Robert Cheeke is an American

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, motivational speaker, and author. He is a

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and spends his time touring the United States for speaking engagements and book promotions. He also runs a fitness site, Vegan Bodybuilding and Fitness. Cheeke is the co-founder of C-VEG, a Corvallis-based Vegan group, a former Board Member for non-profit groups OrganicAthlete and Northwest VEG in Portland, and the founder and president of Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness.

Biography

Cheeke grew up on a farm, and cites his positive childhood experiences interacting with the farm's animals as the source of compassion that would later lead him to embrace

veganism Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal product—particularly in diet—and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. An individual who follows the diet or philosophy is known as a vegan. ...

.About the Author
At age 15, Cheeke made the transition to veganism and began organizing

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events at

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including the initiation of recycling programs and providing vegan meals to those in need with

Food Not Bombs Food Not Bombs (FNB) is a loose-knit group of independent collectives, sharing free vegan and vegetarian food with others. The group believes that corporate and government priorities are skewed to allow hunger to persist in the midst of abundance ...

Career

Cheeke began his athletic career as a cross country runner for

Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering co ...

in 1999 but soon developed an interest in weight lifting and strength training. He became a competitive bodybuilder the following year in 2000. He was voted one of ''

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'' magazine's "15 most influential vegan athletes". Cheeke has appeared in radio interviews. Cheeke has been featured in news articles including a feature in the

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and magazines like ''Organic Lifestyle Magazine''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheeke, Robert American male bodybuilders American veganism activists Corvallis High School (Oregon) alumni Living people Oregon State University alumni Sportspeople from Corvallis, Oregon Year of birth missing (living people)

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