Send us a text In this week's episode we talk with 2024 Gravel National Champion, Brennan Wertz about: His journey into gravel His nutrition and attack plan for Gravel Nationals Gear he considers essential for gravel riding & racing His love for the sport Brennan Wertz is the current U.S. Gravel National Champion and comes from Northern California. He has been racing the global gravel circuit since 2021, during which time he has achieved top results at many of the most prestigious U.S. grave...
Sep 17, 2024•55 min•Ep. 117
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk with researchers Amanda Regnier and Eli Shannon about: Their recently published study on sodium bicarbonate (Maurten's Bicarb System) use in athletes How the study was conducted, and the findings Where the research is going, and what they hope to learn in the future about sodium bicarbonate Amanda Regnier is a PhD student in Exercise Physiology and Nutrition, with a research focus on sodium bicarbonate supplementation in females. She is deeply passio...
Sep 10, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to Leadville 100 MTB Winner, Melisa Rollins about: How journey into mountain biking (hint: her parents are badass!) Her fueling and hydration strategy for Leadville 2024 (and how that has evolved) Shifting racing strategies to build more momentum and inspiration Melisa Rollins is a professional cyclist who lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. She started cycling casually in 2016 when she signed up for the Leadville Trail 100 MTB on a whim— a race her paren...
Aug 27, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to cyclist and content creator Faith Irvin about: Telling it like it is: Balancing life's "hot mess" with time on the bike Crit racing 101 Thee Abundance Project Engaging more women and women of color in cycling When cycling enthusiast Faith Irvin isn’t running her business or raising her family, you’ll probably find her on her bike. She started road cycling about five years ago, eventually transitioned into racing. She’s currently training for Crite...
Aug 20, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 114
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to researcher and nutrition scientist, Kyle Pfaffenbbach about: Metabolism myths and truths His work with the Brooks Beasts Running Team, and how he got there How the body works with carbs, protein and fat Kyle Pfaffenbach is currently an Assistant Professor at Eastern Oregon University. His academic training has provided him a diverse background in a variety of fields ranging from sports performance to cancer biochemistry. He holds a MS in exercise ...
Aug 13, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to Sarah Sturm, a Nutritional Revolution athlete and the recent winner of the Migration Gravel Race on the Maasai Mara in Kenya: What she was surprised about when she first starting working with a sports nutritionist How she fuels now vs a year ago Adventures in Kenya: Safari Bingo and the gravel adventure of a lifetime (oh, and a win too) Prepping for Leadville 100 Sarah Sturm is a professional off-road cyclist, who lives in the San Juan Mountains i...
Aug 06, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 112
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to recent Cocodona 250 and Tahoe 200 winner (and mountaineer and environmental scientist), Haroldas Subertas about: How he uses real food in his 200+ mile efforts How he trains to run FOUR 200 mile races in a year Struggles you face during 200+ miles Harry Subertas is an ultrarunner, mountaineer, and environmental scientist. He was born and raised in Lithuania and moved to the US just before his 18th birthday. After working a handful of jobs and taki...
Jul 25, 2024•57 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to adventure athlete, mountaineer guide and general fan of VLDs (Very Long Distances), Sunny Stroeer about: Being the 1st Woman to ski the entire 1,000 miles at the Iditarod Trail Invitational from Anchorage to Nome How to manage nutrition during the ITI and VLDs Sunny is a free spirit and adventurer. During her 20s, she was a hard-charging Harvard MBA strategy consultant, but at age 30, she turned her back on material possessions and her career in o...
Jul 16, 2024•51 min•Ep. 110
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to world-class athlete and overall badass, Rebecca Rusch about: Nutrition changes through TBI recovery Her journey from adventure racing to getting on a bike, and finding "dirt dharma" How she fuels on the road The Be Good Foundation Rebecca Rusch, revered as a world-class explorer, athlete, and advocate, has carved a niche for herself within the cycling world and beyond. Renowned for her seven-time World Championship titles across diverse discipline...
Jun 25, 2024•57 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to mountain bikers / bikepacking experts Kait Boyle and Kurt Refsnider about their epic adventure riding from their doorsteps to Emporia, Kansas, for Unbound XL. Kait Boyle discovered the mountain bike amidst a career in outdoor education and quickly fell in love with bikepacking, which dominoed into pursuing long bikepacking expeditions around the world. She went on to win a 24-hr World Championship, set records in self-supported ultras, including b...
