In this episode David had the pleasure of being joined by Dr. Brad Dieter.
Brad is a Research Fellow at Sacred Heart Medical Research. His research is focused on discovering novel therapies of diabetic kidney disease. In his quest for a therapeutic agent he adopts a bench to bedside approach adeptly utilizing molecular biology and biostatistics. His long term career goals include leading a research team to make major inroads in health care and improve treatment options for chronic disease.
In addition to his lab and biostatistics work Brad is passionate about scientific outreach and making inroads with the public through media. Nutrition is one of the biggest issues in our current environment as well as one of Brad's passion. The need for better public awareness and understanding, along with this desire to educate and inspire, Brad created Science Driven Nutrition, an online platform to deliver science based nutrition advice to the public.
In this episode David & Brad discussed:
Topic 1: Metabolic damage.
Q1. We here a lot of trainers & coaches trying to market ways to "fix your metabolism", is there such a thing as a broken metabolism & is there any merit to strategies such as "reverse dieting."
Topic 2: Body weight regulation; based on your recent article.
Q2. Is the calories on vs calories out completely correct? (assumptions, limitations etc).
Q3. What role does insulin play in regulating body weight (Carbohydrate insulin hypothesis)
Q4. What role doe Leptin play in body weight regulation?
Q5. What is your new theory of body weight regulation?
Topic 3: Interpreting data and sports nutrition
Q6: What are the main mistakes we see people make interpretations from research?
Q7. What are the main considerations you suggest people should have when reading research?
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In this episode David had the pleasure of being joined by Andy Morgan.
Andy Morgan is the founder of the website ripped body.com and is an author and online coach who specialises in training and nutrition coaches for physique orientated individuals.
In this episode we cover a range of topics which include:
In this episode we are joined by Dr. James Hoffmann.
James Hoffman is professor or Exercise Science at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. James earned his PhD in Sport Physiology under Dr. Mike Stone of ETSU, where he focused on the application of sled pushing to sport performance enhancement in Rugby players.
James has coached numerous Rugby players at ETSU as the team’s assistant coach and Head Sport Scientist, where he was also the head strength and conditioning coach and weight room manager. James is a lifetime athlete, having reached high levels of competition in Rugby, American Football, and Wrestling.
In this episode we discuss:
Topic 1 : Nutritional Periodisation
Q2. What is nutritional periodisation
Q3. How do we use nutritional periodisation to enhance performance / optimise body composition?
Q4. What considerations need to be made when designing a nutritional periodisation plan?
Topic 2: Training periodisation
Q5. What is it?, Why do we need it?
Q6. Should certain elements be prioritised throughout the whole Macrocycle? (speed for example).
Topic 3: Recovery strategies
Q7. Are recovery strategies sport specific? Should powerlifters recover different to rugby players?
Q8. What novel recovery strategies (foam rolling, ice baths etc), actually work and which do not?
Topic 4: Tapering
Q9. What is it and why do we need it?
Q.10 Again is it sport specific? How does it differ between sports?
Q11. How do we decide what taper strategy to use?
In this episode I had the pleasure of being joined by Luke Johnson, the founder of shredded by science.
Luke Johnson is a personal trainer & educator. The prestigious SBS academy sets the gold standard for personal trainer education.
In this episode we cover: