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The Science of Recovery: How to Optimize Your Recovery Process
By Dr. Luke Bucci & Jeff Feliciano
Learn about the process of recovery, and what you should – and shouldn’t – do in order to recover faster & realize bigger gains from your efforts.
Flavia’s Tactics for Topping the BWR Quad-Tripel Crown
With Flavia Oliveria
We interviewed Flavia Oliveira, the freshly crowned Queen of the Belgian Waffle Ride Quad-Tripel and a First Endurance Factory Team rider.
Replenishing muscle glycogen for maximal, faster recovery
By Dr. Luke Bucci & Jeff Feliciano
How Ultragen targets the critical 30 minutes immediately following exercise in order to maximize gains and minimize downtime.
Recovering Beyond Muscles
By Dr. Luke Bucci & Jeff Feliciano
How Ultragen provides the critical nutrients needed to facilitate recovery.
Liquid Shot: Traditional Gels Are History
By First Endurance
When re-engineering Liquid Shot, we left no design choice unquestioned and no research or tech stone unturned. Learn about the rationale behind the latest formula.
How Liquid Shot Delivers More Energy, Faster
By Dr. Luke Bucci, PhD
Dr. Bucci gets granular with the sugars and starches that make Liquid Shot the ultimate emergency fuel source when you’re at your absolute limit.
Research
The Science of Recovery: How to Optimize Your Recovery Process
By Dr. Luke Bucci & Jeff Feliciano
Learn about the process of recovery, and what you should – and shouldn’t – do in order to recover faster & realize bigger gains from your efforts.
Replenishing muscle glycogen for maximal, faster recovery
By Dr. Luke Bucci & Jeff Feliciano
How Ultragen targets the critical 30 minutes immediately following exercise in order to maximize gains and minimize downtime.
Recovering Beyond Muscles
By Dr. Luke Bucci & Jeff Feliciano
How Ultragen provides the critical nutrients needed to facilitate recovery.
Coaching
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.
The Right Way to Use Carbs for Optimal Training and Racing
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.
Top Five Triathlon Training Mistakes
By Josiah Middaugh - 15x XTERRA National Champion
To help any aspiring triathletes and provide a refresher to vets looking to refine their game (these comments don’t only apply to beginners), I’ve written down some of the most common mistakes I see triathletes make – or that I’ve made myself!
News
FIRST ENDURANCE TEAMS UP WITH HOT TUBES
Hot Tubes Development Team has been a standout presence in junior elite cycling races across the U.S. since the early ’90s, known for producing national champions and future pros. They're also helping grow the sport in North America—powered by First Endurance.