As soon as I started speaking with Luke and Emilie Tan on our podcast interview, one word/feeling came instantly to mind: Passion. Luke and Emilie share their journeys in life and how they are using the fuel from their journeys to “inspire others to being champions of their fate” as Luke states in our podcast interview here:
Luke and Emilie were both accomplished in different high level athletic activities with Emilie being a very accomplished Short Track Speed Skater and Luke an accomplished body builder and they both discuss how they found each other in life and how Emilie was actually the first to “make the jump” to Plantbased and then Luke soon transitioning as well and how they actually found they could perform BETTER when they made this jump. Take a look at the list of each of their bios:
Luke:
- 2016 Plant Pure Nation Global Summit Presenter
- Former Level 3 Certified Strength and Conditioning/ Mindset Coach (Australian Strength Performance)
- Poliquin International Certification Program (PICP Level 2 Strength Coach)
- Former BioSignature Modulation Practitioner
- Australian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) Sports Power Coach (Level 1)
- Crossfit Level 1 Trainer
- Progressive Calisthenics Certified (PCC) Instructor
- Hardstyle Kettlebell Certified (HKC) Level 1 Instructor
- Certificate in Plant Based Nutrition (T Colin Campbell Centre for Nutritional Studies)
- Certificate in Plant-Based Sports Nutrition (Matthew Kenney Culinary)
- Certificate in Plant-Based Elite Sports Nutrition (Matthew Kenney Culinary)
- Certificate III and IV in Fitness (Fitness Australia)
- A.C.E Certified trainer
- Thump and Punchfit certified boxing and kickboxing instructor
- Team Prana On Ambassador
- Thanyapura Brand Ambassador
- 2017 Naturally Fit Games (Austin, Texas), CrossFit Competitor
- 2015 Crossfit Bukit Timah Games, 1st Place
- 2015 Plantbuilt Team Captain (Male bodybuilding)
- 2015 Naturally Fit Games (Austin, Texas), Physique Novice Class, 1st Place
- 2013 ANB (Victoria) Fitness Model (O30), 2nd Place
- 2013 IFBB Physique competitor
- 2010 INBA (Victoria), placed 2nd Runner Up (Novice) and won ‘Best Routine/ Poser
- 2 years served as a Military Police officer
Emilie:
- Tailwind Nutrition sponsored athlete
- Compressport sponsored athlete
- Co-founder of Evolved Generation
- Certificate in Professional Plant-Based Cooking (Rouxbe Cooking School)
- Fundamentals of Raw Cuisine – Level 1 (Matthew Kenney Culinary)
- Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition (T Colin Campbell Foundation)
- 12 years as a competitive athlete (short track speed skating – on ice) in Canada and Australia
- 5 years competitive track athlete (distances ranging 200m – 3000m)
- 2017 1st place The Beach Bunch Night Trail – Brunei
- 2017 1st place (open category), Performance Series Run – Singapore
- 2016 3rd place, Straits Times 18.45km Run – Singapore
- 2016 1st place (open category), Performance Series Run – Singapore
- 2016 2nd place, 2XU Compression Run – Singapore
- 2016 1st place overall women, Sea to Summit trail run – Hong Kong
- 2016 6th place overall women, Vibram 100km trail run – Hong Kong
- 2015 2nd place overall women, Northface100 Asia Pacific Series trail run – Singapore (50km)
- 2015 2nd place overall women, Roller Coaster trail (44km) – Victoria, Australia
- 2015 4th place overall women, Two Bays ultramarathon trail (56km) – Victoria, Australia
- 2015 4th place overall women, Northface Ultra World Tour series ultramarathon trail (50km) NSW, Australia
- 2013 IFBB Bikini competitor
- Plantbuilt Team Member
So, it’s easy to see that they are very accomplished and very driven, however we also discussed their suggestions for people starting out and their best advice. Luke discusses that it depends on the people’s “dna” and make changes on their pace. It might mean going Plantbased all at once or it might mean phasing things out over time. Luke talks about some people simply changing out the milk in their daily latte to using almond milk instead or we start switching out some meat for meat replacements. It’s always great to “meet people where they’re at”. Luke came out with a book to assist people in their lives entitled “Awake and Alive: Harness Your Mental & Physical Potential Through a Plantbased Lifestyle” Click Here
Luke and Emilie have also created Evolved Generation with it’s mission: “Through health and fitness centred events, we aim to create community and promote plant-based health, fitness and athleticism.”
You can find out more here: Click Here
As you can see, Luke and Emilie Tan continue to work hard to motivate and drive others and are a living testament to all they proclaim. You can follow them at:
