Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Zach Bitter

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Episode 303: All Things Low Carb Endurance Jul 22, 2022

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This episode is a grouping of listener inspired questions and topics centered around a low carbohydrate and ketogenic approach to endurance training and racing. Included; what to eat while training on keto, eating post training session, carb amounts on days preceding an event, and using a train low race high strategy for triathlon.

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Episode 302: Tackling Psychology, Motivation, & Consistency In Training Jul 20, 2022

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This episode is a grouping of listener inspired questions and topics. Zach tackles what psychological approaches he uses to prepare for events, how to stay motivated, and what drives consistency in training.

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Episode 301: Tara Garrison - Full Spectrum Of Fitness & Nutrition Jul 15, 2022

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Tara joined me for a live podcast recording at KetoCon. She has a broad range of fitness accomplishments, from running the Boston Marathon to training for bodybuilding competitions. She has explored both keto and low carbohydrate diets and shares where she lands on this topic. Tara's education includes; NASM, ICANS, CFSC and more.

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Episode 300: Personalizing Workout Hydration Jul 06, 2022

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This episode highlights how to personalize your hydration strategy when working out. It also looks into how to properly use treadmills in your training.

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Episode 299: Training & Racing Update Jun 29, 2022

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Zach reflects on his ankle injury that occurred during his 24-hour attempt at Six Days In The Dome. He highlights how things went in his build up, offseason, and recognizing signs to take a step back.

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Episode 298: Karl Egloff - Chasing The Most Extreme Fastest Known Time Routes Jun 24, 2022

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Karl Egloff is a Swiss-Ecuadorian athlete, mountaineer, cyclist and mountain guide, best known for his speed ascents of high mountains, including the Seven Summits. Some of his biggest FKTs achievements include the mountains: Elburs, Aconcaugua, Kilimanjaro, Denali, and Makalu.

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Episode 297: Kevin Bass - Population & Individual Nutrition Jun 15, 2022

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Kevin Bass is in the final stages of acquiring his PhD MD in nutrition and a vocal online presence around nutrition. The overarching theme of this episode is centered around individual and population nutrition planning. We specifically hit on health anecdotes, diet adherence, placebo, n-of-1, protein and performance, iron and heart disease risk, seed oils, and the hype around upcoming diet drugs, like semaglutide.

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Episode 296: The Barefoot Sprinter - Graham Tuttle @thebarefootsprinter Jun 11, 2022

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Graham has set out to help people fix their body, so activities like running, come more natural and fluid. He has shared lots of great advice on his Instagram page, @thebarefootsprinter We sat down and discussed his approach as well as some of the exercises we worked through before recording.

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Episode 295: Heat Training, Testing Race Pace, Starting Low Carb Jun 08, 2022

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This episode of listener inspired questions/topics includes:

1) I live in Mesa, AZ can I over train in the heat with negative impacts?

2) Best workout to test race pace strategy for 50km - 100km

3) Best way to get into a low carb diet, while early in training for an ultra? Ease into it or jump in?

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Episode 294: Ultramarathon Pacing & Fueling With Nick Coury May 27, 2022

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Nick is an ultramarathon athlete who went on a tear last year, culminating in an American Record for distance run in 24-hours. Nick has identified a thought provoking and affective pacing strategy for ultramarathons, and has a wide range of perspectives on how to nutritionally prepare for ultramarathon events.

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