Articles
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.
Latest Research: The Proven Performance of OptygenHP
By Dr. Luke Bucci, PhD
Dr. Luke Bucci lays out the latest research on the ingredients that are unique to OptygenHP's formula – ashwagandha and Senactiv® (which is a blend of adaptogens) – along with a kicker: beta-alanine.
Latest Research: The Clinical Case for Cordyceps
By Dr. Luke Bucci, PhD
Reviews of the Cordyceps research from the past two years, demonstrating Optygen’s impact on endurance athletes’ exercise output and general health.
OMEGA-3s, Cell Membrane Function, & Endurance Performance
By Dr. Luke Bucci, PhD
Dr. Luke Bucci explains the importance of omega-3s and why our patent-pending HALO formula uses krill oil to deliver them.
When "Normal" Iron Levels Aren’t Normal
By Jeff Rocco, MD
Iron is a critical mineral for performance in endurance athletes.
How MultiV Drives Performance
Dr. Bucci helps us read the MultiV label like he does, focusing on four “sexy” ingredients that support performance.
The Importance of Iron & Vitamin D for Endurance Training
By Jeff Rocco, MD
Dr. Jeff Rocco gets granular, discussing the importance of two ingredients: Ferrochel® iron and vitamin D.
The System that Never Sleeps
Keeping your immune system fully stuffed with all the helper nutrients (MVMs) and with a few other dietary substances they like is essential for keeping your immune system at its peak, which is critical for keeping you at peak performance. A tremendous amount of research has been conducted on the role of MVMs and their nutrients to understand how they affect your immune system. After sifting through that universe of studies, we came to certain unalterable conclusions.
Introducing the All-New MultiV
MultiV – our “basic” MVM (Multiple Vitamin-Mineral with additional nutrients) – has been updated, rebalanced, and made over to be even more powerful than before, with significant changes based on the latest nutrition science and experiential feedback. Read on to see why the new MultiV is Bigger, Better, and Badder, giving you a superior foundation for health and exercise performance.
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.
