Have you tried Vespa before, during or after your workouts? Please share your details and experiences as I begin a 30-day Vespa challenge for myself to see if it helps my running performance.
If you have followed my story and podcast since 2012 – Plus you may have read my book “Life is Not a Race” … I once ran somewhat fast (3:12 PR Boston) and strong with amazing endurance but since 2013 I can’t run faster at MAF pace than around 10 minute miles and get fatigued after 5 miles – sometimes more or less.
I was training, racing and fueling as a low carb athlete.
I was doing morning fasted workouts.
I was racing as a low carb athlete and very metabolically efficient with a very high metabolic crossover point (fat to carb).
I did compete in many races per year.
I was fit and healthy in the outside… but I learned in March 2013 that I wasn’t healthy on the inside.
I was living Life as a Race and not a Journey.
How about you? Are you living your daily life as a race in itself?
Read my personal story (on Amazon) that I wrote to help other type A over achiever athletes avoid going through what I have gone through since 2013.
My podcast episodes on Wednesday’s are focused on how you can rebuild the WHOLE you from the inside out with “The WHOLESTIC Method” Elements and FDN Practitioner health detective process. My goal is to help you avoid becoming broken and burning out your entire body systems by over training with chronic stress plus more.
I want to run fast and strong again- as I try Vespa, optimize my mitochondria and continue to rebuild my body with well chosen labs and clinical correlation of the results.
VESPA, NATURE’S CATALYST FOR OPTIMIZING FAT METABOLISM (OFM)
Humans are meant to burn fat as their aerobic energy source (instead of Glucose/Carbs).
YOU are meant to burn fat!
Only VESPA provides proven results by naturally tapping into the limitless power of “fat as fuel” for human high-performance.
We harness the ‘Science of Nature’ rather than the Lab to formulate VESPA. The synergistic blend of Honey, Propolis, Royal Jelly and the Wasp Extract Bio-active Peptide are a natural catalyst to optimize your ability to burn fat because VESPA works with your physiology to metabolize fat at higher rates & intensities for enhanced stamina & endurance.
Just as importantly, VESPA makes the athlete “Blood Sugar Stable” resulting in greater focus & retention of fine motor skills.
VESPA re-defines recovery!
One of the defining characteristics of VESPA is a notable lack of muscle soreness from exercise or competition.
By increasing fat metabolism VESPA PREVENTS DAMAGE due to the dramatic reduction in oxidative stress and lactate load both of which are caused by burning sugar!
Our proving ground is the Real -World of competition NOT the Lab.
So natural it’s not classified as a ‘Dietary Supplement’
VESPA’s unique formula is low sugar, stimulant free, and safe/legal for all sports. Because of it’s ingredients, it is classified by the FDA as an ‘Acidified Food’ instead of a ‘Dietary Supplement.’
Get ready to explore your outer limits by tapping into YOUR limitless inner energy!
FAT IS YOUR FUEL…
Humans are meant to metabolize fat as their primary aerobic energy source.
For over 20 years VESPA has pioneered results driven performance.
VESPA is a fat-burning catalyst which works with your body’s natural metabolic pathways.
It is not a significant source of calories nor an electrolyte replacement nor an “energy” drink so you won’t feel a sugar high or a caffeine buzz (You won’t feel the crashes either).
VESPA works by optimizing your body’s ability to derive its energy from a readily available and plentiful source to enhance athletic performance, recovery & overall health.
WITH VESPA, WHAT YOU NOTICE IS WHAT YOU DON’T NOTICE…
- The ups & downs in energy levels
- The mental fog and lack of focus
- Impaired motor skills/coordination
- Being wrecked after a workout
- Food cravings
- DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness) the following day
VESPA does not “boost” performance but optimizes your natural potential.
VESPA’s effects are subtle and largely un-noticed in the conventional sense. While the direct effects of tapping in to your natural fuel stores are key to endurance/stamina, the indirect effects are just as critical. The shift to beta-oxidation and ketosis also produces:
While the direct effects of tapping in to your natural fuel stores are key to endurance/stamina, the indirect effects are just as critical.
The shift to beta-oxidation and ketosis also produces:
- A blood-sugar stabilizing effect so mental focus and motor skills/coordination remain razor sharp allowing the athlete to be at the top of their game for their entire game and/or competition.
- Significantly less damage from Oxidative stress and lactate load which can be directly “felt” in terms of significantly lower muscle soreness.
