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5 articles on fueling, newest first. Every one is sourced and links to the calculator it applies to.
How Wout van Aert Trains (the VLamax Fix Behind His Roubaix Win)
Van Aert won the fastest Paris-Roubaix ever, then two Vuelta stages. The training idea behind it is one number his team spent years lowering: VLamax.
How Kristian Blummenfelt Trains (and What He Eats While Doing It)
Kristian Blummenfelt runs the Norwegian method in three sports: lactate-guided thresholds, obsessive measurement, and a carb intake that rewrote the rules.
How Demi Vollering Trains (and How She Won a Second Tour de France Femmes)
Vollering cut her racing from 29 days to 18, bet on training blocks over race days, and won the 2026 Tour de France Femmes. The method, and what to steal.
How Michael Phelps Fueled 80,000 Meters a Week (and the 12,000-Calorie Myth)
Michael Phelps never ate 12,000 calories a day. The real number, the 80,000-meter weeks behind it, and what it says about your own calorie needs.
How Jessie Diggins Trains (Twice a Day, and Why She Calls Food Fuel)
America's most decorated cross-country skier trains twice a day, six days a week. The reason she talks about fuelling is the reason the volume is possible.