Mathieu Blanchard : ses expériences en nutrition sportive - Épisode 17

With @mathieu_blanchard 🔎 To learn more Blog: https://anthonyberthou.com Train in systemic nutrition: https://lanutritionsystemique.com Subscribe to my newsletter: https://www.lanutritionsystemique.com... Honored and excited. These are the two words that come to mind to announce my first guest episode! Winner of the Diagonale des Fous in 2024 and the Yukon Arctic Ultra in 2025, runner-up in the UTMB in 2022 and the Hardrock 100 in 2025, not to mention his transatlantic crossing in the Transat Café L'Or in 2025: Mathieu needs no introduction. Beyond the media-savvy ultra-endurance champion and explorer, Mathieu is above all humble, demanding, and… inspiring. We've known each other for seven years and often discuss his nutritional preparation. Mathieu Blanchard is one of those athletes whose words command respect. His pronouncements become authoritative—sometimes even exceeding what science allows us to say. This includes matters of sports nutrition. In this episode, we explore nutrition from a different perspective: what is an athlete's responsibility when they speak about their diet? And what is the true value of expertise in a field where, as Mathieu reminds us, "the expert is at the very bottom of the pyramid"? We discuss his very personal relationship with food: eating more to sustain performance rather than restricting himself for short-term gains, listening to his body's craving for "fresh" and authentic food after several days of exertion, and the element of empiricism he cultivates, notably by reading the great explorers—without ever pitting practical experience against scientific rigor. We also discuss the pitfalls he observes: these disciplines where extreme weight loss relegates health to the background, and the temptation to transform an individual practice into a universal truth. A nuanced exchange, combining humility and technical expertise, reflecting the character of the great athlete that is Mathieu. Enjoy listening! Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 2:37 Running 4-5 hours fasted: the empirical approach 16:28 The 3 cutting zones: risk categories 21:20 The athlete's responsibility on the mic 22:49 The courage of the big plate 24:47 Eating more to last (short vs. long term) 33:08 6000 kcal/day: the factory that burns wood 34:16 Water with a double label 37:15 Hunger is not your friend during exercise 38:52 The body craves freshness 42:25 The expert at the very bottom of the pyramid 46:14 A fat-burning machine 53:18 Guilty pleasures: don't demonize them 1:03:36 120 g of carbohydrates/hour: the long-term nuance 1:08:13 Cycling ≠ trail running (the wave of (shock) 1:09:49 Read the explorers #nutrition #sport #mathieublanchard #food #health #podcast #anthonyberthou #systemicnutrition