- Improved performance from carbohydrate intake; using VESPA and its OFM program athletes consistently note their “fat-adapted” state increases the benefits from the carbohydrate intake.
- Carbs works better, stronger, using less when using VESPA.
- Significantly lower risk for Gastro/Intestinal issues.
While carbohydrates provide fast energy they should not be the principle energy source for the aerobic spectrum of your exercise. VESPA recommends “strategic” use of carbohydrates to maximize the benefits and minimize the issues related to their over-consumption.
In fact, one way to notice how VESPA “works” is the carbohydrates will exert a more powerful, more sustainable boost, using less.
VESPA IS “NATURE’S CATALYST” TO ENHANCE ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE
VESPA is a synergistic blend of naturally-occurring, minimally processed ingredients from bees & wasps (Honey, Propolis, Royal Jelly, Wasp Extract).
The key fat metabolizing catalyst is the wasp extract peptide derived from the Asian Mandarin Wasp (Vespa mandarina), one of nature’s most potent endurance & performance animals.
This wasp flies between 70-100 KM per day in search of food and carries half its body weight to its entire body weight in food back to the colony to feed to the larvae.
The adult wasp does not eat this solid food, rather, it receives a liquid containing the wasp extract peptide from the larvae in a symbiotic relationship called trophallaxis.
This allows the the adult wasp to metabolize the fats stored in its thorax. In turn, the adult wasp feeds the larvae a food ball usually composed of other insects the wasp has preyed upon and subsequently chewed into a food ball using its powerful mandibles.
Because all animal cells are similar across species the ingredients of VESPA exert their fat burning influence in human cells.
VESPA Ultra-Concentrate is a “must have” for the serious endurance athlete or as an ultra-compact energy source for backcountry hikers and runners where space and weight are at a premium. Extensively field tested over the past 5 years, each pouch of VESPA ULTRA-CONCENTRATE packs a potent 175mg of the naturally-occurring, bio-active VESPA Wasp Extract Peptide in an ultra-compact package measuring 9cm x 4cm and weighing under 11 grams! Contains the same synergistic formulation found in the VESPA CV-25 without the water but with an extra 75mg of wasp extract. Recommended for experienced VESPA users wanting an even stronger version of their favorite supplement in a super portable, light weight package that can be diluted with water. Not recommended for first time VESPA users.
Always DILUTE VESPA Ultra-Concentrate prior to use with water, juice or your favorite sports drink per instructions! Failure to do so may result in intestinal discomfort.
Do NOT consume VESPA Ultra-Concentrate like gel!
Consume one pouch diluted in water, juice and/or your sports drink 30-45 minutes prior to commencing physical activity and every 2-3 hours for activities of greater than 2-3 hours in duration.
For more information on using VESPA Ultra-Concentrate: http://www.vespapower.com/vespa/how-to-use-vespa/
Ingredients:
- Honey
- Royal Jelly (240mg)
- Citric acid
- Bee propolis (120mg)
- Wasp extract (170mg)
- Ascorbic acid
Supplement Facts:
- Serving size: 1 pack (80ml)
- Calories: 19
- Fat Calories: 0
- Total carbohydrates: 5g (2% of daily value)
https://vespapower.com/pages/a-safe-natural-way-to-enhance-athletic-performance
I will continue to learn more and review research on VESPA for improving fat loss, athletic performance and longevity… Mitochondria function?
“Because Vespa shifts metabolism toward a higher rate of fat oxidation there is a lot less oxidative stress and lactate load from glucose metabolism. All this occurs in the Mitochondria. So any shift toward increase fat oxidation results in a significant increase in Mitochondrial health. This results in DAMAGE PREVENTION which the athlete experiences as much faster RECOVERY…..FASTER recovery = Damage Prevention” Key.
When to take Vespa….and with which type of workouts- how much- and why!?
Take 30-45 minutes prior to starting exercise.
If exercise duration is greater than 2 hours take a Vespa every 2-2.5 hours.
Recommended use for Vespa:
- Long Workouts
- Hard/High Intensity workouts
Remember, “What you notice is what you don’t notice…..i.e. the ups and downs in energy, constant need to ingest food, mental fog, soreness after a long or hard workout.
Learn more on the podcast and links via www.debbiepotts.net
Debbie Potts
Burn Fat. Optimize Health. Improve Performance.
Trainer, Coach, Speaker & Podcaster
FDN Practitioner
Nutritional Therapy Practitioner
Kion Coach, NASM CPT, CHEK HCL, USAT
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