MTI has spent years researching and experimenting with different approaches to nutrition, dieting, and event-specific fueling. Below you’ll find an overview of our work. Have a nutrition-related topic you’d like us to explore? Email coach@mtntactical.com
MTI’s Current Nutrition Recommendation
Event Nutrition
- Teton Traverse Nurition: Part 1
- Teton Traverse Nutrition: Part 2
- Event Nutrition: Candy Bars over Endurance Supplements
- Gear, Clothing, & Nutrition Lessons from a 10-Day Backcountry Bow Hunting Trip
- Pro Skier Hits 8G’s, Burns 2,900 Calories in a day of Resort Skiing
- Mini Study Results: Inconclusive results on varying energy gel dosage and carb/fat/protein supplement recipe for loaded event performance
Nutrition Performance Mini-Studies
- MIni Study Results: Labs Rats following MTI’s nutritional guidelines slightly outperform those who didn’t in strength and endurance gains
- Mini Study Results: Post-workout recovery shake has negligible effect in assessed fitness improvement for strength, work capacity, endurance
- Mini Study Results: Performance impact of MTI’s nutritional guidelines mixed
- Mini Study: Cutting all sugar matches weight loss from cutting most carbs and intermittent fasting, but performance gains suffer
Diet
- Mini Study: Intermittent fasting doesn’t hasten weight loss
- 5 Tactical Diet Strategies
- A Day on Rob’s Diet: Original
- A Day on Rob’s Diet: Updated
- A Week on Rob’s Diet
- Tried the Whole 30. Liked it. Still doing it.
- 4 Weeks on a “Keto-ish” Diet
- 4 Weeks on a “P:Eish” Diet
- Overcoming Age-Induced Metabolic Slowdown with a Protein Shake Diet
- Common Questions About the Metabolic Slowdown Protein Diet