How to enjoy Festive Events and stay Fat Adapted

In a recent article I talked about how you can use Intermittent Fasting over the holiday season.  The key points today add to the fasting tips and help you have a strategy so you let go and enjoy your festivities. It is also an opportunity to enhance your fat burning by extending the fasting windows […]

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[Article] Ring in the New Year without the hangover!

Ring in the New Year without the hangover!

“It’s like it NEVER happened. . .” – Bryant Lind, Vespa user on the novel use of Vespa to prevent a hangover.  This is a direct quote from Bryant on using Vespa after an evening of alcoholic libations. Normally Bryant would wake up dehydrated and with a hangover but not anymore!With New Year’s approaching and […]

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Emerging data on Vespa – let the numbers speak

On Friday, October 25, 2019, this poster was exhibited at the ACSM SW Regional Conference in Huntington Beach, California, the first publicly published data on Vespa. Not only did Vespa significantly increase fat oxidation but also increased VO2Max and Ventilatory Threshhold! While this data set is actually from a  Pilot Study by Dr. Derek Marks […]

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The Focal Point of Fat Adaptation

Due to all the well-intended ‘information’ out there on that information autobahn that is the internet our thinking has become obsessively focused on external calories and we completely  miss one of the most important points about fat adaptation.   Fat Adaptation, done properly, taps into the tens of thousands of onboard calories YOU have onboard […]

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[Article] - Fat Adaptation is not about macros or calories

Fat Adaptation is not about macros or calories

We never evolved to count our calories or our macros, and fat adaptation was not a concept, it was the natural state of our bodies. In this article I want to talk about the real way to view food for optimal performance and health, and why I created the OFM (Optimized Fat Metabolism) Program. OFM is […]

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[Article] Cell health and Mitochondria - every athlete needs to know this!

Cell health and Mitochondria – every athlete needs to know this!

Today we are taking a deeper dive into the underlying physiology (Mitochondria) and why optimizing your fat metabolism has profound implications for your athletic performance AND health.  Additionally this has implications on aging and actually reverse the aging process. The key is Mitochondrial Health. Why is Mitochondria so important for you as an athlete?These literally are […]

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[Article] Keto + Carbs = Fat-Adapted PERFORMANCE! - How is this possible?

Keto + Carbs = Fat-Adapted PERFORMANCE! – How is this possible?

So being Fat Adapted means that carbohydrates are ok? Yep, it’s by Optimizing YOUR  Fat Metabolism! Covered topics: Dispelling  the Binary thinking being marketed to You; ‘keto’ vs. ‘hi-carb’Understanding how your Carb Threshold worksHigh Performance Tip – Build up Your Carb ThresholdYOU!, the Fat Adapted athlete, are a completely different animal compared to the hardcore keto or […]

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