What is Fuelin? Fuelin is a performance nutrition platform designed specifically for endurance athletes. The app helps athletes align their daily nutrition with their training demands by providing personalized recommendations for carbohydrates, protein, and overall calorie intake. Instead of using static nutrition plans, Fuelin adapts recommendations based on an athlete’s training load. When workouts change, [...]
By Scott Tindal, Co-Founder, Fuelin If you're training consistently through V.O2, you're likely paying close attention to the variables that drive performance — load, intensity, and recovery. You likely follow the cadence recommendations, the effort, and the durations. But one habit quietly undermines a lot of well-structured training: eating the same way every day, regardless [...]
Dr. Jack Daniels enlightens attendees at the first VDOT Coaching Clinic on interpreting iron storage and ferritin levels for runners. “You can’t take a specific ferritin reading and say whether it’s good or bad.” “I know people that say if your ferritin is below 50 you’re in trouble as a runner…and that’s not true at [...]
Listen to Dr. Jack Daniels in his element discussing hemoglobin levels, iron supplements and when to get blood work at the VDOT Coaching Clinic. Registration is now open for the next clinic. “Best time to get blood work is when you’re really feeling great,” says Dr. Daniels. The logic being, everyone gets a blood test [...]
Question: I recently saw some people taking a low calorie energy drink/shot like 5-hour Energy before a half marathon. Is there any science behind those high B vitamin drinks? By definition a calorie is a unit of energy, so if those drinks have little to no calories, then they can’t have much energy, right? Are [...]