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I grew up in Manhattan, New York. I grew up in a very kind of sports dominant household. I played sports my whole life. My dad played football in college and he had two daughters. So I was the daughter who was kind of like the Son as well in terms of like the sports side of things. And I went...

My like pre workout, I would say pre workout breakfast, I like to call it. So I am a huge fan of squash I really love like all winter squash. So I'll have some kabocha squash with a mixture of Greek yogurt and cottage cheese, which also might sound a little bit weird, but it's really good.

So...

So typically I will take like a big roast like a shoulder like a beef shoulder, I get mine from Butcher box or locally here. And I'll put that in the slow cooker or the pressure cooker. And I will just add spices, just general spices, and then I'll use that throughout the week. Like I'll shred...

Uh, let me go back and say that recipes are not bad. Like, you have two cookbooks, I have a cookbook with over 100 recipes, like recipes are great to give you ideas and, and to help you find you know, some new things, especially if you're getting, you know, bored of whatever you're doing. I was...

In undergrad, I actually didn't really explore the ketogenic diet at all. I took a few nutrition classes, like I said, I went to undergrad for athletic training, I actually thought that that's what I wanted to do for the rest of my life was be an athletic trainer. That's actually why like, I...

This really just depends on you know, the individual and where they're coming from. So, you know, depends on like, I like to what side of the spectrum they're on, and like how they're kind of like which one they're closer to. So if they, if I have a client who is coming, you know, from just...

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...

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...

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...