Jun 18, 2024•58 min•Ep. 108
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to triathlon coach, Chris Bagg, about: How to effectively train for Ironman (full and 70.3) What you should be doing to qualify for Ironman World Champs Chris Bagg has been an athlete his whole life, ever since he dangled from the outside of an escalator in the Boston Museum of Science at age five. Chris played soccer through college, standing in one place as a goalkeeper, and then, after moving to Washington D.C., he discovered he had an aptitude fo...
Jun 11, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 107
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to runner and Naval Office, Paul Johnson about: The logistics of running across the United States Raising money for Team Red, White and Blue Fueling for 3,000 miles in 52 days (and change) In 2018 Naval Officer Paul Johnson went on his first deployment overseas to Spain. While it led to amazing opportunities, it was a difficult tour that weighed heavily on him and his fellow Sailors. His next duty station took him to San Diego in 2021, and once remov...
Jun 04, 2024•53 min•Ep. 106
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to professional ultrarunner, Daniel Jones, about: How he got into adventure racing and ultrarunning His experience at Bryce Canyon Ultra How he is preparing to toe the line at Western States Dan Jones is a trail athlete from New Zealand, where competitiveness and a love of the outdoors was ingrained into him. He had a well-rounded approach to sport growing up, but multisport - and eventually running - was what he became passionate about. With this pa...
May 29, 2024•55 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to performance chef Dan Churchill about: How Chef Dan combined his love of sport/fitness with cooking Tips and tricks in the kitchen Cooking as applied nutrition How he fuels athletes (including himself!) Meet Dan Churchill , a NYC-based performance chef and published author with a Masters in Exercise Science. He is the Executive Chef at The Osprey restaurant at 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge, and the CEO and Founder of the production company, The Epic Tabl...
May 21, 2024•52 min•Ep. 104
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to researcher Melissa Lodge about Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport Working with coaches, trainers and athletes to detect LEA and REDs Health & Performance effects of LEA/REDs Melissa Lodge is a health sciences doctoral student, REDs researcher, elite runner, and a research collaborator at the Wu Tsai Female Athlete Program of Boston Children's Hospital. Her research focuses on female athlete physiology, particularly under conditions of low ene...
May 14, 2024•55 min•Ep. 103
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to professional cyclist Elise Chabbey about Her journey through Olympic kayaking, cycling and becoming an MD Fueling during the Tour de France Femmes Supplementation Swiss athlete Elise Chabbey is a renaissance woman of sport, as well as a trained physician. Beginning her career as a competitive kayaker, she competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, where she placed 20th. She’s also had some success in running, with a win at the Geneva half marathon...
May 07, 2024•44 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to researcher Dr. Bryan Saunders about How caffeine affects the body How genetics plays a role in your ability to metabolize caffeine Common questions about using caffeine to improve performance Dr. Bryan Saunders is currently a researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo in Brazil. He has also worked as an exercise physiologist for the São Paulo Cycling Federation, as well as a lecturer at the Poznań University ...
Apr 30, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 101
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to ultra bike packing with 2023 Tour Divide winner Ulrich Bartholmoes: How he got into ultra bike packing and long distance racing Approaches to fueling & training for multi-week and multi-day adventures His upcoming Triple Crown attempt The realities of two weeks on the trail Sweat testing and research and how this helps his efforts Ulrich Bartholmoes, also called "uba," is 37 years old and lives in Girona, Spain and Munich, Germany. He started ...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to sleep and performance expert Dr. Ian Dunican about: What affects our sleep How much sleep should we really get? The difference between REM and other sleep - and why we need both How to manage sleep & the tools to improve it Supplements for sleep Dr. Ian C Dunican holds a PhD in Sleep and Performance from the University of Western Australia, where he’s also an adjunct senior research fellow. He’s worked with elite sporting organizations and ath...
Apr 02, 2024•1 hr 28 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to German pro gravel rider, Carolin Schiff, about: Her epic Unbound 2023 win How she got into the gravel scene from triathlon, road cycling & cyclo-cross How she fuels for races What's up next for 2024! German bike shop owner Carolin Schiff exploded on the US gravel scene in 2023 when she won the Unbound. But she was no stranger to the bike. With a background in triathlon, road biking and cyclo-cross, Carolin enjoyed a successful career in Europe...
