The 33Fuel Blog

Salbutamol, asthma and the Tour de France
When I was a kid no one knew what salbutamol was. Having been diagnosed as asthmatic aged four and given a salbutamol inhaler I got used to explaining to teachers exactly what I was puffing on in class, and why. Today, everyone knows what it is thanks to more asthmatics (UK asthma treatment prescriptions have [...]
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Open water swim nutrition
Open water swim nutrition: 33Fuel athlete Luke Tyburski swims Gibraltar StraitIf you’re after the excellent open water swim nutrition, our Chia Energy Gels are just the ticket. As used by extreme endurance athlete Luke Tyburski when swimming 25km from Morocco to Spain across the Strait of Gibraltar recently during his 12-day Ultimate Triathlon.The gels gave Luke strong and accessible [...]
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Rich Roll diet - plant-based strategies for high performance
He's in seriously good shape and, as a high-level athlete who's also completely plant-based, knows more all about powerful wholefood nutrition for equally powerful performance. His name's Rich Roll - let's take a peak under the hood of the Rich Roll diet. What does he eat and how does he approach the twin peaks of [...]
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Charlie Webster on malaria, recovery and mental health
Arriving at the Rio Olympics having cycled 3,000 miles from London, TV and radio broadcaster Charlie Webster contracted a rare strain of malaria that would leave her on life support. Read her story of recovery, mental health and the power of the past.We thoroughly enjoyed this conversation and we hope you do too. You can [...]
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Podcast 59: Sophie Power on breastfeeding during UTMB
Voted one of the six most inspirational female runners in 2018, we chat with Sophie about ultra running, entrepreneurship and that photo of her breastfeeding during UTMB.The image that thrust Sophie into the spotlightYou can watch our full conversation here or keep scrolling for the highlights.Sophie Power: the ultra runnerHaving completed some of the world’s toughest [...]
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