Articles
EFS UPDATE – MEETING MODERN DEMANDS
By Dr. Luke Bucci, PhD
The new EFS is here, and its architect – our own Dr. Luke Bucci – wrote up a quick intro to explain what was changed and what stayed the same.
Introducing: EFS-PRO High carb
By First Endurance
We just launched a new, re-engineered EFS-PRO. The conversations, surveys, and prototyping we’ve done with many of you are why. And while the formula and the research that went into it are complicated, the entire project is really about one word: Carbs.
Altitude Camp on Mt. Etna
By Larry Warbasse
Larry gives us a look at how he eats, recovers, and maximizes gains on the slopes of the legendary climb.
No Sleep Till Bogota
With Rob Britton and Griffin Easter
Transcordilleras is a gravel epic through the Colombian Andes over 600 miles. First Endurance athletes Rob Britton & Griffin Easter share their adventure.
Blasting Meatloaf in Colombia
With Whitney & Zack Allison
Transcordilleras is a gravel epic through the Colombian Andes over 600 miles. First Endurance athletes Whitney Allison & Zack Allison share their adventure.
Beta Alanine: Better Than Bicarb
By Dr. Luke Bucci, PhD
Dr. Bucci explains how beta alanine neutralizes ATP-related acid more effectively than bicarb – and it does so without bicarb’s dosing issues, brief benefit window, and calamitous impact on GI tracts and sodium levels.
Fueling Considerations for Female Athletes
By Jennifer Kurtz, PhD, CISSN, CSCS, EP-C
Dr. Kurtz takes a look at specific nutritional strategies that female athletes can take to get the most out of their performance and recovery during the menstrual cycles, including specific carb-intake recommendations and a handful of nutrients that are especially critical for each phase.
GOLD + SILVER IN YELLOW, BLUE, AND RED
With Diana Peñuela
It’s reductive to describe DNA Pro Cycling’s Diana Peñuela as, simply, a sprinter. She’s also top-10’d the Tour of the Gila twice and she’s been a regular top-five finisher at Colombian nationals for over a decade. One box she hadn’t checked? A national TT title. As of late January, consider that box checked.
Letter from the California Coast
By Andrew “Lespy” L'Esperance
Maxxis Factory Racing’s Andrew “Lespy” L'Esperance recently joined FE athlete Rob Britton for a training epic along the California coastline, and we gotta say: It seems like they had way too much fun for it to have qualified as “training.”
MultiV or MultiV-PRO – Which Is Right For You?
By Dr. Luke Bucci, PhD
MultiV is engineered to cover every nutrient gap that dedicated, live-to-compete endurance athletes experience. Which seems ideal, but MultiV-PRO goes even further.
Game-Changing Nutrients for MultiV-PRO
By Dr. Luke Bucci, PhD
When it comes to MVM support, MultiV-PRO is foundational because it closes every vitamin and mineral gap affecting endurance athletes. But that’s just the baseline. The formula earns its “PRO” status through the inclusion of additional nutrients that elevate it from foundational to elite.
The Science of Peak Performance
At 145 pages (including 20 pages of citations alone), Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Luke Bucci’s MultiV-PRO Research Packet is… well, it’s extensive. But when it comes to ensuring your body has everything it needs to ensure peak performance, can you afford to not do the reading?