Ben Greenfield joins us to answer your questions on: -Protein needs for concurrent workouts combining strength and cardio. – importance of the microbes in your gut, and which diet of eating style is best for keeping that healthy -half ironman nutrition considerations – electrolytes, bars, gels, sports drink, etc -fueling for 3-6 hour dirt bike racing Read More

In lieu of our sports nutrition show with Ben Greenfield, we have an exclusive podcast featuring a special seminar Ben conducted during his Thanyapura triathlon camp in Thailand, which includes tons of important information about how to optimize your recovery and optimize your diet as a triathlete and endurance athlete. Click here to download audio. Read More

As part of our ongoing Kona coverage, we are joined by pro triathlete Dr. Tamsin Lewis, who volunteered for medical at the Ironman World Championships this year. We’re going to hear from Tamsin the most common problems and issues she saw in participants, from mild to extreme, with her advice on solutions to prevent such Read More

Kona lives on at EP! On this special episode we’re joined by professional triathlete and business owner Kim Schwabenbauer to talk about her experience racing in the Ironman World Championships this year (her third time racing Hawaii, but first as a pro). Kim was one of the final women to make the cut off in the Read More

On this episode we’re joined by Ben Greenfield to answer your questions on: -Recipes in the “Feedzone Portables” cookbook for fat-adapted athletes and is it ok to fuel with these things -Knowing if you’re fat-adapted, how to test, and choosing your fueling protocol appropriately -Supplement talk: pros and cons of L-arginine, beta-alanine -Other supplements we discuss: Read More

Waking up at night hungry – eat or ignore it, and what to eat; pros and cons of bread/toast as a pre-race meal, how can sports drinks with lower osmolality be used along with other products to get in enough calories for 70.3/IM distance events; is beetroot extract just as effective for improving endurance (and other similar Read More

We catch up with triathlete Mark Zanker of Australia, who recently went 9:43 in the Ironman World Championships, his first time racing Kona. Mark is a vegan athlete; he trains intuitively and doesn’t use HR, power or pace; and he manages a full-time job and big family. Just this year he turned vegan, and also Read More

While we were still in Kona, Ben, Tawnee and Brock (from the BGF podcast) got together Sunday evening after the race to talk about Ben’s last Ironman in Kona. We kept it light and had some fun, while also getting some great details from Ben on his nutrition (and what went wrong and what he Read More

We’ve been among all these folks who made it to Kona, and we wanted to find out what they use for fuel. On this show, we feature 13 triathletes – 12 amateurs and 1 pro – who qualified or got a spot for Kona sharing their sports nutrition details for the Ironman World Championships. Specifically, Read More

Ben joins to answer your questions on how to naturally and safely increase red blood cell count, having high testosterone, things you can do that kill testosterone level (aka things to avoid doing), can you use UCAN for high intensity work and how, cleaning up the diet and looking for good snacks, the deal with Read More