Thanks for tuning into this episode of the Human Performance Outliers podcast with Zach Bitter.

Okay, everybody, today's guest brought an interesting story on lifestyle to HBO. Those of you who are

curious about low carbohydrate and ketogenic diets and their potential roles when it comes to

active lifestyles and performance will enjoy this one. My guest for this episode is Sean

Sakanovsky. Sean is a cyclist based out of South Africa who has followed a strict

ketogenic diet for over nine years. What makes his lifestyle interesting is he goes for very

long bike rides, often pushing up to 100 miles in a single session.

He does these sessions on average three to four times per week, targeting a mark of approximately 500 kilometers or 312 and a half miles per week.

He often does these rides unfueled, leaning on a fat rich dinner the night before and a cup of black coffee in the

a m here's an example of one of sean's bigger four day weeks ride one ninety five point one

nine miles and four hours 46 minutes no fuel ride two ninety four point eight seven miles and five

hours no fuel ride three one hundred twelve miles and five hours and forty one minutes no fuel, ride three, 112 miles and five hours and 41 minutes no fuel,

and ride for 94.86 miles and four hours 41 minutes no fuel, totaling 396.9 miles for that week.

If you're interested in more of those types of data points, Sean does log his training on Strava

and often posts about his

rides, the fueling or lack thereof during his rides, and his nutrition outside of these rides

on Instagram. As someone who follows a low carbohydrate diet myself, albeit not as low as Sean,

I wanted to hear more about his how and why.

An interesting component of Sean's lifestyle that sticks out to me is the lower overall

training sessions, but higher volume per session.

This gives Sean more time between these sessions.

One of the reasons this interests me is I find that the time between training is often a

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