Fuelled with Dr Gemma Sampson

Fuelled with Dr Gemma Sampson

Hosted by: Dr Gemma Sampson

Dr Gemma Sampson is an Australian Advanced Sports Dietitian and Sports Nutrition expert fuelling peak performance for amateur and elite cyclists. Find Gemma at www.gemmasampson.com

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Episodes

42. You have permission to eat cookies and other “forbidden” foods

How many foods right now are on your 'not allowed to eat' list? Maybe it's cookies. Maybe it's chocolate. Maybe it's icecream. chips, cheese..... It might even be hot cross buns! Whatever the food that you've...
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41. Carb loading advice for 3 Peaks challenge. ASK A SPORTS DIETITIAN

Are you training for the 3 peaks Challenge in March? Have you thought about training your nutrition as well as the physical training you need to ride 235km with >4000m climbing in less than 13 hours? One of the...
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40. What does success look like to you?

I am currently in Adelaide at Tour Down Under this week and was asked the question what does a successful athlete look like to me? Such a great question! Typically when it comes to success, most peoples minds would...
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39. You don't have to go on a diet. Every meal is an opportunity to level up your nutrition

You don't have to give up any of your favourite foods, go on a crazy diet or start an extreme exercise regime this January if you don't want to. At the beginning of the new year there can be a lot of pressure and...
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38. You Might Be Hungry! Using The Hunger fullness Scale

There are a lot of labels attached to the word 'hungry'. Sometimes people think this can be considered a 'good' thing, for others it's a bad thing. Especially when people are trying to lose weight I often see people...
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37. Nutrition tracking as a tool not a rule

Rather than using nutrition tracking as punishment to guilt trip or shame you into action (which rarely works in the long time by the way), I like to use nutrition tracking intentionally as a tool to help you rewrite...
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36. Let go of your attachment to the outcome. Three life lessons from 2023

What life lessons have you learned this year? Can you see ways in which you have grown and developed and changed? In a previous episode I shared some of the life lessons I've learned over the past 6 years, and as we...
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35. Swap the bonk for free speed. It's a game changer! With Josh Brandwene

Josh Bradwene is a cycling coach and long distance cyclist who has been making major cycling performance gains since shaking up his nutrition approach. He joined my online Fuelled team six months ago and learned how...
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34. Do you need a protein supplement or is real food good enough?

Protein pancakes, protein brownies, protein smoothies... there's even protein chocolate bars and protein popcorn in the supermarkets now! Protein plays a key role in muscle growth and repair, it forms enzymes and...
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33. 15 Life Lessons I Wish I Learned Earlier After 15 Years Working As A Dietitian

How long does it take to learn a lesson and stop repeating the same mistake time and time again? Why do we repeat making the same mistakes time and time again? And how do we change and make progress? I believe the...
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32. Are you scared to stop exercising in case you gain weight?

I went riding with a cyclist recently who told me that during their off season they kept training anyway (despite being told to take a break) because they didn’t want to gain weight. Fear of food, fear of stopping...
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31. How Tim Cutler won Dirty Warrny fuelling 138g carbs per hour!

One of the biggest changes I have seen in the past 5 years of cycling is the amount riders are fuelling during competition. Five years ago we were aiming for 80-90g carbs an hour, whereas now I am seeing an increasing...
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