Race season is here! Brad Culp, editor of LAVA Magazine, joins us to recap Ironman Melbourne and the Mooloolaba ITU World Cup, and preview the Ironman 70.3s this weekend in Oceanside, Calif., and Galveston, Texas, as well as the Leadman Epic 125. Click here to download audio. Read More

Ben Greenfield answers your questions on fighting fatigue with good nutrition and more, will you overtrain if you use Extreme Endurance, are their risks to hunting and consuming wild game, calorie intake on non-training days and the role of appetite, and good journals/online resources for health, nutrition and fitness research and news. Ask your sports nutrition questions Read More

This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Knee Injuries to Watch Out for in Ultras”, please leave it below in the comments section… Statistics on reported knee injuries for runners appears to be quite varied. Some say as high as 60 to 70 percent, Read More

On this special episode we get to know Scout Bassett, 23, and the hardships she’s overcome that have made her one of the strongest athletes in sport. Scout is an above-the-knee amputee whose sights are set on this year’s Paralympics in track and field. She’s also an accomplished triathlete having competed in USAT National and World Championship Read More

On this episode of Ask The Doctor, Dr. David Minkoff joins us to answer your questions on an athlete dealing with elevated crp levels and being prescribed statins (and the risks and harms associated with this and what needs to be done), numbness in the toes and/or genitals while training or racing, a hip injury Read More

Quick announcement: ATU will now be released every other week. Be sure to ask your questions under the designated post on Facebook or we may not see it (usually the post will be up on Mondays). The deadline to ask questions will be Tuesday evening the day before the Wednesday recording. Thanks for continuing to ask such Read More

Watch this video of the Extreme Endurance commercial as seen on Universal Sports. Use code “PLANET” for a 10% discount at XEndurance.com! Read More

Ben Greenfield answers your questions on how best to fuel before and during a long mountain bike race, controlling blood sugar for a pre-diabetic, getting in the right nutrients after making some diet changes, food/calorie ideas for a three-day ultra event, diet of the pros, helping an endurance athlete suffering from heartburn and GERD. Ask Read More

This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Some Sprained Ankle Guidelines for the Ultrarunner”, please leave it below in the comments section… An ultrarunner’s ankles are probably going to be another frequent site of injuries. It is somewhat inevitable given the mileage you’ll be Read More

Unfortunately we had some technical difficulties with the sound on this episode, so please forgive us. But the good news is, the info is all still in there… On this episode of ATU, Lucho answers your questions on rest/recovery periods and what they should entail/how to plan them, what to do if hitting a plateau Read More