Fat Adaptation – your competitive advantage in extreme temperatures

Shooting this video from Death Valley just before this year’s Badwater 135, and it motivated me to talk about how “going to the extremes” has helped us unlock the key to metabolic health and reverse aging.The last 2 Badwaters have been won by Vespa Fat Adapted athletes, 2018 in the hottest year ever and 2019 […]

Don’t Screw Around With Your Fueling

Today, I really want to drive home a key concept to those of you who are new to Vespa.  I’m going to use the analogy that’s based on some other experiences in my life that are outside the framework of Vespa. So today we’re going to talk about Screwing. Now, I got your attention right.!Quality […]

Why Do Diets Fail?

Why does everyone immediately focus on the diet? Paleo, keto, plant based, vegetarian, vegan, low fat, high fat, low carb, high carb, Mediterranean, Whole30, Atkins, the new Atkins… It doesn’t matter. Diets fail because people focus on the diet.Let’s focus on you, your metabolism physiology, and getting it back to its natural state. This is the starting […]

Metabolic Freedom: Your personal road to Independence

Celebrating our Country’s Independence this 4th of July is the perfect opportunity to get YOU thinking about Metabolic Freedom.I’ve been saying for a while, “We need a Revolution, just not what we’ve seen played out over the past year.” Why? Because when you look at these events, whether it was the BLM riots or the […]

GI Distress – Do you REALLY need ALL those external calories?

When you sit down to enjoy a meal (and I mean really ENJOY a meal) whether it’s breakfast, lunch or dinner, are you going to do a lot of exercise? Of course NOT! So then why would you want to cram meal-sized amounts of calories into your digestive system when you’re trying to perform exercise? […]

Your Metabolic Health – Getting Back to the Basics

What does teaching my kiddos how to use the brakes on their bicycles have to do with your metabolic health & performance? …A LOT!  This impromptu vlog came together during my run on Case Mountain Road a few days after spending an afternoon teaching my kiddos some basic cycling skills. It’s one of those serendipitous ‘Ah Hah’ […]

Less is MORE – Are You “Over Fueling”

One of my consistent observations in working with athletes of all ages, abilities and endeavors is this: ‘Less is MORE’ . . . it never ceases to amaze me how little a person needs to perform and be on their game in life when they optimize their fat metabolism.But here is the catch & conundrum:  […]

How Strategic Carbs Optimize Fat Metabolism

In the previous post, (How & Why OFM Actually Enhances Carbohydrate Metabolism), I dove into why optimizing fat metabolism enhances carbohydrate utilization, but guess what! It goes the other way too! Carbs & sugars, used strategically, can actually improve your fat metabolism. Used chronically, however, in the way the conventional sports nutrition world recommends carbs, has […]

Try Vespa and notice the huge difference…

If you are new to OFM and Vespa Endurance you will notice we talk alot about Fat Adaptation being the key to your health and performance.We also recognize if you rely on carbs to be your main source of fuel, that there are some huge shifts to make to become fat adapted.So here is the […]

How & Why OFM Actually Enhances Carbohydrate Metabolism

Recently there has been a lot of online media coming from the conventional sports nutrition experts in defense of carbs, including a LOT of carbs. . . And guess what! I don’t have a problem with carbs and if you’re fat adapted, you shouldn’t either!The key is to maintain and grow your carb tolerance so […]