Articles
Adam and the Endurance Factory
By Adam Merry
Adam lays out the general training and nutrition plan that have led him to a season of notable results and a qualifying spot at his A race, Western States.
Fueling for Endurance Races
By Matt Hanson, EdD
Dr. Hanson shares his tips about how to train to upgrade your race-day nutrition plan, not just your race-day performance.
Clinical Performance. Real Results.
By Dr. Luke Bucci, PhD
EFS is revolutionary because it checks so many boxes that no other hydration mix does. It supports mental toughness, provides more electrolytes than any competition, and includes BCAAs, which new research shows are critical for late-stage energy production.
Fueling: The “F” in EFS
By Dr. Luke Bucci, PhD
Discover how your body turns every carb source into glucose in order to generate ATP and power muscles. Also learn why increasing ATP production is much (much!) more complicated than simply gobbling up glucose.
Branched-Chain Amino Acids: Fuel for the Finale
By Dr. Luke Bucci, PhD
When used correctly, branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) help improve exercise performance after hours of grueling effort. Late in the race, deep in the training session – those times when you need an extra reserve of energy the most.
Suntheanine®- Your Secret Weapon – Part 2
By Dr. Luke Bucci, PhD
This is the second installment in a series on the reimagined EFS and a mind-over-matter compound that makes perfect sense for maximizing your brain’s control of your exercise performance: Suntheanine® L-theanine.
Suntheanine®- Your Secret Weapon
By Dr. Luke Bucci, PhD
This is a first-in-series feature on the reimagined EFS, focusing on a mind-over-matter compound that makes perfect sense for maximizing your brain’s control of your exercise performance: L-theanine, or more specifically, Suntheanine® L-theanine.
Getting Somewhere while Going Nowhere
By Dr. Luke Bucci, PhD
Riding indoors is also radically different from riding outside.
In this blog installment, we share tips for how to approach fueling, recovery, and maintaining a mental edge during indoor training.
When to Cram Carbs In an Ultra-Endurance Event
One of the most frequent questions we get is how much carbs do I need to take (or, often, how much can I take) during my long-duration events, races, or training? This blog is a follow-up to the previous blog about increasing carbs/hour during endurance exercise, where Dr. Bucci answered that question. One thing he didn’t cover in that last blog is that, with higher carb intake, timing is everything, so in this blog, Dr. Bucci addresses when to go big on carbs.
How Many Carbs Should Endurance Athletes Really Consume Per Hour?
One of the most frequent questions we get is: How many carbs do I need to take during my long-duration events, races or training lasting more than three hours? The prevailing wisdom has long been set at 30-60 grams per hour (120-240 calories/hour), and usage directions for EFS & EFS-PRO are based on this time-tested range. But emerging research suggests athletes can ingest more and more carbs per hour: 90-140 grams or 360-560 Calories. That’s 1.5 to 19 times MORE carbs than the endurance experts have agreed upon for years!
PharmaGABA®: Unparalleled Innovation for Unparalleled Performance
Research shows the brain plays a significant role in fatigue and exercise tolerance. Our latest formulations of EFS and EFS-PRO expand the focus beyond simply supporting your body to buttressing up mental toughness—often the final hurdle an athlete has to overcome whether they’re training alone or competing.
Dehydration & Muscle Cramps
The most common complaint fielded at First Endurance about endurance training is cramping, known officially in scientific literature as Exercise-Associated Muscle Cramping (EAMC).
In this blog installment, Dr. Bucci explains how First Endurance products use the latest scientific research and a refusal to accept axioms in product formulation in order to actually prevent dehydration cramps, not just treat them once they occur.