Episode #466 with the Low Carb Ultra Runner Zach Bitter

<h1><strong>With The Low Carb Ultra Runner, Zach Bitter</strong></h1> <p>Zach Bitter is a professional endurance athlete with multiple World & American Record performances, a coach for endurance athletes from Olympic distance to ultramarathon and the podcast host of Human Performance Outliers Podcast. He offers a wide variety of coaching packages that range from personalized planning to premade plans. The personalized plans take into account your unique lifestyle characteristics, including current and previous fitness, schedule, timeline and stressors. The premade plans follow his coaching philosophy and include distances from 5 kilometres up to 100 miles, base training plans and a newly added strength athletes endurance guide.</p> <p>During our discussion, you will discover how Zach got into low-carb fueling, the positive mindset needed to push forward in the long-distance races, the transition from a high cab athlete to a low-carb athlete and the benefits of burning fats to an athlete. You will also learn what carbs mean to an endurance athlete, the right carbohydrates to consume, and the best nutritional therapy for pre-workouts and post-workouts.</p> <p>Tune in to learn more!</p> <p> </p> <h2><strong>Episode resources</strong></h2> <p><a href="https://zachbitter.com/hpo">Human Performance Outliers Podcast — Zach Bitter</a></p> <p><a href= "https://ultrarunning.com/calendar/event/tunnel-hill-100/race/20856/results"> 2018 Tunnel Hill 100 Results</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Timestamps:</strong></p> <p><strong>[05:00] Why Zach got into the low-carb fueling</strong></p> <p><strong>[10:07] The positive mindset of pushing forward in the long-distance races</strong></p> <p><strong>[15:41] The transition from a high carb athlete to a low carb athlete</strong></p> <p><strong>[27:00] Testing nutritional ketosis</strong></p> <p><strong>[32:24] The benefits of burning fats to the endurance athlete</strong></p> <p><strong>[39:27] What carbohydrates mean to the endurance athlete</strong></p> <p><strong>[43:00] Mixing nutrit