Articles

With Caroline Tory

First Endurance athlete Caroline Tory never takes a season off. Over the past two years, she completed every Life Time Grand Prix event except one, and she transitions every winter into ski mountaineering races.

By Jennifer Kurtz, PhD

From the right kind of muscle activations to the ideal approach to recovery, Dr. Kurtz has all the tools needed for endurance athletes to keep making progress while the competition is in hibernation.

By Jeff Rocco MD

Beta glucans are naturally occurring polysaccharides of D-glucose monomers linked by beta-glycosidic bonds.  An ever-growing body of research demonstrates that they have a pronounced supporting effect on human immune systems.

By Dr. Luke Bucci, PhD

The past few years have seen intense research conducted and published on long-term endurance exercise and changes in your immune system. Surveying this research helps explain the causes and complications while providing avenues for athletes to avoid them – or at least mitigate the risk of exposure.

With Zach Calton + Burke Swindlehurst

In August, Zach Calton won the Breck Epic and Park City Point 2 Point, plus a top 10 at Leadville. He shares insights with FE’s Burke Swindlehurst on his wins, fueling strategy, and balancing work with racing.

By Dr. Luke Bucci, PhD

The technology that makes curcumin viable and effective in human bodies didn’t exist. So First Endurance developed it.

By Dr. Luke Bucci, PhD

How curcumin’s ergogenic properties can help balance inflation, improve recovery, and address lingering, chronic issues with joint and tendon pain. Curcumin’s effects are real, and they’re supported by research.

By Dr. Luke Bucci, PhD

Dr. Luke Bucci breaks down the latest research and explains how to maximize carbohydrate fueling without destroying your GI tract.

With Shannon Koch

After winning gold in the crit and road race, Master’s Nats double champ Shannon Koch took time out of her busy schedule to discuss the highlights and lowlights of her 2024 season.

By Dr. Luke Bucci, PhD

By Dr. Luke Bucci, PhD

Cyclic Cluster Dextrin is easier to digest & burn, and helps your body absorb other critical nutrients. It even reduces the effects of mental fatigue during exercise and increases time to exhaustion.

By Jennifer Kurtz, PhD, CISSN, CSCS, EP-C

Jennifer Kurtz dispels some of the confusion around carbs, avoiding too little and too much to find that perfect middle ground of enough.