#23 FULLING YOUR INTENTIONS 2
WITH DARRYL GRIFFITHS
Today I am sitting back down with Darryl Griffiths, founder of Shotz Sports Nutrition and author of Sweat.Think.Go Faster to ask him all the questions our community were still curious to understand.
Darryl is known as a pioneer in sports nutrition and if you’ve been following us for a while, you’ll have seen we've frequently showcased Darryl's knowledge through our recent Q&A session, guest blogs on nutrition and hydration and our previous podcast together.
Darryl has worked with hundred of athletes and an impressive amount of the world’s best in a variety of sports including: Ironmen and women; triathletes; cyclists; runners; paralympians; and motocross athletes. I am so excited to bring you this discussion we endeavoured to keep clear, simple and based on scientifically supported research to assist your own research and understanding of sports nutrition and hydration.
I hope you enjoy this discussion!
Take Home Points:
Darryl is known as a pioneer in sports nutrition and if you’ve been following us for a while, you’ll have seen we've frequently showcased Darryl's knowledge through our recent Q&A session, guest blogs on nutrition and hydration and our previous podcast together.
Darryl has worked with hundred of athletes and an impressive amount of the world’s best in a variety of sports including: Ironmen and women; triathletes; cyclists; runners; paralympians; and motocross athletes. I am so excited to bring you this discussion we endeavoured to keep clear, simple and based on scientifically supported research to assist your own research and understanding of sports nutrition and hydration.
I hope you enjoy this discussion!
Take Home Points:
- We cannot expect to perform to the same level in differing temperature conditions. We are all unique and some will perform best in hotter conditions and others in cooler climates.
- We’ll never replace our losses from endurance/high exertion sports whilst performing so we need to figure out how much we can tolerate to bridge the losses as best as possible.
- Multi-Day Events: Being consistent in our fuelling and hydration not just whilst competing.
- We can have clear urine and still be dehydrated – we could just be passing clear water.
- Knowledge of how our body’s work empowers us to make the right nutrition/hydration choices for ourselves and avoid buying into marketing hypes and fads.
- Regardless of exercise, our bodies need 2000- 2300mg a day of sodium.
- Carbohydrates are not created equal, we need to be aware of the difference between naturally occurring sugars (glucose) and refined, processed sugars, such as sucrose.
“The brain is utilising the glucose...even the fat burning processes is driven by the central nervous system...and if that brain doesn't have that glucose, you know you won't be cleanly burning those fat fuels anyway.”
I hope you enjoy this podcast episode!