anything you order!
https://www.jackandfriendsjerky.com/

SOCIAL:

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PODCAST:

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Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0...

Audible: https://www.amazon.com/The-Aethix-App...

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