In today’s episode, we’re chatting all about Zach’s unique approach to training and nutrition that separates him from most as he runs on a low-carb, ketogenic diet.

Zach is a world-record-holding ultramarathoner and three-time National Champion ultra-marathon runner as well as a coach, and hos...

metabolic flexibility, simply just I like to say it's the ability to just use the full spectrum of your metabolism efficiently. So you're able to use fat and ketones as a fuel source when it's warranted. But you're also able to use glucose and carbs when it's warranted as well. So that is kind ...

 I've always been kind of in the camp of the higher protein approach. I don't think that I think that unless you're trying to treat a specific like metabolic dysfunction or disease, like you know, epilepsy, or Alzheimer's or something like that like that, where you need a very, very high fat i...

muscle mass is super, super important. I think this is something that, you know, it's been, you know, more normal these days versus like 30 years ago. For women especially, it's like lifting weights is so beneficial for so many different aspects of health and longevity, especially and having a...

Cheetos are like, Doritos, I don't know why I'm thinking of all those Cheetos Doritos, if you're eating 100% 95% Whole Foods, most of your, like week, that's what your your diet is. And I think it's a lot easier to intuitively intuitively eat, versus if you have chocolate cake sitting on your ...

So in a building phase, if your primary goal, again is to build muscle, we definitely want to make sure that you are in that anabolic state, right. So anabolic just meaning that that building state catabolic catabolism is breaking down, right. And so fasting in itself is a catabolic state. And ...

I kind of looked at it in both in a few different ways in terms of like the physiological signs, and then also the psychological signs. For me, it was more so like the psychological side of things. And this is what I saw with all my clients to just really being afraid to eat carbs was the bigge...

This is probably going to be a little bit like not something that you would would hear when we talked about metabolism. But for me, I think in general, and this might not be, like, solely specific to metabolism, but is its protein. So I think that protein like to have just overall health and to...