Travis Kelce revealed that he tried to follow in his older brother Jason’s footsteps and switch to veganism.
The brothers had special guest Arnold Schwarzenegger on the latest episode of New Heights podcast On Wednesday, they questioned the famous bodybuilder about his fitness regimen.
The former governor of California advised NFL stars not to follow the crowd and instead find what worked for them individually.
But Travis admitted that he had already tried to follow his older brother’s trend after experimenting with veganism and failing.
“Jason does a lot of, um, what is that, are you vegan?” Travis said. ‘Jason is a real vegan. I was always vegan – I tried for a week, but it didn’t work. However, I needed a lot more protein than beans. Have you ever gone vegan?’
Travis Kelce (L) revealed to Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) that he had tried to go vegan
“I reduced my meat intake by 70 percent,” Schwarzenegger revealed. “The one who talked me into it was Jim Cameron. He is vegan, 100 percent vegan. He has enormous energy.
‘I think it works because as you get older, doctors will tell if you have heart disease – eat less meat. So I did. I started eating mostly vegetables, soup, cucumber salad instead of chicken or meat or steak, I still love my steak.’
Jason, who announced his retirement from the NFL after an incredible 13-year career with the Philadelphia Eagles, admitted it wasn’t an easy transition but tried to lose a few pounds after hanging up his cleats.
“It’s pretty hard to stop,” the legendary Eagles center admitted.
‘I’m working on it now, I’m retired. I’ve played 295 my entire career. I’m trying to go to 250-260. My goal is two pounds a week, losing weight but maintaining my muscle mass. But I try to maintain my protein, muscle mass.”
Jason had previously revealed his weight loss intentions when he opened up about his post-retirement plans in the first episode of the podcast following his emotional announcement, but he had claimed he would not try an extreme diet such as veganism.
Travis also claimed that his older brother, Eagles legend Jason Kelce, was a “real vegan.”
The former center admitted he was trying to slim down after retiring from the NFL last month
“I’m going to lose weight,” Jason said. “My goal is 250 (lbs). This past week I got to 285 because I knew I was doing this. And then I ate cake for three days in a row.”
Jason also shared his approach to his journey to his desired weight. He revealed that he doesn’t plan to start an extreme diet, but is taking small steps by tracking his calorie intake.
“Personally, I’m not in favor of doing extreme diets, like completely vegan or completely carnivorous or keto,” he continued. “My husband Joe Thomas has lost a lot of weight (and) he’s completely keto. And I’m like, ‘Dude, more power to you,’ but no, I don’t. It looks great, but it’s not worth doing that for me.
‘I downloaded MyFitnessPal and just started tracking calories. I feel like as long as I keep up my protein intake, so maintain my muscle and limit the calories a little bit, you’ll start to lose weight, that’s the plan.”