2Zachary Koval
This sexy fitness expert is the 2012 Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door winner. Zachary strives to help other people reach their own health and fitness potential through his work as a certified personal trainer, vegan lifestyle coach, and speaker with a little modeling thrown in.
He is constantly asked about how can he build muscle while being a vegetarian. Yeah, the eternal protein myth. He says he loves tempeh, tofu, and seitan and after working out he’ll generally have a shake with raw sprouted protein powder.
“I first became vegetarian at age 10. I couldn’t stomach the thought of eating animals. I couldn’t understand the difference between “pet” animals and “food” animals. Why eat one and not the other, when both are living creatures with personalities, capable of feeling both pleasure and pain? “