finally caught up with our dear friend and favorite sports nutritionist, Sunny Blende. Although she is “retired”, she still can help us understand the important human engine and how to fuel it for endurance sports. We based our...
nutrition for endurance athletes has changed in the last 20 years. What you need to Know. What new theories have been discovered? Has nutrient timing changed? Have our bodies changed? Has training and racing nutrition changed? Are all sugars created...
I retired from the Marines in 2005 and immediate quit running. I’d decided to never run again. So fast forward to last summer, I helped a young lady accomplish a 200+ mile ultra. As her escort (on bicycle) for the middle 60 miles…her...
if there was a nutrition training program that is NOT a calorie-deficient diet, NOT low-carb / Atkins-like, NO need to count calories, and requires NO special foods or supplements? Our favorite nutritionist, Sunny Blende, teaches us how to train our...
race is a couple days away and you find out that the temperature is going to be unseasonably hot. How should you change your race strategy? Sunny Blende discusses what you should change and how the heat will affect you. She also teaches us that...
Is your body a Ferrari or an AMC Pacer? Do you want to teach your body to burn more fat for energy? Sunny Blende and Tim Fleming Endurance Performance Training Centers join us to talk about Metabolic Efficiency Training. Sunny takes the test and...
You may be able to finish a marathon with a few GUs, a piece of watermelon and some water, but that probably won't work for a 50K or beyond. WHY? Sunny explains how to fuel and what to eat to help you through your first ultra.
Super carbs and super starches can be super confusing, but not for Sports Nutritionist Sunny Blende. She gives us the skinny on a new performance enhancing fuel source. Not convinced? We learn that ultrarunner of the year Dave Mackey used this new...