TFD Performance Podcast

Bill Smart is a High-Performance Strength and Conditioning Coach who works at High-Performance New Zealand who cater for New Zealand’s most elite athletes.

In today's episode, we discuss Bill's involvement with City Kickboxing and how he has introduced a high-performance system to optimize their training schedule. 

We discuss the changes he has made, the metrics they are tracking, and we cover what the ideal strength and conditioning program is for fighters. 

In today's episode, we are talking to Colin Doherty. Colin is currently completing his PHD at the renowned Edith Cowan Univeristy in Western Australian. he completed a BSc in Food Science and Health at the University of Limerick in Ireland, and a MSc (Human Nutrition) at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Today, we are talking about his latest research in the prevalence of disordered eating in the combat sports community. 

This paper brings to light some very serious issues within combat sports and this is a discussion that every athlete, coach and whoever is involved in the sport, should listen to.

Colin is currently completing his PHD at the renowned Edith Cowan Univeristy in Western Australia. He completed a BSc in Food Science and Health at the University of Limerick in Ireland, and a MSc (Human Nutrition) at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.

In today's episode, we are talking about his latest research paper discussing the validity of using hydration testing when assessing the hydration status of combat sport athletes after a weight cut. 

In today's episode Dojo and I break down the science behind fasting. More importantly, we have an in-depth discussion about the pro's and con's of implementing fasting in the real world. We discuss the potential benefits, the potential downsides, how it can affect your relationship with food, whether athletes should do it or not, and how it stacks up compared to traditional dieting. 

In today's episode Loz and I are discussing nutrition for half and full marathons. We cover what runners should be aiming to eat before their run, why eating before training is important, we explain what carb loading is, we discuss intra-workout fuelling, what to eat after training and we give our opinion on what the best macro split is for runners looking to perform their best. 

In today's episode Dojo and I explore the Animal Based Diet. Made popular in recent years by social media influencers and touted as an improvement to the Carnivore diet, it has grown traction with athletes and everyday folk worldwide. 

We break down what the diet is, the pros and cons of it, how the principles of the diet compare to large human trials of other diets, and we discuss why some people have success on it and others do not. 

In today's episode, I am joined by Loz aka The XFit Dietitian. Loz is currently preparing for Ironman Taipou and recently completed a Half Ironman as part of preparation. On New Year's Day, I set myself a challenge (mostly because of Loz) to do a Half Ironman. 

In this episode, Loz and I discuss our experiences completing the Half Ironman. More importantly, we go over the biggest nutrition learnings and I discuss the major differences between fuelling for ultra marathons and fuelling for a Half Ironman. 

Jack and I break down the different nutrition strategies required for athletes who compete in same day, multiple day and overnight weigh-ins. We break down what the different formats are, how to approach them from a weight cutting standpoint, how much weight is appropriate to cut, and what you should be priortitising in each one. 

If you want a comprehensive guide that covers how to cut weight for each of these formats, check out our Nutrition Guides for Same Day, Multiple Day, and Overnight Weigh-ins at www.thefightdeititian.com/store

In this episode of the podcast, Jordi, Jack, and Dojo break down the science of how to cut weight safely. They also discuss their hands-on experience guiding thousands of athletes at every level of competition to the scales. 

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In this episode, Jordi, Jack, and Ryan answer the most popular questions from our weekend Q&A. They cover; why weight loss is so confusing and more complicated than just calories in and calories out, how to make weight for same-day weigh-ins, why fighters feel the need to binge eat after competition, and much more. 

If you want to improve your Nutrition but not break the bank then our new step-by-step Nutrition Meal Guide is for you. It takes you through how to calculate your calories, how to work out your macros, and how to organize your eating to optimize your performance. To get it today head to the link https://www.tfdperformancehub.com/meal-plan-guide-for-combat-sports