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Now displaying: September, 2020
Episode 117 - Kate McDaid - Nutrition for the Female GAA Athlete & Lessons Learned from Building a Successful Nutrition Consultancy. 0
Sep 25, 2020

In this episode, David is joined by performance nutritionist, Kate McDaid. 

Kate studied Food Science at the University of College Dublin before following her ambition and moving to the UK to complete an MSc in Sports and Exercise Nutrition at Loughborough University. She landed a position in a nutrition consultancy over there quickly progressing to Senior Health and Performance Nutritionist where she started to build an extensive portfolio working with professional sports teams, elite sporting scholars, corporate clients, charity organisations, weight-loss and health seeking individuals. She took this experience back to Ireland with her in 2017 and founded NutriKate, a high performance nutrition consultancy that is based in Dublin.

Link to Kate's website: https://nutrikate.com/

Link to Kate's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nutrikate_com

Episode 116 - Building A Successful Off-Season For The GAA Athlete with David Nolan & Mark Germaine 0
Sep 18, 2020

In this episode, David and head of nutrition at Synapse Performance Mark Germaine sit down and discuss all elements of how to set up a successful off-season as a GAA athlete.

 

The pair discuss all aspects of the off-season from nutrition, S&C and recovery.

 

 

Episode 115 - James Fitzgerald - Differentiating Training For Elite Performance Versus Health, Autonomy In Fitness, Periodization In Crossfit & Functional Fitness As An Olympic Sport 0
Sep 11, 2020

In this weeks episode, David is joined by the winner of the first Crossfit Games, and founder of OPEX Fitness, James Fitzgerald.

OPEX Founder and industry-leading educator, James FitzGerald, has dedicated his life to bringing honor to the coaching profession. OPEX Coaching Education and Gyms Licensing Programs provide coaches with the tools needed to professionalize their passion. The OPEX Coaching Certificate Program reflects his 25 plus years of coaching expertise and is set apart by providing comprehensive coaching theory as well as practical application of its principles. OPEX continues to educate thousands of coaches around the world each year through a dynamic digital platform and live courses.

In this episode, David and James discuss:

Differentiating Training For Elite Performance Versus Health
Autonomy In Fitness
Periodization In Crossfit
Functional Fitness As An Olympic Sport

Link to OPEX Fitness: https://opexfit.com/

Episode 114 - Dr. Jake Reed - Athlete Monitoring and the Pros & Cons of Technology in Strength and Conditioning 0
Sep 3, 2020

In this episode, David is joined by Dr. Jake Reed. 

Jake is an assistant professor in the department of kinesiology at the University of Northern Iowa and a coach at Renaissance Periodisation. 

Jake and David discuss current research in the area of athlete monitoring and how practitioners should construct their athlete monitoring systems. The pair also discuss the increasing prevalence of technology in the area of strength and conditioning and the pros & cons of this trend. 

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