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54. How being dropped on every ride kickstarted my motivation
If you get dropped on a ride - does that demotivate you or does it motivate you?
Maybe I'm weird, but for some strange reason when it comes to group rides, being dropped REALLY motivates me to work harder and to...
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53. Nutrition recommendations for masters cyclists. ASK a sports dietitian
It's time for another edition of Ask a Sports Dietitian where each month I select a question submitted to answer - just like I do each week on my private podcast for Fuelled Team members.
Susan asks:
Hi Gemma, I...
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52. Have I always had a good relationship with food?
Have I always had a good relationship with food? This week on the podcast I am doing something a little different. One of my Fuelled team members asked a question about my relationship with food, how that has changed...
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51. Three steps to fuelling on the bike
When it comes to sports nutrition for cycling and triathlon, I like to view it in three distinct, but related components.
We have Everyday nutrition, Training nutrition and then our event or racing nutrition.
They...
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50. Nutrition for pre-menopausal female cyclists: Ange Hookham
Nutrition can either make or break a ride, and it's when you put it to the test and experience this properly for yourself that you really understand that it's not just a fluke Ange Hookham is a cyclist personal...
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49. Fuelling a Kona slot at Ironman NZ with triathlete Dan Barry
What does it take to fuel a Kona slot when you are an Ironman triathlete? Today I have invited Dan Barry, a triathlete and previous client onto the podcast to share his experience learning how to optimise his...
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48. What motivates you? What is your why?
Have you ever thought about what motivates you?
What drives you to do the things that you do or don’t want to do?
I’ve been speaking with a number of people lately about the topic of motivation and how it...
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47. Cycling is a weight sensitive but not a weight making sport.
The number one nutrition goal cyclists of all ages and abilities have when they want to work with me as a sports dietitian is to lose weight and improve their power to weight ratio.
Many cyclists assume that if you...
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46. Plant based sources of iron: Ask a sports dietitian
My blood tests show that I am anaemic. I don’t like eating meat and am not a huge fan of eating eggs. What foods should I eat more of to help increase absorption and help manage fatigue?
If you don't like meat or...
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45. Tracking your menstrual cycle as a female athlete
For female cyclists, and female athlete, there is a lot of debate about whether our menstrual cycles influence our performance... how, when and what to do about it.
A recent systematic review and meta-analysis...
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44. Your body isn’t Amazon prime. The results take more than 24 hours!
If you could snap your fingers and change something about your nutrition within the next 24h, what would it be?
What's your Amazon overnight order?
How awesome would it be if we could press send and within two days...
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43. Are you tracking this? Synrgy female specific cycling coaching
What would a man know about female cycling?!
Female cyclists have a few more things to consider for their training and their nutrition than their male counterparts. And a man is never going to fully understand the...
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