Category Archives for "Fat Metabolism"

Invest in YOUR Metabolic Health During the Holidays

At Vespa and OFM, we ‘get’ it. Inflation has eaten up discretionary spending and the Holidays are here. . . Your Inbox is flooded with Black Friday, Cyber Monday promotions . . . Your Social Media feed is a running commercial . . .This creates an environment of “Reactive Distraction”. . . and it is […]

The New Normal – IronMan Metabolic Health

Your daily life is your event. This is why optimal Metabolic Health is SO important and crucial to you. Whether you are at work, home, working out, or out with family or friends – having the metabolic capacity to consistently function optimally, as if you were competing in an IronMan, is your only way forward. Not […]

How to Improve Training Effect and Reduce Recovery Time

As I illustrated in “My 7 Recovery Tips” vlog, when you minimize or eliminate the oxidative stress and lactate load of burning a lot of glucose, i.e. sugar, you PREVENT THE DAMAGE which occurs on a cellular level.THE DAMAGE which occurs on a cellular level. This minimizes the need to “recover” from said damage. But […]

The Journey to True Metabolic Health

Anything great starts with a strong foundation. Problem is in today’s virtual and instant gratification filled world, we skip to the quick solution and end point rather than do the hard work of building a foundation. Add to this that, generally, foundations are not seen. Foundations are not the bling nor the sizzle but the […]

My Final Hammer Nutrition Demystifying Fat Review: Hidden Details YOU need to Know!

Today’s vlog, the final one in this series . . . and I PROMISE it will be a lot shorter! . . . If you have not seen my first 3 videos you can see them here:Pt 1 – Hammer Drops A Fat Bomb – My Take on Part 1 of Their ArticlePt 2 – […]

Masterclass: The Hard Facts of Mono & Poly Unsaturated Fats YOU need to know!

In part 2 of my vlog  reviewing the Hammer Nutrition Articles, Demystifying Fat Part 1 & Part 2  my focus pocus was on Saturated Fat and the debunking of this stable, clean burning and energy dense fat which actually is a good guy painted as a villain. Make sure to watch or read it because […]

Hammer Part 2 Review – You Need to Know This About Fat and Heart Disease

Hammer Nutrition’s second part on “Demystifying Fat, Part 2” just hit, and I have to say I am really impressed with Dr. French’s articles. In Part 2 he not only does a great job of describing the various different fats but also each one’s role in the diet. As importantly, he debunks the commonly held […]

Hammer Drops A Fat Bomb – My Take on Part 1 of Their Article

Pioneering the concept of fat as fuel for performance has been an ultra-endurance event in and of itself, but today was a bit of a win because Hammer Nutrition took a big step to help us drive Human Health in a positive direction when it published this blog article on fats and their benefits. This opens […]

Finding Your Performance Edge

Looking for that performance edge? . . . of course you are!Who doesn’t want to be fitter, faster, stronger?  . . . and not matter which way you look there is some kind of device, app, supplement or superfood offering itself up as THE solution….often backed by “science”!So, how do you sort through all the […]

Don’t Let Bonking & GI Issues Thwart Your Performance Goals

Bonking and GI Distress are not NormalA lot of athletes seem to think that bonking and GI issues are a “normal” part of endurance racing.  This is not the case!  These are not normal, infact when you know why they happen you can race without these challenges.Why Do You Bonk and have GI DistressWhether you […]