Joe Rogan Experience #1110 - Zach Bitter

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

April 27, 2018

Duration

1h 27m

Channel

The Joe Rogan Experience

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Zach Bitter is an endurance athlete, ultramarathon runner and coach. He holds the current American 100-mile record at 11:40:55.

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Joe Rogan

  host

• Zach Bitter

  guest

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Zach Bitter, Joe Rogan Experience #1110 - Zach Bitter explores ultrarunner Zach Bitter Explains Fat-Fueled 100-Mile World-Record Performance Joe Rogan interviews elite ultramarathoner Zach Bitter, focusing on his transition to high-fat, low-carb nutrition while running and winning extreme-distance races. Bitter describes how he became hooked on ultras, culminating in a 100-mile American record of 11 hours 40 minutes on a track, averaging about seven minutes per mile. They dive deeply into metabolic flexibility, fat adaptation, carbohydrate timing, and how he uses nutrition to avoid bonking and stomach issues over 100+ miles. The conversation also covers training structure, mental toughness, gear, the culture of ultrarunning, and how different bodies thrive on very different diets.

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