Your training is dialed in. Your macros are perfect. But if your gut isn't optimized, you're leaving performance gains on the table. Discover how elite athletes leverage their microbiome to enhance endurance, reduce exercise-induced inflammation, and recover faster between sessions. This book reveals the science behind why gut health determines how well you absorb nutrients, manage training stress, and sustain energy during competition. You'll learn which foods strengthen your athletic microbiome and which sabotage it. Inside, you'll find evidence-based protocols for timing prebiotic and probiotic intake around training, preventing gastrointestinal distress during endurance events, and reducing post-workout inflammation through gut-targeted nutrition. Learn about specific bacterial strains linked to improved VO2 max, the gut-muscle axis that affects strength gains, and strategic supplementation that actually works. No pseudoscience. No shortcuts. Just proven strategies that transform your gut into a performance advantage-because the strongest athletes understand that power starts in the digestive system.