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Redefining Age and Performance: Jesse Haynes’ Inspiring Journey with Vespa & OFM

Running ultras is not for the faint-hearted. I recently had a chance to chat with Jesse Haynes, who juggles a demanding job and long commutes while chasing his passion as an elite level ultramarathoner. Our conversation unveiled an intriguing journey into the transformative effects of Vespa & OFM. Jesse’s story with Vespa and OFM began […]

Podcast – Work, Life, and Ultra-running: How Jesse Haynes Masters the Balance

In today’s podcast, our guest, Jesse Haynes, shares his remarkable Life  journey of balancing his career as a construction project manager, husband and ultramarathon trail runner at the elite level. Jesse’s life has no shortage of daily challenges, ones which require him to assess, adapt and act as part of the job. Naturally, OFM plays […]

Podcast – Did My First 100 Miler Fasted and With 1000 Calories – Dr. Cathy

In this podcast, Peter interviews Dr. Cathy Buletsa, an intensivist (ICU Physician) and trauma surgeon who recently completed her first 100-mile race. This episode is a debrief of her experience during and after the race.The discussion covers the adaptive stress, hormesis, super compensation, and the training effect from the event. The conversation also discusses moving […]

The Secret Behind Longevity For Endurance Athletes

In an insightful podcast clip, Peter Defty and Bree Lambert discuss both the competitive, health and longevity advantages of Vespa and the Optimized Fat Metabolism (OFM) protocols. This has had a significant impact on athletes like Lambert, Jeff Browning, and many other endurance athletes, who previous to Vespa and OFM, had the all-to-common challenges of […]

Fix The Bonking Epidemic – 43% of Marathoners Experience the Bonk

This study “Hitting the wall in the marathon: Phenomenological characteristics and associations with expectancy, gender and running history” suggests that ‘bonking’ or ‘hitting the wall’ is all too common. Their study results showed approximately 43% of marathon runners surveyed bonked to the point it significantly impacted their performance. This is published science, however, this should not […]

Bree Lambert – Longevity and Peak Performance at age 54 – OFM Podcast

This week we are interviewing Vespa / OFM Ambassador Bree Lambert Sanders, who is a nutritionist and coach in the San Jose area. Bree who, at 54 years young, still competes at the elite level including winding up with an overall win or a place on the podium .  In this interview, Bree explains that she […]

Going Beyond Keto and Hammer Nutrition’s OHM

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.”-Oscar WildeThis article is based on  a recent vlog post on Hammer Nutrition’s site. When someone sent it to me and I read it reminded me of the famous Oscar Wilde quote, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay […]

Podcast – Healthy Aging and Performance Gains with Tony Konvalin

In this episode of the OFM (Optimized Fat Metabolism) podcast, host Peter Defty welcomes Tony Konvalin, an OFM ambassador and a lifelong athlete, who has excelled in different sports such as football, running, cycling and soccer. Tony shares his journey to higher health and peak performance beginning with his experience of running in high school and […]

OFM: Not a Diet and Not Keto but your key to Metabolic Health

There is this commonly held belief that OFM (Optimized Fat Metabolism) is some form of a Keto diet or a High Fat Low Carb Diet, so today I’d like to blow that myth clean out of the water once and for all, because as you will learn shortly OFM is far from a keto diet […]

“I thought Vespa was a Gimmick…”

So if you have seen the news on the ‘Murder Hornets’ or watched my video taking about how we extract the peptide responsible for powering these Badasses of the Insect world to put into every pouch of VESPA you are probably thinking, ‘Yeah, this has to be a gimmick, right?’Well check out this tribute from […]