Team Sports Athlete

Play Harder. Stay Powerful.Finish Strong.

The game doesn’t slow down just because you’re getting tired.

Repeat-sprint sports run on a fuel system nobody coaches. Athletes who can access fat between efforts recover faster on and off the field to hold speed and maintain coordination deep into a tournament weekend.

4th

quarter — where fuel, not fitness, usually fails

2–3

games per tournament weekend a sugar plan can’t cover

min

the recovery window between shifts, not hours

THE PROBLEM

The Game Changes. Your Energy Needs To Keep Up.

You might jog for several minutes.
Then sprint.
Decelerate
Change direction.
Jump
Battle for position.
Sprint again.

Then repeat it for an entire game. Football. Soccer. Basketball. Hockey. Lacrosse. Rugby. The energy demand constantly changes.

Your fuel system has to change with it.

“I finished on a fraction of the calories I used to force down — and I finished without a single stomach problem.”

Ultra Field · 100-mile trail

“The run stopped being damage control. Same watts on the bike, and I was still running at mile twenty.”

Ironman Field · Long-course triathlon

“Day three is where the sugar-fueled teams fall apart. That's where we start passing people.”

Adventure Racing Field · Multi-day expedition

Repeat sprints, late minutes

It's Not Just About Having Energy.

It's about being able to access it when you need it.

Your body stores energy in multiple forms.

Glycogen provides readily available carbohydrate energy.

Body fat represents a much larger energy reserve.

The metabolic-performance approach focuses on developing the ability to use these fuel sources appropriately according to the demands of activity.

That’s metabolic flexibility.

And for team-sport athletes, flexibility matters.

Because the game doesn’t stay in one energy zone.

Your starting protocol

Don't Wait Until You're Tired To Think About Your Fuel System.

Nutrition strategies for athletes often focus heavily on carbohydrate availability.

And carbohydrates are an important fuel source for high-intensity activity.

But constantly depending on one fuel source can create limitations.

The goal isn’t to eliminate carbohydrates.

The goal is to develop a more flexible metabolic engine.

One capable of drawing from different fuel sources as the demands of activity change.

Product

VESPA® For Team Sports

VESPA provides the signal.

VESPA is positioned as a metabolic catalyst designed to signal the body to mobilize and burn fatty acids, supporting the use of stored energy and glycogen preservation during physical activity. (metabolicadvantage.health)

VESPA CV-25 — The original ready-to-use formulation containing 100 mg of wasp extract peptide. Just shake and consume a full pouch 30 minutes prior to physical activity. Natural ingredients. Low sugar/low calorie. No stimulants.
VESPA Ultra Concentrate (UC) — Highly concentrated (175 mg of Wasp Extract Peptide) and requiring dilution, VESPA UC is designed for maximum portability and duration when logistics warrant.
VESPA Junior (JR) — VESPA JR combines 8 grams of carbohydrate from Orange Juice & Honey with 70 mg of wasp extract peptide for a quick acting performance boosting formula perfect for youth team sports and other high level activities.

Program

OFM® For Team Sports

Optimized Fat Metabolism (OFM) is a periodized nutrition and training system designed to develop the body’s ability to use fat as an energy source during exercise.

For team-sport athletes, the objective isn’t simply to “burn more fat.”

It’s to develop metabolic flexibility and improve the body’s ability to manage different fuel demands.

The OFM system has been applied across endurance, team-sport and tactical populations. (metabolicadvantage.health)

FAQ

Fair questions, straight answers.

Repeat sprints are anaerobic — they need glycogen.

They do. Fat metabolism is what pays for the recovery between them, which is what actually degrades over a game and over a weekend.

Our team nutrition is set by the program.

Start with what you control: your own between-session fuel and your pre-game dose. Individual results are how team programs change.

Which product for a 90-minute match?

Junior pre-match and at half time is the usual pattern. CV-25 suits tournament days and doubleheaders.

Do I have to go low-carb to use this?

No. OFM is periodized, not restrictive. Carbohydrate is used deliberately — around the sessions that need it — instead of continuously. Most people eat more real food, just on a different schedule.

How fast will I notice something?

Most people feel the difference in appetite and steady energy within the first two weeks. Performance changes at the top end usually show up across four to eight weeks as the metabolic machinery adapts.

Is VESPA a stimulant?

No. There is no caffeine and no sugar spike. It is a signalling peptide that tells the body to mobilize fatty acids — you feel it as the absence of the crash, not as a hit.

Your Next Performance Advantage May Not Be Another Drill.

It may be understanding the engine behind every sprint, cut, jump and play.