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Para athletes, or athletes with a disability, require sports nutrition recommendations to be adapted to their specific sport, impairment, practical and/or medical needs. Liz Broad, Sports Dietitian, h... more
FAQs about Para Sports Nutrition:How many episodes does Para Sports Nutrition have?The podcast currently has 112 episodes available.
January 17, 2025E101 Hoda Elshorbagy wheelchair racerHoda Elshorbagy is an Egyptian wheelchair racer with polio. Hoda talks to us about her journey from a small Egyptian town with no pavement where there are no other wheelchair racers to training with the University of Illinois wheelchair racing group under the coaching of Adam Bleakney. She also discusses how she manages her nutrition priorities during Ramadan....more40minPlay
January 24, 2024E100 Sports Medicine with Steve ReidDr Steve Reid is a sport and exercise physician and Chief Medical Officer of Paralympics Australia. Steve talks to us about how he got into working in sports medicine, and focuses on the medical issues that he sees most commonly in Para athletes and how nutrition inter-relates with them....more42minPlay
December 13, 2023E99 Erin Popovich Para swimmerErin Popovich is a 3 time Paralympic swimmer with achondroplasia who won 14 gold medals and 5 silver medals, 2 ESPYs and numerous other accolades. Erin is currently the Director of Para Swimming for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, and has held positions as the Classification Coordinator and program manager of other sports within the USOPC. Erin talks to us about her journey as a para swimmer, her transition into classification coordinator and what classification is about, and provides her insights into the current status and future of Para sports and athletes....more1h 2minPlay
November 29, 2023E98 Sean Pollard Para SnowboarderSean Pollard is an Australian para snowboarder who competed at the PyeongChang Paralympic games and, after taking a break, is back competing again. Sean is a bilateral arm amputee as a result of a shark attack when surfing. Sean talks to us about his journey into para snowboard, his training and how he's becoming more serious about his nutrition....more26minPlay
November 15, 2023E97 Joshua Brunais and Jake Kaplan, CP SoccerJoshua Brunais and Jake Kaplan are CP Soccer players for Team USA. Josh and Jake talk to us about their impairments (aquired brain injury and cerebral palsy, respectively), how they got into playing CP soccer, their training and how they manage their nutrition and hydration to support their training....more47minPlay
November 01, 2023E96 Sports Nutrition with Kate DavisKate Davis is the sports dietitian who has been working with the U.S. Mens' and Womens' Goalball programs since 2017. Kate talks to us about goalball, all the things she's learned by working with athletes with a visual impairment....more39minPlay
October 18, 2023E95 Trinity Lowthian Wheelchair FencerTrinity Lowthian is a Canadian wheelchair fencer who is striving to qualify for the Paris 2024 Paralympic games. Trinity is also 'fed' and hydrated solely via intravenous nutrition. She talks to us about her impairment, why she cannot digest foods, and how she's worked towards finding a solution to enable her to train and compete at the best of her ability....more32minPlay
October 04, 2023E94 Sports Nutrition with Raquel TeixeiraRaquel Teixeira is a sports nutritionist at FC Porto in Portugal who works with a number of athletes with impairments. Raquel talks to us about the work she does with athletes with an intellectual impairment, the challenges she faces in teaching them about nutrition, and the lessons she's learned in how best to get the key messages across. ...more40minPlay
September 20, 2023E93 CP Soccer with Stuart Sharp and Daniel WartnerStuart Sharp is the senior director, Extended National Teams at USA Soccer and works alongside Daniel Wartner who is the physiologist and strength & conditioning coach. Stuart and Daniel tell us all about CP soccer (or football 7-a-side), how they interact with the players and adjust loads according to the degree the cerebral palsy or brain injury effects each player, and how they manage the individual nutrition needs during competition....more48minPlay
September 06, 2023E92 Carbohydrate Needs for Athletes with Greg CoxDr Greg Cox is a sports dietitian and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine at Bond University. Greg talks to us about his particular area of research interest, the carbohydrate needs of athletes, what influences this, and how important consuming sufficient carbohydrate is for optimising training, health, and ultimately performance....more55minPlay
FAQs about Para Sports Nutrition:How many episodes does Para Sports Nutrition have?The podcast currently has 112 episodes available.