In lieu of our regular “Sports Nutrition” show with Ben Greenfield, please enjoy this special episode.
During this interview on low carb, sports nutritionist Ben Greenfield interviews low carb ultra runner Zach Bitter about combining ultrarunning and a low carbohydrate diet:
Ben asks Zach:
-What kind of workouts and competitions do you do?
-How do you eat?
-How long have you eaten that way?
-What differences have you noticed?
-Have you found certain barriers and obstacles with the way you eat when it comes to supporting your training?
-What kind of supplements do you use and why?
Resources Zach mentions in the interview include:
–Extreme Endurance – use free shipping code “PLANET”
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Sample High Volume Day of eating for Zach
Workouts:
AM 15 miles
○ 3 mile warmup
○ 5x 1 mile repeats (5:30/mi), 1 mile recovery jog between (9mi total)
○ 3 mile cool down
PM 7 miles easy, 30 minute stretch/circuit routine
Food:
AM Pre-Workout:
Coffee w/ tbls. butter, tbls. coconut oil, ½ tbls raw honey
Vespa concentrate
Breakfast:
½ avocado
1 sweet potato
3 tbls extra virgin olive oil
½ cup of wild caught samon
1 medium carrot
Small bowl of spinach
Unrefined sea salt (liberal amount)
1 oz of sharp cheddar (preferably raw)
4 extreme endurance, 1 extreme omega, 1 extreme joint, 3 extreme immune, extreme gut (probiotic) 1 NOW k2/D3, 1 CoQ10, 1 NOW Magnesium, 1 NOW kelp, 1 NOW blue green algae
Lunch:
¼ cup of flax seeds
2 tbls spoons of extra virgin olive oil
2 oz sausage
1 oz of sharp cheddar (preferably raw)
PM Pre-Workout
½ cup of raw almonds
1 tbls of extra virgin olive oil
Unrefined sea salt (liberal amount)
Dinner:
¼ cantaloupe w/cinnamon
4 oz fresh calf liver
6 slices of bacon
2 cups of cabbage
3 tbls of sour cream
Turmeric (liberal amount)
Oregano
Unrefined sea salt (liberal amount)
1 avocado
1 tbls butter
Herbal tea with coconut milk, ½ tbls honey
4 extreme endurance, 1 extreme omega, 1 extreme joint, 3 extreme immune, extreme gut (probiotic) 1 NOW k2/D3, 1 CoQ10, 3 NOW Magnesium, 1 NOW kelp, 1 NOW blue green algae
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