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Bolster Your Bones Through Diet Into Longevity

by Kelly Wolf Did you know that your bones are constantly remodeling? Bones are constantly undergoing the processes of bone resorption by osteoclasts (cells that break down previously deposited bone) and bone formation by osteoblasts (cells that build bone). They...

Guide To Real Food Eating

What does a “real food diet” really mean? Spring Energy is known for its standard of real food ingredients to fuel our bodies during both rambling adventures and the hardest efforts. Real food ingredients, of course, are food that...

Spring-Wiser Nutrition - Western States Race Report

by Abby Hall The reason ultrarunning is fascinating to me isn’t just the effort required for the grand task at hand – it’s the fickle art of managing a thousand tiny things. I used to think this fickle art could...

The beauty of the Fastest Known Time

By Jeffrey Stern The beauty of the FKT (Fastest Known Time) is that they are made for everyone, wherever and whenever you want You can go after big, audacious ones like the Grand Canyon Crossing or the Zion Traverse,...

Targeting metabolism with diet. Part II. Why and how to fuel with fats.

Endurance training (aerobic) increases your fat metabolizing machinery. Constant muscle stimulation with low-intensity training triggers mitochondrial biogenesis. Mitochondria are the organelles equipped with fat metabolizing enzymes. As mitochondria are entirely dependent on oxygen supply, endurance training adaptation comes with improved microcirculation...