Mar 19, 2024•48 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to American pro cyclist, Anna Yamauchi, about: Her first season on the Grand Prix Her recent Celiac diagnosis and how she's managing What's exciting for the 2024 Life Time Grand Prix season Growing up in the mountains of Truckee, CA, time in the outdoors has always been central to Anna’s life. As a former competitive skier, Anna also dabbled in multiple sports, playing 8 varsity highschool sports. Amongst all this, bikes have always been a part of An...
Feb 13, 2024•42 min•Ep. 97
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to Aussie ultrarunner (and Ironman), Lucy Bartholomew about: Fueling for ultras & Ironman Her experience with UTMB and Ironman, five weeks apart How she got into sport as a young athlete Lucy Bartholomew is a 27-year-old ultra trail runner from Melbourne, Australia. She is a part of the Salomon global running team, along with support from Coros, Spring Energy and Julbo. Lucy ran her first 100km at 15 alongside her Dad, who encouraged her and shar...
Feb 06, 2024•57 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to US Olympic and Paralympic Committee Senior Exercise Physiologist, Lindsay Golich about: What is lactate and lactic acid? Is it good or bad for performance? How and why should we test it? How do we use it to our performance advantage? Lindsay Golich is a senior exercise physiologist for the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee. She manages the USOC's Athlete Performance Lab and the High Altitude & Environmental Training Center at the ...
Jan 23, 2024•59 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to pro mountain biker and Olympian Kate Courtney about: Planning race-day and training nutrition strategies How strength training plays into training Supplementation during training & racing Her nonprofit, the She Sends Foundation Kate Courtney is a professional mountain bike racer for the Scott-SRAM MTB Racing Team. She grew up in Marin County, Calif. at the base of Mount Tamalpais, the birthplace of mountain biking, and was introduced to cyclin...
Jan 16, 2024•45 min•Ep. 94
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to endurance coach & triathlete Natasha Van Der Merwe about: Her coaching philosophy: sustainability & fun How she became a professional triathlete and endurance coach The mental game of endurance sport How she built her business NATASHA VAN DER MERWE is a long time endurance coach and professional triathlete, competing since 2010. Over the last 14 years, Natasha has coached hundreds of athletes, covering all aspects of the sport, from a deta...
Jan 09, 2024•50 min
Send us a text Happy New Year! We'll be back next week with a brand new episode, but during our break we wanted to bring back a few of our most downloaded episodes of 2023, that we think deserve another listen. On this episode with Dr. Darren Candow, we talk all about creatine - the myths, the facts, and how all types of athletes can benefit from it - from endurance athletes to the everyday gym buff. We also go into its benefits for our brain and our bones, as well as how pregnant women and wome...
Jan 02, 2024•54 min
Send us a text We hope everyone is having a happy and healthy holiday season. While we're on holiday break, we're bringing back a few of our top episodes of 2023, and this episode with pro cyclist Alexey Vermuelen is one of our favorites. We talked all about his nutrition experience and evolution, mistakes he learns from - so you don't have to - and training with the fastest cycling dog, Sir Willie the Weiner. Enjoy this episode! Alexey Vermeulen is an American cyclist who grew up racing on the ...
Dec 28, 2023•1 hr
Send us a text As the holidays approach, we're taking a short break from recording, but we're bringing back our top 3 episodes of 2023, that we think deserve another listen. One of our most downloaded this year was with Dr. Stacy Sims. We tackled a ton of super important topics that we hear a lot about - like fasting, keto diets, perimenopause /menopause, women's health issues, training and more - according to what the research says. There's so much to unpack here and we found it totally fascina...
Dec 21, 2023•1 hr
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to cross country cyclist Savilia Blunk about: Training and racing in a full World Cup Schedule Off-Season Antics Nutrition & Hydration Strategies Savilia Blunk is a Professional MTB racer for Rockrider Ford Racing Team. Over a 10 year period, she has steadily worked her way through the ranks. First competing with her high school NICA team, getting her butt kicked in her first International competitions, racing as a Junior on Bear National Team, c...
Dec 12, 2023•52 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk to researcher Jamie Whitfield, who studies muscle metabolism, about: Connecting exercise physiology with nutrition High carb vs high fat - what the research says for athletes Urolithin A (from polyphenols): how this supplement can support training or recovery Beet root supplementation in athletes Jamie Whitfield earned his PhD in exercise physiology and muscle metabolism from the University of Guelph (Canada) and is now a Research Fellow in the Exerc...
Dec 05, 2023•58 min
