My story
The beginning
A whole new world of performance
A whole new world of performance
In 2006, I founded a supplement company which advocated the usage of carbohydrate, some years later I found myself moving away from a high carb, low fat diet, owing to my discovery of being gluten or wheat intolerant.
In 2013 after losing my father to Oesophageal cancer. I started to “look out of the box” and see a correlation between the
In 2006, I founded a supplement company which advocated the usage of carbohydrate, some years later I found myself moving away from a high carb, low fat diet, owing to my discovery of being gluten or wheat intolerant.
In 2013 after losing my father to Oesophageal cancer. I started to “look out of the box” and see a correlation between the high carb, low fat diet and lifestyle diseases such as cancer and cardiac problems which plagued both sides of my family.
The ketogenic diet was not well known back then, but intrigued me owing to its unknown or accepted practice.
It was then when I adopted the diet and also got out of the carbohydrate supplement business. Since adopting the ketogenic diet 9 years ago, I have proven the efficacy of this nutritional lifestyle, it has afforded me better health and more freedom.
A whole new world of performance
A whole new world of performance
A whole new world of performance
My journey was profound to say the least, from experiencing bouts of hypoglycemia or the dreaded hunger knocks or what’s commonly known as the “bonk” I no longer was encountering these sensations.
In fact I hardly if ever experienced “the bonk”
It was if I became finally free, not encumbered by my constant need for refuelling. No longer hav
My journey was profound to say the least, from experiencing bouts of hypoglycemia or the dreaded hunger knocks or what’s commonly known as the “bonk” I no longer was encountering these sensations.
In fact I hardly if ever experienced “the bonk”
It was if I became finally free, not encumbered by my constant need for refuelling. No longer having to pack my back pockets full of some type of nutrition in order to stay fuelled.
My fascination consistently increased, with wanting to find out, where does it end, when does the energy run out?
In 2019 the Jordanian Tourism board invited me to compete in a race that crossed the Jordanian Desert, starting at the Dead Sea and finishing 198km later at the Red Sea.
My goal was not to win but to ride at a respectable pace and not refuel by taking on board any calories, but yes just water.
To my astonishment I competed the ride finishing 5th overall and averaged 211 watts for 5hrs 46min.
I wasn’t hungry at all post the event.
This really intrigued me to say the least, once again how far could I push this ?
2020 arrived and so did COVID-19 and the mandatory lockdowns.
Like so many I was not able to leave my apartment, so I embarked on the next journey of my discovery into the advantages of being fat fuelled on a set of rollers.
I started riding on the rollers, and built up to riding for 2, 3, 4, 6 hours and then 9hours without refuelling.
Linking my rides to my Stages Cycling Gen 3 Dual Stages Power meter and the Zwift Cycling platform.
Now anyone can claim they have ridden great distance or time without refuelling.
So on the 29th of May 2020 I embarked on an event to honor all the first responders in the COVID-19 pandemic and the Noakes Foundation, the goal was 9hours on rollers without refuelling with witnesses.
I had Mr Lance Allam of MedWay who hosted the event at his offices who witnessed amongst several others my 9hours ride which I managed 10hours with nothing but water. The coffee machine on that day was broken.
It was a 6000 calorie effort.
Since then my performance has slowly started to increase and also my mileage per week and I continue to improve on my adaption into being fat fuelled.
I ride nothing less than 100km on the road, and the last 6 months my average distance is around 150km with regular rides of 200+km all without having the need to refuel, with my average power output being slightly below 200watts or above.
This practice of nutritional strategy is not isolated to me, my fiancée who adopted the diet eight months ago has excelled in her cycling, smashing almost everyone of her PB in power output.