Vegan Athlete of the Day: Patrik Baboumian

​This is for all the people out there that don’t think you can build muscle and increase mass as a Vegan. Baboumian  is a 2012 European Powerlifting Champion, World record breaker in three strongman events, World record breaker for log lift for under 105kg, European Open title winner in 2012, and set personal bests of Bench 210kg, Squat 360kg, Deadlift 360kg.  Baboumian has a lengthy list of accomplishments in international strongman competitions and powerligting competitions and on becoming vegan has said “ I just found myself thinking that if I would have to kill the animals I ate with my own hands I couldn’t because I was too compassionate. I felt that I was fooling myself eating meat considering my inability to kill an animal so I just thought I’d better be honest to myself and stop eating meat.”  Some more of his records can be found below.

• 1999 Intl. German Champion Jun. Bodybuilding-IFBB
• 2007 German Champion -105 kg Strongman-GFSA
• 2009 German Champion -105 kg Strongman-GFSA
• 2009 German Team-Champion Strongman-GFSA
• 2009 German Champion log lift -GFSA
• 2009 World record log lift -105 kg (165 kg)
• 2010 German Champion log lift -GFSA
• 2010 German record in log lift +105 kg (180 kg)
• 2011 4th place at loglifting worldcup (185 kg)
• 2011 German record in loglifting +105 kg (185 kg)
• 2011 German Champion and total winner in log lifting -GFSA
• 2011 German record in beer keg lifting (13 repeats)
• 2011 Germany's Strongest Man 2011
• 2012 European Champion in Powerlifting Class –140 kg division (GPA)
• 2012 World record beer keg lifting (150,2 kg)
• 2012 World record Front Hold 20 kg (1:26,14 Minuten)
• 2013 World record yoke-walk, 550,2 kg over 10 m in Toronto
• 2015 World record yoke-walk, 560 kg in 28 seconds