Ongoing Projects

Thrive Fitness soon to be released

Brendan's much anticipated follow-up to The Thrive Diet will be published in January 2009 by Penguin. It is entitled: Thrive Fitness: Mental and Physical Strength for Life.

Brendan Brazier's Thrive Fitness (Penguin)


Back-cover synopsis:

Developed by Brendan Brazier, professional Ironman triathlete, two-time Canadian 50km Ultra Marathon Champion and bestselling author on performance nutrition. In an easy-to-apply system, complete with detailed exercise descriptions and pictures, Brendan explains how to gain maximum results in minimal time. Thrive Fitness is not simply a program; it's a way of life.

Learn how in just 45 minutes three times a week you can:

  • - Sculpt, strong, lean functional muscles that move with grace and ease
  • - Prevent sports injuries and strengthen, bones, tendons and ligaments
  • - Boost heart health and efficacy
  • - Reduce body fat and inflammation
  • - Increase sleep quality and energy levels
  • - Cut sugar cravings and dependants on caffeine

 

In addition to physically gains, non-physical benefits will be realized by the living the Thrive Fitness lifestyle:

  • Right-brain stimulation which helps develop and cultivate creative thought
  • Improve subconscious problem-solving ability
  • New neurotransmitters creation
  • Improved memory
  • Greater willpower, focus and the ability to work more efficiently
  • Reduced risk of developing depression

Living the Thrive Fitness lifestyle will dramatically reduce the risk of developing type-two diabetes, arthritis, osteoporosis and North American's number-one killer; cardiovascular disease.

Nutrition section that includes:

  • 30 whole food, plant-based, sport-specific, performance enhancing recipes that are free of all common allergens including: wheat, gluten, dairy, soy, corn and yeast
  • The top foods to fuel performance

Also Includes:

  • Sample Meal Plan
  • Shopping List for top performance foods
  • Running Mileage-buildup Chart
  • Training / Nutrition Log sample
  • Travel section - maintaining the Thrive Fitness lifestyle while on the road
  • Fully scalable program: whether you're new to active living, a time-crunched executive or a high-performance athlete, Thrive Fitness can be tailored to suit your lifestyle.



Cornell University Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition:


The first course of its kind, you can now earn your Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from eCornell and the T. Colin Campbell Foundation. The program, offered entirely online through eCornell, was developed by Dr. T. Colin Campbell, PhD, one of Cornell University's most distinguished researchers and bestselling author of The China Study.


Join Brendan Brazier and other world-renowned experts as they guide you through this emerging field. As part of the course material, Brendan delivers a lecture based on his books (Thrive and Thrive Fitness) entitled Plant-Based Diet and Elite Athleticism.



Brendan’s lecture covers such topics as:

  1. The Value of High Net Gain Nutrition  
  2. Eliminating Biological Debt
  3. The Protein Question  
  4. Building Functional Muscle on a Plant-Based Diet
  5. Pre-Exercise Fuel
  6. Post Workout Recovery Nutrition
  7. Sports Drinks
  8. pH and why it maters for athletes
  9. Alkalizing Foods and Exercise
  10. Energy Snacks; how to make your own
For more information and to sign up: www.ecornell.com/brazier


Brendan featured in new book for charity

Brendan was invited to participate in a unique and very worthy project. A book about the life of a three-legged puppy named Baby will be published in June of '08 by Simon and Schuster. It will tell the story of Baby as a puppy mill survivor who was raised in confinement for use as a breeding dog, right up until her rescue by Jana Kohl.

This book is primarily made up of pictures to draw attention to animal confinement and abuse. The support for this concern has clearly been overwhelming. Each page will feature a picture of a well-known personality with Baby. Among them include:

Barack Obama, Bill Maher, Lindsay Lohan, Jane Fonda, Peter Max, Moby, John Walsh, James Cromwell, Mariel Hemingway, Martina Navitalova

Look for it in book stores everywhere beginning in June. For more information you may visit the website.

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Brendan and Baby the dog

Photos taken by Elizabeth Sagarin (http://www.zgorinphoto.com/)


How I Thrived (working title)

Currently in production, this feature-length documentary film will capture Brendan's fast-paced life following him from his professional Ironman days, to formulator of one of the most highly respected nutritional products in the industry and now best-selling author on health and nutrition. Chronicling his bike accident in 2004 that ended his professional athletic career, the film will show how Brendan's life was transformed in an instant and how his resourcefulness took a seemingly negative situation and opened another door. This career-changing event served as the platform on which he wrote The Thrive Diet, and formulated the award-winning Vega nutritional line. The film will take the viewer on an in-depth journey along-side Brendan on his intense book tour schedule, his training regime and among other things, will include candid conversations from the road. It will also cover his political involvement in Washington, from speaking on Capital hill to lobbying against the Farm Bill. Set for release in January 2009.

Brendan and Dr. HeimlichBrendan chatting up music artist MobyÂ

Brendan trainingBrendan at Washington Monument
Cellular Foods VanBrendan at capital building Brendan at Venice Beach


Brendan's interview in Back from the Edge movie

Brendan Brazier on Back from the Edge

Along with other experts on health and fitness, Brendan is in a new feature-length film called Back from the Edge. Being touted as the first-of-its-kind adventure, health/wellness film, Back from the Edge explores the murky nature of our dependence on pharmaceutical drugs and an overwrought medical profession focused on restorative health; all the while almost completely neglecting prevention. It also shines a bright light on North America's depleted and toxin laden foods, and its startling ignorance when it comes to different solutions that can lead to better health.

From the director:

"Having raced Ironman triathlons professionally for six years, Brendan brings a unique prospective to our film that few can. As a bestselling author and formulator of whole food nutritional products, Brendan's a leading authority on attaining peak health and performance through plant-based whole foods. We're delighted to have him in Back from the Edge."

Randall Blaum Director, Back from the Edge

Back from the Edge movie trailer


The Thrive Diet now published in the United States

Thrive Diet book
The US version of The Thrive Diet is now available. Published by Perseus in hardcover, it is stocked by all major book and health food stores in the United States. Also available for on-line order here .


Raw For Life DVD

Brendan is in a new double DVD set called: Raw For Life: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of the Raw Food Lifestyle. Among others it also features Woody Harrelson, Tony Robbins, Morgan Spurlock, Gary Null, and Rev. Michael Beckwith. It consists of a series of interviews with leading experts in the field.

For more information, to view the trailer or to order a copy, click here.


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eating Raw

Brendan's account of the raw food diet can be found in Vegan Fusions new book, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eating Raw, along with testimonials from other luminaries in the raw food movement such as John Robbins, David Wolfe, and Woody Harrelson.


The Thrive Diet now available in the United Kingdom

Available in select book stores in the UK and on-line from Penguin UK.


Brendan on the G Living Network

The G Living Network is a contemporary news media company the reports on the latest trends in sustainability.

Brendan contributes regular articles and writes a weekly blog. Check back often for new content and to see what's happening in the world of innovative green products as well as what Brendan's up to. Brendan Brazier GLiving