When it comes to swimming nutrition, there is no one more knowledgeable or qualified than Aussie Sports Dietitian Greg Shaw. He is an ex-swimmer himself, the sports dietitian lead for Swimming Australia and has worked with swimming for 20 years. He wrote the paper on Nutrition Considerations for Open Water Swimming and kindly shares so many knowledge bombs with us during this episode.

 

• The physiology of swimming and what this means for your nutrition
• What are the nutritional challenges at longer 10km open water distances?
• At what point does open water swimming become glycogen depleting?
• Do you need to carbohydrate load for long, endurance, open water swims?
• Practical feeding strategies in open water swims including the specific vessels you use.
• Sweat rates when swimming in different water temperatures
• What to start preparing for 6 months out from a 10km open water race.
• Should you swim 10km in training before racing 10km?
• Troubleshooting tips if you swallow lots of salty water in your race.

 

Tune in for a mindblowing episode with the world's best.

 

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