#57 Professor Graeme Close - Nutritionist for England Rugby Union

Welcome to the Show!!! Today I have the pleasure of chatting with a fellow northerner (North of England) Professor Graeme Close. Graeme shared my love for Rugby League being a professional himself in his time which allowed us to reminisce a little off camera (don’t worry we won’t bore you during the show). The show in fact will entertain you and educate you from what it takes to handle the nutrition for professional athlete, specifically England Rugby. Originally a Professional rugby league player, Graeme is now a Professor in Human Physiology at Liverpool John Moores University where he combines his academic research with nutrition and physiology consultancy to some of the worlds leading sporting individuals and organisations. As well as leading a masters degree in sport nutrition Graeme is currently the expert nutrition consultant to England Rugby, he is the lead nutritionist to Everton Football Club and works with some of the worlds leading golfers such as Jason Day, the British Number 1 tennis player Johanna Konta and he also works with many Rugby League players. On top of this, and despite spending most of his professional career helping big people get bigger, he currently receives funding from Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (the owner of Manchester City FC) to help professional jockeys make-weight safely. It is this combination of academic theory (over 75 research publications) and applied practice that has enabled Graeme to establish himself as a world-leading nutrition consultant and public speaker. Graeme is the only person in the UK who is an accredited sports nutritionist (rSEN), sports scientist (BASES) and strength and conditioning coach (UKSCA). He is the deputy chair of the Sport and Exercise Nutrition Register and has recently received a prestigious fellowship from the British Association of Sport & Exercise Sciences (BASES) Follow Graeme’s journey here: http://www.closenutrition.com/ https://www.instagram.com/closenutrition https://twitter.com/close_nutrition If you enjoyed this podcast I would love you to share it with someone who might get some value out of it. It's my mission to inspire as many people to follow their dreams and achieve what they believe to be impossible. With your help I can achieve that life mission. Connect with me here: https://www.instagram.com/iamabikhan https://www.facebook.com/abi.khan.754570 https://twitter.com/iamabikhan https://www.linkedin.com/in/abi-khan-a68747116/ https://vm.tiktok.com/uMwsjf/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpVWn95QCRsPjZUdfndRkpQ Email: [email protected]