METABOLIC PERFORMANCE FOR TRIATHLETES

Three Sports. One Engine. Go Further.

Swim. Bike. Run. Your body has to fuel all three.

Triathlon demands more than endurance.

And the metabolic capacity to keep producing energy as the race gets longer.

Your three disciplines share one thing: the same metabolic engine.

Optimized Fat Metabolism (OFM) helps triathletes develop the ability to use more of their own stored fat for energy — supporting metabolic flexibility and helping preserve limited glycogen during prolonged endurance activity.

T2
where most bike fueling plans present the bill
8–17 hrs
race durations no sugar-only plan comfortably covers
3
disciplines, one metabolism
YOU DON'T JUST HAVE TO FINISH THE RACE.

You Have To Have Something Left For The Run.

A triathlon is different from almost every other endurance event.

The energy you use during the first two disciplines affects what you have available for the final one.

That’s why metabolic efficiency matters.

The goal isn’t simply to survive the swim and bike.

It’s to arrive at the run with an engine that can keep working.

You Have To Have Something Left For The Run.
“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

Three sports, one fuel system
Three sports, one fuel system

Your Race Is Only As Strong As Your Fuel System.

riathlon requires constant energy management.

During the swim, you’re already working.

On the bike, you may spend hours producing steady power.

Then you have to run.

And running demands an entirely different mechanical load on an already fatigued body.

Every discipline adds to the next.

The fuel strategy that gets you through the bike can determine how you feel when you reach T2.

And what happens in T2 can determine how much you have left for the finish.

The how

Don't Spend Your Whole Glycogen Budget Before The Run.

The bike is where many triathletes build their race — and sometimes lose it.

You feel strong.

The course is moving quickly.

Your power is on target.

You push.

But every hard effort has a metabolic cost.

And the race isn’t over when you leave the bike.

You still have a run waiting for you.

Developing the ability to utilize fat as an energy source can help support glycogen preservation during prolonged endurance activity.

Because the goal isn’t to have your best bike split.

It's to have your best race.

VESPA
Product

VESPA

Signal Your Metabolic Engine

OFM builds the metabolic system.

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 endurance activity.

For triathletes, the concept is simple:

OFM | Build the metabolic engine.

VESPA | Signal the engine.

OFM
Program

OFM® For Triathletes

Build The Engine Behind All Three Disciplines

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 endurance activity.

For triathletes, that means developing metabolic capacity that can support the demands of swimming, cycling and running — rather than treating each discipline as an isolated event.

OFM isn’t simply about eliminating carbohydrates.

It isn’t a crash diet.

And it isn’t about trying to race without fuel.

It’s about training your metabolic system to become more flexible.

FAQ

Fair questions, straight answers.

In practice it usually doesn’t — and even if you gave up a couple of minutes on the bike, the run is where the race is decided and where the minutes come back in double figures.
A trained gut raises the ceiling on absorption. It does nothing about the blood-sugar swings, the sloshing, or the fact that you are still spending a fuel you can’t store much of.
The short stuff is largely glycolytic — fuel it normally. Use OFM in training and reserve the full protocol for 70.3 and up.
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.
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.
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.

The run split is the scoreboard. Fuel the race that finishes strong.

Get off the bike with a stomach that works and run the marathon instead of surviving it.