In this Huddle, Bob and Dina chat with Roxanne Vogel who is an exercise physiologist, mountaineer, ultra athlete, and oversees the GU Energy Performance Lab. Roxanne is the first person to summit Mount Everest in 14 days, door-to-door from San Francisco to the top of Everest and back home. Hear more about her background, her accomplishment of climbing all of the Seven Summits, and her novel approaches to preparing for this monumental Everest summit and history making achievement.
We cover:
· Roxanne’s athletic background and how her interest in mountaineering was born
· The achievement of the Seven Summits
· How she physically trained for Everest
· The benefits she experienced with using some of the principles of Metabolic Efficiency Training in her Everest pursuit
· What a typical food day looked like and supplements she used in her training
· Her food intake on the 16-hour Everest summit day (you’ll be surprised to hear this!)
“Find something that really lights a fire in your heart. You gotta find something that you’re passionate about.” -- Roxanne
Find Roxanne on Insta: @RoxyMtnGirl
More about Roxanne Vogel:
Roxanne Vogel, PhD(c), CSCS*D, ACSM-EP CISSN, is the Nutrition and Performance Research Manager at GU Energy Labs where she oversees the Performance Lab and works with elite athletes to optimize nutrition for performance, health, and longevity. She is a PhD candidate in Exercise Physiology at Southern Cross University, Australia, where her research focuses on nutrition interventions to support human performance in environmental extremes, including heat, cold, and hypoxia. A mountaineer and ultra-endurance athlete, in 2019 she became the first person in history to summit Mt. Everest door to door in two weeks, and in 2020 completed the “Seven Summits” by successfully climbing the highest peak on each continent. She has spent the past decade researching nutrition and its impact on body composition, performance, and cognitive function. Roxanne currently resides in the mountain town of Mammoth Lakes, CA.
Roxanne extends her gratitude to her support team at Uphill Athlete and GU Energy.
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